A novel approach to immunotherapy developed by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has led to the complete regression of breast cancer in a patient who was unresponsive to all... Read more
A physician-controlled robotic device that destroys tumors with highly precise doses of radiation Stephen Wiley, a lifelong cowboy from Terrell, has helped UT Southwestern Medical Center pio... Read more
Aging process in the human body is greatly influenced by the action of free radicals (byproducts of our own metabolism), but can be slowed down without the need to consume special dietary su... Read more
Tiny Bottles and Melting Corks: Temperature Regulates a New Delivery System for Drugs and Fragrances
Microscopic, bottle-like structures with corks that melt at precisely-controlled temperatures could potentially release drugs inside the body or fragrances onto the skin, according to a rece... Read more
New approaches to some of the most serious unmet health challenges of our time An ingredient in a medicinal tea brewed from tree bark by tribal healers on the South Pacific island of Samoa —... Read more
If the results are confirmed in humans, the implications for personalized therapies for other cancers could mean fewer radiation treatments, or perhaps, ideally, one single high-dose treatme... Read more
A new palm-sized microarray that holds 1,200 individual cultures of fungi or bacteria could enable faster, more efficient drug discovery, according to a study published in mBio®, the online... Read more
Nanopharmaceuticals are beginning to demonstrate their capacity to place the drugs directly in the tumor, where they will do the most good, rather than let them roam freely in the body. The... Read more
An eight gene ‘signature’ can predict length of relapse-free survival after chemotherapy, according to new research from Taiwan. An eight gene ‘signature’ can predict length of relapse-free... Read more
We can get brain cells, liver cells, muscle cells and more. Stem cells and tissue-specific cells can be grown in abundance from mature mammalian cells simply by blocking a certain mem... Read more
Chemists at the University of California, Riverside have developed a compound that holds much promise in the laboratory in fighting renal (kidney) cancer. Named TIR-199, the compound targets... Read more
The goal is to help doctors make better predictions about how a patient’s illness will progress and what type of treatment will be most effective. Storing music and photos on distant compute... Read more
“Skin melanoma is the most lethal of the skin cancers Nature Communications recently published GW research on skin melanoma with newly discovered role for UV and melanin using transgenic HGF... Read more
60 percent of tumor-burdened mice were cured in fewer than three months Mayo Clinic researchers have trained mouse immune systems to eradicate skin cancer from within, using a genetic combin... Read more