Possibilities for personalised vaccines revealed at ESMO Symposium
11/24/2014
The possibilities for personalised vaccines in all types of cancer are revealed in a lecture from Dr Harpreet Singh at the ESMO Symposium on Immuno-Oncology 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Delivering a promising one-two punch for lung cancer
11/24/2014
Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a powerful one-two punch for countering a common genetic mutation that often leads to drug-resistant cancers.
Study may lead to more targeted treatments for cancers and 'Rasopathies'
11/24/2014
Researchers have successfully targeted an important molecular pathway that fuels a variety of cancers and related developmental syndromes called "Rasopathies.
Surprise finding has implications for wound repair therapies and inhibiting cancer
11/24/2014
While investigating a rare genetic disorder, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that a ubiquitous signaling molecule is crucial to cellular...
Powerful method revealed to speed cancer drug discovery
11/24/2014
For decades, researchers have struggled to translate basic scientific discoveries about cancer into therapeutics that effectively--and with minimal side effects--shrink a tumor.
New "human interactome" map predicts new cancer genes
11/24/2014
Scientists have created the largest-scale map to date of direct interactions between proteins encoded by the human genome and newly predicted dozens of genes to be involved in cancer.
Key discovery in understanding immunotherapy's successes - and its failures
11/24/2014
A collaborative team of leaders in the field of cancer immunology from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has made a key discovery that advances the understanding of why some patients respond to...
Next generation biomarker detects tumour cells and delivers anti-cancer drugs
11/24/2014
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has invented a unique biomarker with two exceptional functions.First, it lights up when it detects tumour cells to allow scientists to take a better look.
In the fight against cancer, new understanding of genetic replication could help
11/24/2014
A new line of research from a team at Florida State University is pushing the limits on what the world knows about how human genetic material is replicated and what that means for people with...
No increased risk of breast cancer found when taking common blood pressure medication
11/24/2014
Women who take a common type of medication to control their blood pressure are not at increased risk of developing breast cancer due to the drug, according to new study by researchers at the...