IU researchers identify key mechanism and potential target to prevent leukemia
11/17/2014
Researchers have identified two proteins that appear crucial to the development - and patient relapse - of acute myeloid leukemia.
Swiss biotech starts breakthrough anti-cancer clinical trial based on active immunotherapy
11/17/2014
MaxiVAX SA, a private Swiss biotech company, is conducting a ground-breaking clinical phase 1 trial at the Geneva University Hospitals with its proprietary cancer vaccination MVX-ONCO-1 in 15...
Drugs that prevent blood clots may protect organs during transplantation
11/17/2014
Organs can become significantly damaged during transplantation, but a new article published in the BJS (British Journal of Surgery) offers a protective strategy that could keep them safe and allow...
Recurrent ovarian cancer treatment combo of cancer-killing virus plus chemotherapy
11/17/2014
In six out of 10 cases, ovarian cancer is diagnosed when the disease is advanced and five-year survival is only 27 percent.
Nonclinical factors may affect whether intensive procedures are used at the end of life
11/17/2014
In a study that looked at what factors might affect whether or not a patient receives intensive medical procedures in the last 6 months of life, investigators found that older age, Alzheimer's...
Scientists at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and their collaborators have developed a scoring scheme that predicts the ability...
Study points to long non-coding RNA as potential therapeutic target for breast cancer
11/17/2014
Molecules called long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been implicated in breast cancer but exactly why they cause metastasis and tumor growth has been little understood...until now.
Study opens door to the development of biomarkers and therapeutic strategies for breast cancer
11/17/2014
Researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute of Bellvitge, the Catalan Institute of Oncology and the University Hospital of Bellvitge have participated in an international study...
A new screening platform using cells grown directly from tumor biopsy samples may lead to truly individualized treatment strategies that would get around the problem of treatment resistance, which...
Research findings could lead to new insights on how to alter cells for therapeutic purposes
11/17/2014
New research in flies shows how cells in adult reproductive organs maintain their sexual identity.