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Researchers find HIV drugs may treat low-grade brain tumours
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Plymouth [UK], December 19 (ANI): A new research has found that the drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS patients could be used to treat patients diagnosed with the most common form of primary brain tumour.
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Immune cells might lead to new cancer vaccine: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], December 12 (ANI): A new study by Yale University has identified crucial ways that immune system cells congregate and communicate with each other to identify and eradicate tumours.
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Study finds why asthma may reduce risk of brain tumours
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): Asthma patients seem to be less likely to develop brain tumours than others. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis believe that they have discovered why.
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Drug compound makes pancreatic cancer cells more vulnerable to chemo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): Pancreatic cancer is extremely difficult to treat. By the time it is detected, cancer often has reached an advanced stage, and patients usually do not survive longer than one year after diagnosis. An aggressive chemotherapy regimen is a first-line treatment
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New findings on bacteria that increase risk of pancreatic cancer
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], November 24 (ANI): Bacteria from the digestive system seem to have the potential to cause damage to pancreatic cells, increasing the risk of malignant tumours. Now for the first time, live bacteria from cystic pancreatic lesions that are precursors to pancreatic cancer, h
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Researchers study why moles become melanomas
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Utah [US], November 24 (ANI): Moles and melanomas, which come from the same cell called melanocytes, are similar in nature as they both are skin tumours.
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Scientists discover commonly found parasite could treat certain types of c
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 4 (ANI): A new study has found that a deadly parasite, known to cause ill health in pregnant women and immunocompromised patients, could potentially be used to treat various types of tumours.
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Study identifes key component of cellular malfunction leading to cancer
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 2 (ANI): During a recent study, scientists have homed in on a crucial step within the sequence of chemical reactions that govern the regulation of cell division, proliferation and death, and whose malfunction contributes to the growth of tumours.
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New immunotherapy insights for kidney cancer offered by study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and UCL have found immune cell patterns within tumours that can help predict if patients with kidney cancer will respond to immunotherapy.
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Study offers new immunotherapy insights for kidney cancer
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and UCL, found immune cell patterns within tumours that can help predict if patients with kidney cancer will respond to immunotherapy.
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New drug target for blood cancer, potentially solid tumours identified dur
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 8 (ANI): The findings of a new study by Mount Sinai and UC San Diego researchers, for the first time, have shown how mutations affecting a cellular process called RNA splicing alter cells to develop myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and other hematologic malignancies and
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New mouse model unlocks drug testing of hormone-sensitive human breast can
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and an international team of collaborators generated mice with an improved hormone profile that supports growth and metastatic spread of implanted human breast tumours.
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