Fibroblast inhibitors assist anti-cancer drugs to suppress cancer growth
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2023 – Fibroblasts build and maintain the extracellular matrix, or physical scaffolding for cells, in the connective ...
Tag: anticancer
Boosting anti-cancer antibodies by reducing their grip
New research from the Centre for Cancer Immunology at the University of Southampton, published ahead of World Cancer Day (4 ...
Discovery of anti-cancer chemistry makes skullcap fit for modern medicine
The evolutionary secrets that enable the medicinal herb known as barbed skullcap to produce cancer fighting compounds have been unlocked ...
Successful biosynthesis of the precursors of powerful anticancer drug vinblastine in yeast
Humanity’s fight against cancer is expected to continue for years to come. Scientists across the globe are constantly inventing novel ...
Wayne State receives $1.7 million NIH award to understand and address ototoxic side effects of anti-cancer drug
DETROIT – A Wayne State University researcher has received a $1.7 million, five-year award from the National Institute on Deafness ...
First test of anti-cancer agent PAC-1 in human clinical trials shows promise
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A phase I clinical trial of PAC-1, a drug that spurs programmed cell death in cancer cells, ...
When combined, a novel LSD1 inhibitor and an existing therapy enhance each other’s anti-cancer effects
A Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) research team has developed novel compounds that show early promise at fighting the ...
Researchers make miniature ‘bone marrows in a dish’ to improve anti-cancer treatments
Scientists from Oxford University and the University of Birmingham have made the first bone marrow ‘organoids’ that capture the key ...
Anti-cancer drugs, olaparib and adavosertib, work best when given sequentially in patients with advanced tumours driven by DNA damage response mutations: results from Phase Ib STAR clinical trial
Barcelona, Spain: Patients with cancers that are driven by certain mutations occurring in response to DNA damage can be safely ...
High magnetic field reduces side-effect caused by anti-cancer drug Imatinib
In recent research, a group led by Prof. ZHANG Xin at the High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical ...
Insights into the mechanism of ultraviolet light damage and cancer lesions may contribute to anticancer therapy
A team led by researchers from Nagoya University in Japan has discovered new pathways that cells use to repair themselves ...
Promising anti-cancer drug also may function as Covid-19 antiviral therapy
Based on findings from a new study by a Johns Hopkins Medicine-led research team, an effective means of fighting SARS-CoV-2, ...
Study reports blocking key enzyme boosts anti-cancer T-cell responses and resistance to immunosuppression
New Orleans, LA – A study led by LSU Health New Orleans cancer researchers describes a novel therapeutic strategy to ...
Scientists discover surprise anticancer properties of common lab molecule
CHAPEL HILL, NC – Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have made the surprising discovery that a molecule called ...
Novel approach identifies highly specific anti-cancer compounds
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital have identified potent, highly specific compounds that interfere with bromodomain ...
Sidekick microbubbles carry anti-cancer drugs, damage tumor vessels #ASA182
DENVER, May 24, 2022 – Microbubbles can assist with localized drug delivery in a patient's body by popping at a ...
Scientists Find Sea Corals Are Source of Sought-After “Anti-Cancer” Compound
(Salt Lake City) - The bottom of the ocean is full of mysteries but scientists have recently uncovered one of ...
Oncotarget | Anti-cancer drug profiling with CancerOmicsNet
BUFFALO, NY- May 19, 2022 – A new research paper was published in Volume 13 of Oncotarget, entitled, “CancerOmicsNet: a ...
New study reviews anti-cancer activity of sustained release capsaicin formulations
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A study by a team of researchers at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine ...
Palmitoylation, a new target for anti-cancer drugs
Peripheral membrane proteins have the particularity of temporarily binding to cell membranes, a necessary step for them to be able ...