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Combination immunotherapy improves survival in mouse models of mesothelioma
Combined treatment with two cancer immunotherapy drugs significantly prolonged survival in aggressive cancer malignant mesothelioma...
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Ionising radiation found to soften tumour cell microenvironment
When irradiated, less stiff extracellular matrices reduced cancer growth and migration, bolstering the case to further understand fractionated radiation therapy...
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Edelfosine prevents breast cancer cells from activating in the brain
Researchers have used computer modelling to find an existing investigational drug compound for leukaemia patients to treat triple negative breast cancer...
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Acoustic Cluster Therapy drives drug therapies to cancer cells
Researchers are testing the use of pulsed sound waves to direct and focus cancer drug therapies...
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Medicinal cannabis is safe and effective — it’s time to reboot research
Researchers are calling for medicinal cannabis to be properly established in our modern medical arsenal...
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H-DAPPs nanoparticles show ability to locate and treat breast tumours
Researchers have developed a fluorescing nanoparticle capable of finding tumours, lighting up upon arrival and being activated with light to generate heat to destroy the cancer cells...
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Researchers use novel methods to determine drug uptake for tumours
Researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida have combined single-cell imaging of cancer cells in mice with mathematical modelling to establish which drug characteristics determine its efficacy.
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Slow-release hydrogel aids immunotherapy for cancer
An immunotherapy drug embedded in a slow-release hydrogel appears to be highly effective at killing cancer cells...
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Antibiotics may impact cancer treatment efficacy
Improper use of antibiotics may have an unintended consequence of hampering cancer treatments...
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Ponatinib is found to be effective against SCCOHT
Ponatinib is effective against SCCOHT, a type of ovarian cancer that mostly strikes young women and girls as young as 14 months...
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NPL launches Metrology for Medical Physics Centre, MEMPHYS
MEMPHYS will work closely with the NHS, academia and industry to enable the rapid and widespread implementation of a host of new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies.
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Therapeutic gel shows promise against cancerous tumours
Researchers have developed a biodegradable hydrogel scaffold system to release chemotherapeutic and immunotherapeutic drugs at the tumour site...
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Microanalysis of biological samples for early disease detection
Researchers have developed a sensing method with the potential to significantly contribute to early detection of cancer and diabetes...
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Cancer-fighting nano-robots programmed to seek and destroy tumours
Study shows first applications of DNA origami for nanomedicine...
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Injectable self-assembled nanomaterials developed for sustained drug delivery
New injectable delivery system can slowly release drug carriers for months...
