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Cancer research at University of Warwick receives £8.5k to improve detection, treatments and care

Cancer research at the University of Warwick has received a boost. The University's Cancer Research Centre has been given £8.5k to spend on its research to improve detection, treatments and patient care using the expertise of the University's Warwick Medical School and its partners.

10 Jul 2017

Marine natural compounds hold potential to combat tuberculosis

A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida has discovered a potential new weapon in the fight against tuberculosis, and it lives in the Little Mermaid's realm.

6 Jul 2017

Combination therapy may lead to new standard of care for kidney cancer patients

Combination therapy with two immunotherapy drugs produces an unprecedented doubling of response rates from 20 percent to 40 percent, new study shows.

6 Jul 2017

Female survivors of childhood cancer have high risk for ovarian condition that causes infertility

About 11 percent of females who survive childhood cancer have an ovarian condition that leaves them at risk for infertility, weaker bones and frail health as young adults, according to research from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

6 Jul 2017

Study: Personalized neoantigen vaccine stimulates strong anti-tumor response in melanoma patients

A personal cancer treatment vaccine that targets distinctive "neoantigens" on tumor cells has been shown to stimulate a potent, safe, and highly specific immune anti-tumor response in melanoma patients, report scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

5 Jul 2017

Schistosomiasis: the biggest killer you’ve never heard of?

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease, sometimes called bilharzia or snail fever. The disease impacts a huge number of people around the world, over 230 million people are infected with one of the schistosome species, the parasitic worms that causes the disease.

4 Jul 2017

FDA expands use of cooling cap to minimize chemotherapy-induced hair loss in cancer patients

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the expanded use of a cooling cap, DigniCap Cooling System, to reduce hair loss (alopecia) during chemotherapy.

3 Jul 2017

Study reveals radiation therapy advantage for patients with right-sided colorectal tumors

For patients with colorectal cancer that has metastasized to the liver, having a primary tumor on the left side, as opposed to the right side of the colon, is known to be a significant advantage in terms of treatment response.

3 Jul 2017

UTA awards new grants for research projects that focus on cancer, drug testing, and health of youth

The University of Texas at Arlington has awarded three new seed grants for interdisciplinary research projects that propose new ways to treat skin cancer, provide a new technique for more rapid and cost-effective evaluation of chemotherapy drugs, and to develop innovative programs to reduce the mental health risks of homeless youth.

30 Jun 2017

SmartPractice donates $50,000 to support TGen's development of liquid biopsies

In support of efforts to find better ways of diagnosing and monitoring breast cancer patients, SmartPractice today donated $50,000 to the Translational Genomics Research Institute.

30 Jun 2017

Research yields first successful isolation, maintenance of haploid embryonic stem cells in humans

Stem cell research holds huge potential for medicine and human health. In particular, human embryonic stem cells (ESCs), with their ability to turn into any cell in the human body, are essential to the future prevention and treatment of disease.

29 Jun 2017

Researchers trace origins of AML relapse to rare therapy-resistant stem cells

Leukemia researchers led by Dr. John Dick have traced the origins of relapse in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) to rare therapy-resistant leukemia stem cells that are already present at diagnosis and before chemotherapy begins.

29 Jun 2017

Adding new antibody to chemotherapy could bolster effects of cancer treatment

Adding an investigational antibody to the chemotherapy rituximab appears to restore its cancer-killing properties in certain leukemia patients with a natural resistance to the drug, according to a small, proof-of-concept study by Duke Cancer Institute researchers.

29 Jun 2017

Injecting plant-based nanoparticles and chemotherapy drug helps halt tumor progression in mice

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in collaboration with researchers from Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine and RWTH Aachen University have adapted virus particles- that normally infect potatoes- to serve as cancer drug delivery devices for mice.

28 Jun 2017

Discovery of T cell exhaustion offers new pathway to more powerful immunotherapies

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital immunologists have discovered how immune cells called T cells become "exhausted" -- unable to do their jobs of attacking invaders such as cancer cells or viruses.

28 Jun 2017

Research presents crystal structure of enzyme implicated in cancer, neurodegenerative diseases

A Stony Brook University-led team of researchers has determined the structure of a key enzyme involved with cell growth regulation in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease.

28 Jun 2017

Paxman supports launch of global initiative to develop best practices in scalp cooling

Led by six globally-recognized experts in cancer care, the organization known as CHILL, Cancer-related Hair Loss, International Leadership and Linkage, announced today an initiative to collect and track evidence-based patient information and clinical guidance.

From Paxman 28 Jun 2017

Researchers identify new therapy target for gonorrhea

Researchers have identified a possible new treatment for gonorrhea, using a peptide that thwarts the infection-causing bacterium by interfering with an enzyme the microbe needs to respirate.

27 Jun 2017

Immunotherapy found to be smarter, kinder treatment for people with head and neck cancer

The immunotherapy nivolumab is kinder than chemotherapy for people with advanced head and neck cancer - easing many of the negative effects of the disease on patients' quality of life.

24 Jun 2017

Experimental drug benefits some patients with advanced kidney cancer

Some patients with a form of advanced kidney cancer that carries a poor prognosis benefited from an experimental drug targeted to an abnormal genetic pathway causing cancerous growth, according to research led by a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientist.

24 Jun 2017

Chemotherapy News and Research

Latest Chemotherapy News and Research

Cancer research at University of Warwick receives £8.5k to improve detection, treatments and care

Marine natural compounds hold potential to combat tuberculosis

Combination therapy may lead to new standard of care for kidney cancer patients

Female survivors of childhood cancer have high risk for ovarian condition that causes infertility

Study: Personalized neoantigen vaccine stimulates strong anti-tumor response in melanoma patients

Schistosomiasis: the biggest killer you’ve never heard of?

FDA expands use of cooling cap to minimize chemotherapy-induced hair loss in cancer patients

Study reveals radiation therapy advantage for patients with right-sided colorectal tumors

UTA awards new grants for research projects that focus on cancer, drug testing, and health of youth

SmartPractice donates $50,000 to support TGen's development of liquid biopsies

Research yields first successful isolation, maintenance of haploid embryonic stem cells in humans

Researchers trace origins of AML relapse to rare therapy-resistant stem cells

Adding new antibody to chemotherapy could bolster effects of cancer treatment

Injecting plant-based nanoparticles and chemotherapy drug helps halt tumor progression in mice

Discovery of T cell exhaustion offers new pathway to more powerful immunotherapies

Research presents crystal structure of enzyme implicated in cancer, neurodegenerative diseases

Paxman supports launch of global initiative to develop best practices in scalp cooling

Researchers identify new therapy target for gonorrhea

Immunotherapy found to be smarter, kinder treatment for people with head and neck cancer

Experimental drug benefits some patients with advanced kidney cancer

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