Scientists Create First-of-Its-Kind Metabolic Road Map of Cancer
Researchers are increasingly drawn to the study of metabolism, the collective suite of chemical reactions occurring in cells, for answers to questions about cancer. A new searchable database aids that quest. Source: Scientists Create First-of-Its-Kind Metabolic Road...Nanoparticle Trains Immune Cells to Attack Cancer
Cancer researchers are exploring all kinds of new and creative approaches to immunotherapy, treatments that help the immune system fight cancer. The latest involves nanoparticles that trains immune cells to attack cancer. Source: Nanoparticle Trains Immune Cells to...1 in 5 Breast Cancer Patients Could Benefit from This Treatment — If They Could Get It
It targets cancer cells, leaving healthy cells alone, and has minimal side effects. Source: 1 in 5 Breast Cancer Patients Could Benefit from This Treatment — If They Could Get It | The Breast Cancer Site NewsBreakthrough discovery could turn cancer into a treatable disease
While this new family of drugs must now undergo clinical trials the work directly shows proof of concept that it is feasible to successfully design drugs that can prevent metastasis, by targeting the process of cellular energy production. Hence, cutting off the fuel...Researchers Have Discovered How To Turn Cancer Cells BACK Into Normal Cells!
A study published in Nature Cell Biology revealed incredible news: cancer cells in the lab can be turned back into normal cells. Source: Researchers Have Discovered How To Turn Cancer Cells BACK Into Normal Cells! | The Breast Cancer Site Blog1 in 5 Breast Cancer Patients Could Benefit from This Treatment — If They Could Get It
It targets cancer cells, leaving healthy cells alone, and has minimal side effects. Source: 1 in 5 Breast Cancer Patients Could Benefit from This Treatment — If They Could Get It | The Breast Cancer Site BlogTargeted Therapies for Breast Cancer: Ibrance, Herceptin, Verzenio, and More
These are the targeted therapies doctors use to treat breast cancer Source: Targeted Therapies for Breast Cancer: Ibrance, Herceptin, Verzenio, and MoreThe truth about cancer research-Video
First thing to know:It’s a cancer “industry” first and foremost. Source: The truth about cancer research | Brasscheck TVNew Israeli Cancer Treatment Has a 100% Tumor Shrinkage Rate
The new treatment is tolerable for the human body. Source: New Israeli Cancer Treatment Has a 100% Tumor Shrinkage RateTargeted Therapies for Breast Cancer: Ibrance, Herceptin, Verzenio, and More
Targeted breast cancer therapies are treatments that target specific characteristics of cancer cells. Learn more about targeted therapies for breast cancer. Source: Targeted Therapies for Breast Cancer: Ibrance, Herceptin, Verzenio, and MoreIs a diabetes drug the key to aggressive breast cancer?
New research finds that the diabetes drug metformin changes stem cancer cells in a way that makes them easier to target with a new form of treatment. Source: Is a diabetes drug the key to aggressive breast cancer?Behind the Scenes of a Radical New Cancer Cure
What if we could genetically engineer a patient’s own immune cells to spot and fight cancer, as a sort of “best hits” of genetic therapy and immunotherapy?Enter CAR-T. The technology uses T-cells, which are like the bouncers of the immune system. Source: Behind the...Cancer: How close are we to curing it?
Below, we review some of the most recent cancer research breakthroughs that give us renewed hope that better therapies and prevention strategies will soon follow suit. Source: Cancer: How close are we to curing it?Black female physicist pioneers technology that kills cancer cells with lasers
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green is one of fewer than 100 black female physicists in the country, and the recent winner of $1.1 million grant to further develop a technology she’s pioneered that uses laser-activated nanoparticles to treat cancer. Source: Black female...Is it better to ‘contain’ rather than destroy cancer?
A new approach to cancer therapy suggests that doctors may be able to keep cancer in check by placing metastatic cells in a state of dormancy, thus blocking them from giving rise to new tumors. A recent study in mice has found that an existing drug could effectively...Identifying Breast Cancer Subtypes Associated With Late Recurrence
Researchers have developed a multistate model to identify 11 integrative subtypes of breast cancer with different risks of recurrence, according to the findings of a study published online in Nature. Source: Identifying Breast Cancer Subtypes Associated With Late...Altering Diet to Enhance Cancer Treatment Response
Cancer cells can alter their metabolism to survive, so targeting cancer cell metabolism has become of great interest to researchers. Questions being asked include: Is it possible to attack a tumor’s nutritional needs as part of cancer treatment? And could this be done...Checkpoint Inhibitors Boost Cancer Vaccine Research
Researchers are excited about the prospect to use vaccines in combination with checkpoint inhibitors to improve the body’s cancer-fighting ability. Source: Checkpoint Inhibitors Boost Cancer Vaccine Research – Cancer Therapy AdvisorNewly Discovered Mechanism Helps Our Own Immune Systems Fight Cancer
“When the mechanism is deactivated, the immune system becomes much more aggressive against the tumor cells,” scientist says. Source: Newly Discovered Mechanism Helps Our Own Immune Systems Fight Cancer
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