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Genmab A/S has announced the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has published the full data set from the initial Phase I/II study with daratumumab monotherapy treating patients with relapsed or...
Study reveals how wasp venom kills cancer cells
9/02/2015
Researchers have revealed that a component of wasp venom kills cancer cells by making holes in cancer cell membranes that allow important molecules to leak out.
Inducing metabolic catastrophe in cancer cells
9/02/2015
A study published in The Journal of Cell Biology describes a way to force cancer cells to destroy a key metabolic enzyme they need to survive.
'Eat me' signal whets appetites for tumor-devouring dendritic cells
9/02/2015
By changing the mouse model they use to study how the immune system responds to cancer, a team of researchers hopes to shift the focus for one emerging form of cancer immunotherapy back to the...
Synthetic tumor tissue helps model cancer biology
9/02/2015
New, tissue-like, 3D microenvironment made of hydrogel offers cancer researchers a better way to study tumor growth and behavior than the current standard hard, flat plastic plate.
CNIO scientists propose attacking bioenergetic metabolism to improve anti-cancer therapies
9/01/2015
Cancer cells become addicted to glucose, which they use as their regular source of energy to grow and develop.
DNA-guided 3-D printing of human tissue is unveiled
9/01/2015
A UCSF-led team has developed a technique to build tiny models of human tissues, called organoids, more precisely than ever before using a process that turns human cells into a biological equivalent...
U.S. scientists reveal cellular clockwork underlying inflammation
9/01/2015
Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have uncovered key cellular functions that help regulate inflammation - a discovery that could have important implications for...
MACC1 gene is an independent prognostic biomarker for survival in Klatskin tumor patients
9/01/2015
Bile duct cancer is rare and is usually detected too late. Often only extensive liver surgery can help or, in rare cases, liver transplantation.
Precision X-Ray's small animal radiation therapy aids in the fight against cancer
9/01/2015
Giloblastoma Multiforme (GBM) brain tumors have no cure and the median lifespan for patients after diagnosis is 15 months.