Halt cell recycling to treat cancer
Recycling cans and bottles is a good practice. It helps keep the planet clean. The…
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Killing cancer by unleashing the body’s own immune system
The body’s immune system is the first line of defense against infections like bacteria, viruses…
Common anti-diarrhoea drug can induce death of aggressive brain cancer cells
A common drug that is usually prescribed to treat diarrhoea may also be a powerful weapon…
Spanish researchers find a new promising therapeutic target for glioblastoma
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive brain cancer due to its ability to escape the immune…
In surprising reversal, scientists find a cellular process that stops cancer before it starts
Just as plastic tips protect the ends of shoelaces and keep them from fraying when…
How to make (and destroy) a metastatic cancer cell
Many cancers become especially dangerous only when they metastasize from their site of origin to…
Scientists discover how breast cancer hibernates: study
Scientists have identified the mechanism that allows breast cancer cells to lie dormant in other…
Turning off autophagy helps chemotherapy stress cancer cells to death
A process called autophagy (from the Greek term for “self-eating”) helps cells survive stress -…
New protein linked to inflammation could guide colorectal cancer prevention, based on diet
Colon cancer, Crohn’s, and other diseases of the gut could be better treated – or…
Malaria drug successfully treats 26-year-old brain cancer patient
The anti-autophagy drug chloroquine may be a unique way to re-sensitise some cancer patients to…