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Delivering Chemotherapy Drugs to Diseased Organs Using Nanoparticles
Scientists have used a nanoparticle drug delivery approach to target bowel cancer. The team demonstrated in animal experiments that nanoparticles containing the chemotherapy drug Capecitabine (CAP) can attach themselves directly to diseased cells, leaving healthy cells unaffected.
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T Cells Engineered To Attack a Variety of Cancers
Researchers have shown that it's possible to arrest tumor growth for a variety of cancers and squash the spread of cancer to other tissues using T cell engineering.
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Cancer-Causing Gene Linked to Stroke-Inducing Abnormalities
Researchers have discovered why clusters of dilated blood vessels in the brain can suddenly grow to cause seizures or stroke.
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"Smart” Cell Therapies Designed To Treat Solid Tumors
Researchers have shown how to engineer smart immune cells that are effective against solid tumors, opening the door to treating a variety of cancers that have long been untouchable with immunotherapies.
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Avocado Study May Point to a Leukemia Treatment
A compound in avocados may ultimately offer a route to better leukemia treatment, says a new University of Guelph study.
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Scientists Can Now Study Changes in the DNA of Any Human Tissue
Using a new method, called nanorate sequencing (NanoSeq), scientists can now study how genetic changes occur in human tissues with unprecedented accuracy.
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Hepatitis C Drugs Boost Remdesivir’s Ability To Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in Cell Culture
Drugs used to treat hepatitis C boosted remdesivir's ability to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in cell cultures, according to a new study.
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Protein Shown To Promote Chemotherapy Resistance
The resistance of cancer cells to chemotherapy is marked by specific changes in certain proteins. Researchers have discovered one such altered protein "DUSP16" plays an important role in response to chemotherapeutic drugs and thus propose that it could be used as a biomarker for sensitivity to chemotherapy treatment.
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Loneliness Among Middle-Aged Men Linked to Increased Cancer Risk
A longitudinal study has shown that loneliness among middle-aged men is associated with an increased risk of cancer.
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New Prostate Cancer Urine Test Shows How Aggressive Disease Is
Researchers have developed a urine test for prostate cancer, called "ExoGrail", which also shows how aggressive the disease is.
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