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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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Anti-Cancer Therapeutics
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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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First comparison of common breast cancer tests finds varied accuracy of predictions
Commercially-available prognostic breast cancer tests show significant variation in their abilities to predict disease recurrence...
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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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Cancer vaccine eliminates tumours
Injecting minute amounts of two immune-stimulating agents directly into solid tumours in mice can eliminate all traces of cancer...
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New approach identifies existing leukaemia drugs that show promise for Ewing sarcoma treatment
Scientists in the United States have discovered that two existing FDA-approved drugs, clofarabine (Clolar™) and cladribine (Leustatin™), have a powerful inhibitory impact on Ewing sarcoma cells in the lab.
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FDA approves Lutathera for somatostatin receptor-positive GEP-NETs
The FDA has approved Lutathera for the treatment of a type of cancer that affects the pancreas the gastrointestinal tract...
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Combination chemotherapy may significantly improve treatment for glioblastoma
Addition of hydroxyurea to current chemotherapy significantly improved survival in animal models of glioblastoma...
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Cardiff Met develops new cancer treatment
Cardiff Metropolitan University has been instrumental in the development of a new anti-cancer agent that has the potential to offer a valuable treatment option for cancer...
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Ogivri approved as the first biosimilar against certain breast and stomach cancers
The FDA has approved Ogivri as a biosimilar to Herceptin for the treatment of patients with breast or metastatic stomach cancer whose tumours overexpress the HER2 gene...
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Scientists identify bacterial link with oesophageal cancer
Researchers at NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center report that at least three kinds of bacteria in the mouths of Americans may directly affect their risk of developing oesophageal cancer.
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Pembrolizumab shows hope for cancerous gestational trophoblastic disease
An immunotherapy drug can be used to cure a rare type of cancer arising from pregnancy when existing treatments have failed...
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Cell-weighing method may predict how drugs will affect cancer cells
Cell-weighing technique may predict which therapies a patient is most sensitive or resistant to...
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Fat cells may inactivate chemotherapeutic drug
A study has shown that Adipocytes can absorb and metabolise the chemotherapeutic agent daunorubicin, reducing its ability to kill cancer cells.
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Proton therapy may be better option for patients with esophageal cancer
Proton beam therapy, in combination with chemotherapy, may be a better treatment option than traditional radiation therapy techniques...
