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Rapid diagnostic coupled with local therapy developed for brain tumours
In the race to deliver therapeutics to treat brain cancer and prevent recurrence, the blood-brain…
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Doxorubicin disrupts the immune system to cause heart toxicity
Doxorubicin is a chemotherapy drug widely used in ovarian, bladder, lung, thyroid and stomach cancers,…
Sensor could help doctors select effective cancer therapy
MIT chemical engineers have developed a new sensor that lets them see inside cancer cells…
Role of oral microbiota in the severity of chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis
At the 96th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in…
Magnetic nanoparticles deliver chemotherapy to difficult-to-reach spinal tumours
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have demonstrated that magnetic nanoparticles can be…
Acidic pH: The weakness of cancer cells
Cancer cells are known to acidify their environment and, consequently, the interior of the cells…
Targeting gene mutations to treat ovarian cancers
New research has shown that ovarian cancer patients with a tumour mutation in the BRAF…
Cannabinoid improves survival rates of mice with pancreatic cancer
Mice with pancreatic cancer that were treated with a naturally occurring constituent of medicinal cannabis…
New finding could ‘pause and rewind’ lung cancer
A team of Institute researchers have discovered how to stop and reverse the growth of…
CAR-T therapy works for some blood cancers, but can we make it work for brain tumours?
Peter Abel, University of Central Lancashire A powerful new anti-cancer therapy, called CAR-T, has shown…