by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Jan 23, 2021 | News, Other New Research
Clinical trials for a breast cancer vaccine are set to begin in early 2021. See more information here. Source: Breast Cancer Vaccine Trials Set to Begin in 2021 | Patient Power
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Dec 30, 2020 | News, Other New Research
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...
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Dec 23, 2020 | News, Other New Research
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...
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Oct 23, 2020 | News, Other New Research
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 News
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Oct 12, 2020 | News, Other New Research
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...
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Sep 6, 2020 | News, Other New Research
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 Blog
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Jun 10, 2020 | News, Other New Research
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 Blog
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | May 9, 2020 | News, Other New Research
These are the targeted therapies doctors use to treat breast cancer Source: Targeted Therapies for Breast Cancer: Ibrance, Herceptin, Verzenio, and More
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Apr 11, 2020 | News, Other New Research
First thing to know:It’s a cancer “industry” first and foremost. Source: The truth about cancer research | Brasscheck TV
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Jan 11, 2020 | News, Other New Research
The new treatment is tolerable for the human body. Source: New Israeli Cancer Treatment Has a 100% Tumor Shrinkage Rate
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Dec 23, 2019 | News, Other New Research
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 More
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Nov 19, 2019 | News, Other New Research
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?
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Nov 18, 2019 | News, Other New Research
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...
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Nov 8, 2019 | News, Other New Research
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?
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Oct 14, 2019 | News, Other New Research
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...
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Oct 12, 2019 | News, Other New Research
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...
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Oct 2, 2019 | News, Other New Research
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...
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Sep 12, 2019 | News, Other New Research
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...
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Aug 26, 2019 | News, Other New 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 Advisor
by Janet Maker, Ph.D. | Aug 14, 2019 | News, Other New Research
“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