Category: Cancer Research and Advances
Androgens Responsible for Higher Bladder Cancer Cases Among Men
Men are more susceptible to having most forms of cancer. Now, researchers have found that hormones may explain this phenomenon. In a new study published in the journal Science …
ERX-41 a New Compound Provides a Promising Therapeutic Approach for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Due to a lack of actionable treatment methods, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has a poor clinical prognosis. TNBCs account for 15% of new breast cancer diagnoses and lack the …
University of Michigan Scientists Use Sound Waves to Treat Previously Inoperable Liver Cancer
Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. In 2020, approximately 830,180 people died of liver cancer worldwide. The American Cancer Society, ACS, estimates that in …Scripps Scientists Discover How Sea Microbe Makes Cancer-Fighting “Warhead”
Researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California (UC) San Diego have shown how a molecule made by a sea bacterium turns into a potent …
Scientists Develop Biosensors for Rapid Cancer Therapy Assessment
Patients do not always respond, as desired, to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) inhibitors, and physicians cannot tell this quickly enough. Researchers have now developed biosensors that could make it …
Tetracycline Family Antibiotics May Help Fight Melanoma by Targeting Cancer Cell Mitochondria
Antibiotics of the tetracycline family can help treat certain forms of skin cancer, specifically by targeting the mitochondria, or energy centers, of cancer cells, according to a team of …
NIH: Fecal Transplant Boosts Immunotherapy Response in People with Advanced Melanoma
People with metastatic melanoma who are not responding well to treatment with immunotherapy drugs may benefit from the introduction of fecal transplants into their intestines. This is according to …