Tumors
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Research has found night shift work can alter the expression of tumor-related genes making one more vulnerable to the DNA damage the leads to cancer, building on a growing understanding of the role circadian rhythms play in our DNA repair processes.
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Researchers at Yale University have shown how skin cancer could one day be treated with a simple injection. The team found that they could shrink tumors by injecting them with adhesive nanoparticles loaded with chemotherapy drugs.
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A gene known as Myc is linked to cancer growth, but has long been considered “undruggable." Now, researchers at Vanderbilt University have found a way to bypass it and shut down a protein that it interacts with, shrinking tumors in a matter of days.
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A new study led by researchers from University College London suggests that combining traditional chemotherapy with an experimental therapy that uses magnetic nanoparticles to heat tumor cells could significantly enhance the efficacy of both treatments.
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A new Harvard study highlights missing pieces of the puzzle in the relationship between cancer and obesity. The team finds that cancer cells can use the higher fat availability to starve immune cells of fuel and prevent them from targeting tumors.
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Chemotherapy remains one of our best treatments against cancer but, frustratingly, cancer cells can develop resistance to these drugs. Now, researchers have found that calcium can weaken their defense mechanism, making drugs effective once more.
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Researchers in Germany have developed a new drug that can act like a shredder for proteins implicated in causing cancer. In tests on lab-grown cancer cells, the drug worked to kill the tumors, suggesting a new pathway to a treatment for the disease.
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Gold has shown promise in fighting cancer in many studies, and now researchers have found a way to grow gold nanoparticles inside cancer cells within 30 minutes. From there, the gold can help with imaging and even be heated up to kill the tumors.
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Max Planck researchers have demonstrated an intriguing new way to fight cancer by using molecular fibers that, while harmless to healthy cells, activate a tumor’s self-destruct sequence when they encounter the specific environment of cancer cells.
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A new cancer-detecting blood test has been found to catch five common types of cancer up to four years before any other conventional diagnostic tool, but further verification is needed before the test is clinically available.
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Preliminary results from a small human trial testing a novel cancer drug revealed over half the cohort had their tumors stop growing completely. The drug, called berzosertib, is now moving to larger clinical trials.
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A new blood test is promising a non-invasive way for clinicians to diagnose and classify brain tumors. The test will need further verification before it is available but it points to a novel way to detect brain cancer without needing tissue biopsies.
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