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Anticancer drug can spur immune system to fight infection
4/07/2015
Low doses of Imatinib/Gleevec stimulate immune cell productionLow doses of the anti-cancer drug imatinib can spur the bone marrow to produce more innate immune cells to fight against bacterial...
Old cancer drug could have new use in fighting cancer
4/07/2015
A drug used for decades to treat leukemia may have other uses in the fight against cancer, researchers at the University of Missouri have found.
New knowledge on EphB signaling may improve treatment of intestinal cancers
4/06/2015
A new study led by researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, provides experimental evidence that a drug that inhibits the EphB-signaling pathway...
Cancer prevention efforts in the US a mixed bag
4/06/2015
New edition of report summarizes risk factors, screening for major cancer sitesWhile there has been substantial progress in some cancer control efforts in the past several decades, like...
Protein may improve liver regeneration
4/06/2015
FGF21 boosts regenerative ability in mice carrying human PPARĪ± proteinResearchers at UC Davis have illuminated an important distinction between mice and humans: how human livers heal.
Blood test predicts severity of peanut and seafood allergies
4/06/2015
A new blood test promises to predict which people will have severe allergic reactions to foods according to a new study led by Mount Sinai researchers and published online in the The Annals of...
Personalized vaccine shows promise against melanoma recurrence
4/04/2015
Encouraging results from a 'first-in-people' trial have led the FDA to approve the phase 1 clinical study of an experimental, personalized anticancer vaccine.
St. Gallen 2015: Latest multidisciplinary research in early breast cancer
4/04/2015
The latest challenges of early breast cancer research include refining classification and predicting treatment responses, according to a report on the 14th St Gallen International Breast Cancer...
Certain fish oils 'may induce chemoresistance in cancer patients'
4/04/2015
Taking certain fish oil supplements or eating herring or mackerel may increase the risk of chemotherapy resistance for cancer patients, a new study suggests.
Scientists reveal unique mechanism of natural product with powerful antimicrobial action
4/03/2015
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered the unique mechanism of a powerful natural product with wide-ranging antifungal, antibacterial, anti-malaria...