Tag: Cancer
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Beyond COVID: How are RNA drugs poised to transform human therapeutics?
– With all the advances that are occurring in the field of RNA therapeutics, one can...
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Smart biopsies: The next generation of cancer diagnostics
– The number of tumors detected in the world population is increasing dramatically, with cancer being...
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Blood cancer: Can we improve patient survival?
– Today’s best treatment options for blood cancer kill tumor cells with high doses of radiation...
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9 AI-based initiatives catalyzing immunotherapy in 2018
– Artificial intelligence (AI) has been dynamically changing the field of drug discovery in several areas,...
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Are scientists closer to unraveling the code of aging?
– Who doesn’t want to defy age and live longer? Increased longevity has been the focal...
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CancerSEEK: A single blood test for early detection of eight cancer types
– CancerSEEK is a revolutionary blood test that could detect eight common cancers at relatively early...
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Innovative Cancer Treatments Gain FDA Endorsement
– In addition to the traditional pillars of cancer treatment—surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy—a new approach has...
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Monoclonal Antibodies for Cancer Treatment
– Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for approximately 8.8 million deaths in...
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How to Predict Immunotherapy Efficacy
– Depending on the type of cancer, a specific treatment regimen can encompass one or more...
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Mini Electronic Biosensor for Point-of-Care Devices and Wearables
– There’s a completely electronic method for barcoding particles according to researchers at Rutgers University. Unlike...
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The Dangers of Palm Oil: Why Nutella is Being Removed From Shelves
– Supermarkets in Italy, including the country’s biggest supermarket chain, Coop, have removed popular hazelnut spread,...
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Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and Cancer Detection
– In 2012, cancer caused about 8.2 million deaths and it is the second major cause...
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Can DNA Methylation Inhibiting Drugs Treat Cancer?
– What Is DNA Methylation? Epigenetics define the heritable regulation of gene expression that is not...
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The Promise of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapies for Cancer Treatment
– Cancer is a collection of related diseases characterized by the abnormal proliferation of cells and...
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Cell Therapy: An Old Therapeutic Strategy Recently Gaining Traction
– Modern medicine relies on the statistical evaluation of new therapies versus placebo or the current...
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First Lung Cancer Trials Using CRISPR-Edited T Cells Start in August
– “We are trying to develop a last resort when everything else fails.” Says Lu You,...
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Personalized Medicine: The Future Is Now
– I am 6 ft. and 154 lb. and last week I had a headache. I...
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Why We Can’t Cure This Deadly Cancer
– Not all cancers are the same. Each year, in the USA alone, approximately 10,000 new...
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Personalized Medicine: A New Era of Treatment?
– Personalized medicine (PM), the current buzzword in medicine, involves the use of tailor-made interventions based...
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How Dressed-to-Impress Cancer Meds Can Penetrate Tumors Better Than Current Strategies
– DREXEL UNIVERSITY, PHILADELPHIA, USA AND SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, USA. Drexel University researchers’ new method of accessing the...