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New combination therapy found to be well tolerated in patients with aggressive brain tumor

A phase I clinical trial that set out to assess the safety of a new combination therapy for a type of aggressive brain tumour has found the treatment to be well tolerated in patients.

30 Mar 2019

Study highlights need to diversify population-level genetic data for better disease prediction

Polygenic scores can predict a person's risk for conditions like coronary artery disease, breast cancer, and type 2 diabetes (T2D) with great accuracy, even in patients who lack common warning signs. This new genome analysis tool holds promise for physicians, who may be able to intervene earlier to help prevent common disease for at-risk individuals.

30 Mar 2019

IASLC 2019 Small Cell Lung Cancer Meeting focuses on immunotherapy and patient perspective

While non-small cell lung cancer is the more common form of lung cancer and attracts the lion's share of the research funding, recent developments in small cell lung cancer may be shifting that slightly.

29 Mar 2019

FDA approves new oral drug to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Mavenclad (cladribine) tablets to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) in adults, to include relapsing-remitting disease and active secondary progressive disease.

29 Mar 2019

APS-ASPET Presidential Symposium Series spotlights advances in gut microbiome research

Leading physiology and pharmacology researchers will speak in a four-part series centered on the gut microbiome--the microbe population living in the digestive tract--and its role in wound recovery, hypertension and nervous system function.

29 Mar 2019

WHO guidelines for chronic hepatitis B fail to detect half of the patients in Ethiopia needing treatment

Current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) fail to detect half of the patients in need of treatment in Ethiopia, report scientists in the Journal of Hepatology, published by Elsevier.

29 Mar 2019

New targetable vulnerability in breast cancer cells discovered

Researchers at the University of Helsinki and Karolinska Institutet have discovered new molecular mechanisms of breast cancer cell signaling that contribute to aggressive behavior of cancer cells.

29 Mar 2019

Dogs’ sense of smell could help to predict epileptic seizures

Researchers have shown for the first time that dogs can recognize the scent given off when a person is having an epileptic seizure.

29 Mar 2019

Mammograms will soon include breast density says FDA

The US FDA has proposed some drastic new steps to update and enhance mammography as a screening tool for breast cancer.

29 Mar 2019

Even a small amount of red and processed meat can be harmful

New research suggests that even a diet that is low in red or processed meat can increase the risk of death compared to those following a vegetarian diet.

29 Mar 2019

Queen’s University Belfast and Domainex identify novel first-in-class FLIP inhibitors

Queen’s University Belfast and Domainex are pleased to announce that their joint project team has successfully identified novel first-in-class small molecule inhibitors of the anti-apoptotic protein FLIP.

29 Mar 2019

Johns Hopkins surgeons perform first-ever living donor HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant

For the first time, a person living with HIV has donated a kidney to a transplant recipient also living with HIV. A multidisciplinary team from Johns Hopkins Medicine completed the living donor HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant on Mar. 25. The doctors say both the donor and the recipient are doing well.

29 Mar 2019

Bottle of wine equivalent to smoking 10 cigarettes

New research suggests that drinking a bottle of wine every week raises the risk of cancer as much as smoking five to ten cigarettes.

29 Mar 2019

Breakthrough study could lead to new treatments for sickle cell disease

In a breakthrough study of sickle cell disease, biomedical engineers in the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering have revealed that the building blocks of the disease are much less efficient at organizing than previously thought.

29 Mar 2019

Walnut consumption could change gene expression in pathologically-confirmed breast cancers

New research from Marshall University links walnut consumption as a contributing factor that could suppress growth and survival of breast cancers.

29 Mar 2019

Scientists target metastasis in the battle against cancer

An experimental combination drug therapy attacking the DNA integrity of cancer cells is showing promise for a possible new cancer therapy in the future.

29 Mar 2019

Cancer prevention drug also reduces virulence of H. pylori bacterium

A medicine currently being tested as a chemoprevention agent for multiple types of cancer has more than one trick in its bag when it comes to preventing stomach cancer, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.

29 Mar 2019

Researchers develop new strategy to treat sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia

Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have developed a strategy to treat two of the most common inherited blood diseases -- sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia -- applying CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to patients' own blood stem cells.

29 Mar 2019

FDA approves treatment for adults with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Cimzia (certolizumab pegol) injection for treatment of adults with a certain type of inflammatory arthritis called non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA), with objective signs of inflammation. This is the first time that the FDA has approved a treatment for nr-axSpA.

28 Mar 2019

New strategy for potential treatment of HBV associated liver cancer

Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore General Hospital and Lion TCR have demonstrated that they were able to engineer HBV-specific T cells, a type of immune cells found in the body, to treat Hepatocellular carcinoma, a commonly occurring liver cancer.

28 Mar 2019

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

New combination therapy found to be well tolerated in patients with aggressive brain tumor

Study highlights need to diversify population-level genetic data for better disease prediction

IASLC 2019 Small Cell Lung Cancer Meeting focuses on immunotherapy and patient perspective

FDA approves new oral drug to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis

APS-ASPET Presidential Symposium Series spotlights advances in gut microbiome research

WHO guidelines for chronic hepatitis B fail to detect half of the patients in Ethiopia needing treatment

New targetable vulnerability in breast cancer cells discovered

Dogs’ sense of smell could help to predict epileptic seizures

Mammograms will soon include breast density says FDA

Even a small amount of red and processed meat can be harmful

Queen’s University Belfast and Domainex identify novel first-in-class FLIP inhibitors

Johns Hopkins surgeons perform first-ever living donor HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant

Bottle of wine equivalent to smoking 10 cigarettes

Breakthrough study could lead to new treatments for sickle cell disease

Walnut consumption could change gene expression in pathologically-confirmed breast cancers

Scientists target metastasis in the battle against cancer

Cancer prevention drug also reduces virulence of H. pylori bacterium

Researchers develop new strategy to treat sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia

FDA approves treatment for adults with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis

New strategy for potential treatment of HBV associated liver cancer

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