New Way to Deliver Cancer Medicine Could Fight Breast Cancer Better
Scientists are working on a new way to deliver a natural compound called CBD (from cannabis plants) directly to breast cancer cells. The problem is that CBD …
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New Cancer-Fighting Technology Targets a Protein That Helps Tumors Grow
Scientists have discovered a new way to fight cancer by using special molecules called PROTACs that can destroy a protein called BRD4, which helps cancer cells …
Read MoreNew Drug Shows Promise for Hard-to-Treat Ovarian Cancer
Researchers tested a new targeted cancer drug called mirvetuximab soravtansine (MIRV) on patients with ovarian cancer that had stopped responding to standard …
Read MoreNew Cancer Tests Help Doctors Find Better Treatments for Patients
Doctors treating patients with advanced and rare cancers are using additional blood and tissue tests to find more personalized treatment options. In a study of …
Read MoreTiny Particles Could Help Doctors Find and Fight Cancer Better
Scientists are developing incredibly small particles—so tiny you'd need a microscope to see them—that could revolutionize how doctors detect and treat cancer. …
Read MoreNew Drug Technology Could Help Fight Cancer by Destroying Problem Proteins
Scientists have created a new type of medicine that works like a targeted delivery system to destroy harmful proteins on cancer cells. The medicine is made by …
Read MoreNew Nanoparticles Show Promise for Targeting Breast Cancer
Scientists created tiny particles smaller than a grain of salt that can deliver cancer-fighting medicine directly to breast cancer cells. These special …
Read MoreNew Way to Deliver Cancer-Fighting Gene Therapy More Effectively
Scientists discovered a better way to deliver a type of gene therapy called siRNA directly to cancer cells. They used folic acid (a common vitamin) as a …
Read MoreNew Nanoparticle Delivery System Shows Promise for Aggressive Breast Cancer
Researchers developed a new way to deliver cannabidiol (CBD), a compound from cannabis plants, directly to aggressive triple-negative breast cancer cells. They …
Read MoreNew Hope for Brain Cancer: How Protein Switches Could Change Treatment
Brain cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, and current treatments often don't work well enough. Scientists are looking at special proteins called nuclear …
Read MoreNew Drug Delivery System Shows Promise Against Colorectal Cancer
Researchers developed a new way to deliver cancer-fighting drugs directly to colorectal cancer cells. They combined two substances—schisandrin A and …
Read MoreNew Tiny Particles Could Make Cancer Drugs Work Better
Scientists created super-tiny particles smaller than a grain of salt that can deliver cancer-fighting drugs directly to tumors. These particles are coated with …
Read MoreNew Ways Doctors Are Personalizing Crohn's Disease Treatment
Crohn's disease is a long-term condition that causes inflammation in the digestive system, and it affects people differently. Scientists are now using advanced …
Read MoreNew Tiny Capsules Could Help Treat and Detect Joint Damage
Scientists created a new type of medicine delivery system to treat osteoarthritis, a common condition where joints wear down over time. They designed tiny …
Read MoreNew Discovery About How Pancreatic Cancer Spreads Along Nerves
Scientists discovered that a protein called GC (group-specific component protein) plays a major role in helping pancreatic cancer spread along nerves in the …
Read MoreNew Clue Found in How Lung Cancer Grows and Spreads
Scientists discovered that a protein called MTHFD2 plays a major role in helping lung cancer cells grow and spread. They found that another protein called YY1 …
Read MoreNew Cancer-Fighting Drugs Show Promise for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Researchers reviewed new types of cancer-fighting drugs called antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) that are showing better results for treating advanced …
Read MoreNew Tiny Particles Could Help Fight Breast Cancer Better
Scientists created super-tiny particles smaller than a grain of sand that carry a natural plant compound called resveratrol directly to cancer cells. These …
Read MoreNew Way to Help Cancer Drugs Work Better Against Resistant Tumors
Scientists discovered that cancer cells can develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs like cisplatin through a specific protein called DLAT. This protein acts …
Read MoreNew Cancer Drug Shows Promise Against Ovarian Tumors
Researchers developed a new experimental drug called AZD5335 designed to fight ovarian cancer by targeting a specific protein found on cancer cells. Unlike an …
Read MoreNew Glow-in-the-Dark Dye Could Help Doctors Find Kids' Cancers
Researchers discovered that a new fluorescent dye called pafolacianine, which glows under special light, can help surgeons see cancer cells in children and …
Read MoreNew Inhaled Medicine Shows Promise for Lung Cancer Treatment
Scientists created a new way to deliver lung cancer medicine directly into the lungs using a special spray. The medicine, called sorafenib, was packaged into …
Read MoreNew Cancer-Fighting Drugs That Use Your Body's Immune System
Scientists are developing a new type of cancer medicine called ChemoBodies (or antibody-drug conjugates) that work like guided missiles. These medicines use …
Read MoreNew Delivery System Shows Promise for Cancer Gene Therapy
Scientists created a new delivery system that can carry genetic instructions (called siRNA) directly to cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone. The …
Read MoreSmart Delivery Packages Could Help Cancer Drugs Work Better
Scientists are developing tiny, intelligent delivery packages made from natural materials that can carry cancer-fighting drugs directly to tumor cells. These …
Read MoreTiny Robots Fighting Lung Cancer: How Nanoparticles Target Tumors
Scientists are developing incredibly small particles—so tiny you'd need a microscope to see them—that could help fight lung cancer more effectively. These …
Read MoreNew Drug Shows Promise Against Hard-to-Treat Uterine Cancer
Scientists tested a new experimental drug called CUDC-907 on uterine cancer cells and tumors in mice. This drug works by blocking two different pathways that …
Read MoreNew Mushroom-Based Nanoparticles Fight Cancer and Bacteria
Scientists created tiny particles made from mushroom extract and zinc that can do two jobs at once: kill cancer cells and fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria. …
Read MoreNew Nanoparticles Could Deliver Cancer Drugs More Effectively
Scientists created tiny particles made from special materials that can carry cancer-fighting drugs directly to tumor cells. These nanoparticles are designed to …
Read MoreNew Nanoparticles Show Promise Against Oral Cancer in Lab Tests
Researchers developed tiny particles made from natural materials that can fight oral cancer cells in new ways. These nanoparticles work by creating harmful …
Read MoreNew Tiny Particles Show Promise in Fighting Heart Artery Disease
Researchers created microscopic particles designed to deliver medicine directly to clogged arteries. These particles are coated with a special targeting …
Read MoreNew Nanoparticles Show Promise Against Breast Cancer
Scientists created tiny particles smaller than a grain of sand that could help fight breast cancer. These special nanoparticles were designed with three …
Read MoreNew Probiotic Could Help Fight Bacteria Linked to Colon Cancer
Scientists created a special probiotic—a type of helpful bacteria—designed to attack a harmful bacteria called Fusobacterium nucleatum that's connected to …
Read MoreNew Way to Test for Ovarian Cancer Treatment Options
Researchers found a simpler way to test ovarian cancer patients for a specific protein that helps doctors choose the best treatment. Instead of always needing …
Read MoreNew Nanoparticles Show Promise for Targeted Cancer Drug Delivery
Scientists created tiny particles smaller than cells that can deliver cancer medicine directly to tumor cells while avoiding healthy cells. These particles are …
Read MoreTwo Cancer Proteins May Work Together in Aggressive Uterine Cancer
Scientists studied aggressive uterine cancers to see how two important proteins, HER2 and FOLR1, might be connected. They looked at tissue samples from 62 …
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