Is there a protective link between hemophilia and long-term HIV infection?
12/16/2013
People with the genetic blood clotting disorder hemophilia who have been infected with HIV for decades have an increased proportion of immune cells in their blood that specifically target HIV.
Magnetic nanoparticles to cure cancer
12/15/2013
Scientists from Nanoprobes, Inc. claim that magnetic nanoparticles can cure cancer in just one treatment. Their findings are published in The International Journal of Nanomedicine.The team, led by Dr. James F. Hainfeld, claims that an injection containing the nanoparticles followed by 3 minutes in a magnetic field "completely cured" test animals of cancer.
Mechanism of cancer spread identified
12/15/2013
Cancer involves a breakdown of normal cell behavior. Cell reproduction and movement go haywire, causing tumors to grow and spread through the body.A new finding by University of Pennsylvania scientists has identified key steps that trigger this disintegration of cellular regulation.
FDA-approved lung cancer medication shrinks chordoma in mice
12/15/2013
Johns Hopkins researchers say that a drug approved to treat lung cancer substantially shrank tumors in mice that were caused by a rare form of bone cancer called chordoma.Reporting in the journal PLOS ONE, the researchers say the finding offers hope to chordoma patients, who have no treatment options once surgery and radiation have been exhausted. There are no U.S.
Potential hemophilia treatment using new gene therapy
12/15/2013
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the Medical College of Wisconsin found that a new kind of gene therapy led to a dramatic decline in bleeding events in dogs with naturally occurring hemophilia A, a serious and costly bleeding condition that affects about 50,000 people in the United States and millions more around the world.
Improved cooling cap for chemotherapy hair loss 'more effective'
12/14/2013
Patients who undergo chemotherapy experience many side effects, but hair loss can be one of the most emotionally distressing. Now, a couple from the Netherlands have created what they say is an "improved" cooling cap that may prevent patients undergoing cancer treatment from losing their hair.Chemotherapy is a method used to treat patients with various types of cancer.
Researchers refute cancer 'avalanche effect'
12/14/2013
First, the number of chromosomes in a cell changes, then an avalanche of further mutations occur that transform the cell into a cancer cell, according to a well-known - but untested - theory. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has now shown that the theory is not correct and constitutes a dead end for research.
Defending medical oncology to assure quality care for cancer patients
12/13/2013
Medical oncologists have a vital role to play in cancer care, particularly as treatments become ever more complex, a new position statement [1] from the European Society for Medical Oncology says.
Researchers at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Center for Immunotherapy are enrolling patients in three different clinical trials of novel immunotherapy approaches for treating genitourinary cancers. One of the studies will assess how patients' immune systems respond to targeted radiation treatments for metastatic kidney cancer.
Adaptimmune has announced the release of interim results from a Phase I/II clinical trial using patients' own T cells that have been genetically altered to attack multiple myeloma (MM) cells. The study Chair presented these updated results at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).