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New nanoparticle gene therapy strategy effectively treats deadly brain cancer in rats
2/07/2015
Fast Facts: Gene therapy may effectively treat glioma, a deadly form of brain cancer, but getting the right genes to cancer cells in the brain is difficult.
Dartmouth researchers reprogram tumor's cells to attack itself
2/07/2015
Inserting a specific strain of bacteria into the microenvironment of aggressive ovarian cancer transforms the behavior of tumor cells from suppression to immunostimulation, researchers at Norris...
'Soft micro-robots' could do biopsies, deliver drugs
2/06/2015
Scientists are making self-folding microgrippers of stiff hydrogel embedded with iron nanoparticles for use as magnetically-guided, soft micro-robots for biopsy and drug delivery.
New drug delivery device 'could transform cancer treatment'
2/06/2015
A device that uses an electrical field to drive drugs deep inside solid tumors that are difficult to treat could make more cancer patients eligible for life-saving surgeries.
Two major studies strengthen case for prostate cancer drug before chemotherapy
2/06/2015
Pioneering prostate cancer drug abiraterone significantly extends the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer if given before chemotherapy, the results of a major phase III clinical trial have...
Text messages a new tool in the fight to prevent skin cancer, Australia
2/06/2015
Australians' love affair with mobile phones could save their life according to a joint QUT, Cancer Council Queensland and University of Queensland study using text messages to improve skin cancer...
Making equal access to cancer treatment a priority
2/06/2015
Access to treatment and care is a fundamental right of any patient. Yet despite the fast rate of new agent development, there are still astounding inequalities in the availability of and...
Two major studies strengthen case for prostate cancer drug before chemotherapy
2/06/2015
Pioneering prostate cancer drug abiraterone significantly extends the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer if given before chemotherapy, the results of a major phase III clinical trial have...
Text messages a new tool in the fight to prevent skin cancer, Australia
2/06/2015
Australians' love affair with mobile phones could save their life according to a joint QUT, Cancer Council Queensland and University of Queensland study using text messages to improve skin cancer...
Tiny robotic 'hands' could improve cancer diagnostics, drug delivery
2/06/2015
Many people imagine robots today as clunky, metal versions of humans, but scientists are forging new territory in the field of 'soft robotics.