Category: Cancer Treatments
Groundbreaking Study Discovers Cancer-Fighting Antibodies in Pancreatic Cancer Patients!
Microsatellite-stable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma PDAC have few T cells in cancer cell nests, do not react to immunotherapy, and are thought to only slightly stimulate the innate immune system. …
Targeting B7-H4 Protein with Antibody-Drug Conjugates Offers New Hope for Drug-Resistant Ovarian Cancer
A preclinical study by a team of oncologists and pharmacologists at Penn Medicine identifies a new target for recurrent ovarian cancer, a difficult-to-treat cancer. The work which was presented …
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 …
Ponatinib an FDA-Approved Drug Inhibits RIPK2 a Protein Involved in Prostate Cancer Metastasis
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer that threatens the lives of many men across the globe today. Occurring in over 34,000 men in the U.S alone, doctors are …
Oregon State University Researchers Developing a Vaccine against Skin Cancer
Oregon State University researchers are trying to stimulate the production of the protein Thioredoxin Reductase 1 (TR1), which has antioxidant properties for the skin. Their goal is to develop …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 …