Studies target androgen in breast cancer — ScienceDaily
"We're on the cusp of a major revolution in the way we treat breast cancer. We've known for years that prostate cancer is driven by androgens and now it's increasingly clear that androgens and androgen...
View ArticleUsing power of computers to harness human genome may provide clues into Ebola...
In an article titled "Ebola-Associated Genes in the Human Genome: Implications for Novel Targets," published in the current MedCrave Online Journal of Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Narayanan describes...
View ArticleTailor-made cancer treatments? New cell culture technique paves the way
The new technique is more than three times as effective as previous methods. Researchers say it's a major step forward in the study of circulating tumor cells, which are shed from tumors and circulate...
View ArticleTest predicts response to treatment for complication of leukemia stem cell...
Patients with fatal blood cancers like leukemia often require allogenic stem cell SCT to survive. Donor stem cells are transplanted to a recipient, but not without the risk of developing GVHD, a...
View ArticleResearchers map paths to cancer drug resistance
By mapping the specific steps that cells of melanoma, breast cancer and a blood cancer called myelofibrosis use to become resistant to drugs, the researchers now have much better targets for blocking...
View ArticleProtein identified as possible universal therapeutic target for many...
By using a drug combination of the clinically tested OSU-03012 (AR-12) and FDA approved Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors (Viagra, Cialis) to target GRP78 and related proteins, researchers prevented the...
View ArticleGene that pushes normal pancreas cells to change shape identified
Their findings, reported in Nature Communications, suggest that inhibiting the gene, protein kinase D1 (PKD1), and its protein could halt progression and spread of this form of pancreatic cancer, and...
View ArticleReaching ’80 percent by 2018′ would prevent more than 20,000 colorectal...
Colorectal cancer (commonly called colon cancer) is the third leading cause of cancer death in both men and women in the United States, and the second leading cause for both sexes combined. An...
View ArticleWorld’s first method for continuous purification of valuable antibodies
Without antibodies we would be at the mercy of pathogens or cancer cells. Therapeutic antibodies are used as passive vaccines, for cancer therapy or for controlling autoimmune diseases such as multiple...
View ArticleReview highlights potential of cancer immunotherapy plus targeted therapy
"To support this goal and accelerate these efforts, changes in directions of research support and funding may be required," co-authors Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Genitourinary Medical...
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