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Free fatty acids may be effective in treating catheter-related bloodstream infections

Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital, Veterans Affair Medical Center in Providence and University of Rhode Island have found that a free fatty acid, made up of compounds similar to those naturally made in the body, may be as effective at fighting certain infections as antibiotics.

19 Aug 2014

Natural killer cells can be used to combat acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have shown that a select team of immune-system cells from patients with leukemia can be multiplied in the lab, creating an army of natural killer cells that can be used to destroy the cancer cells.

19 Aug 2014

Lung Cancer Alliance praises NCI's new ALCHEMIST trial

Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) President & CEO, Laurie Fenton Ambrose praised the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) new trial, launched today, that will focus on the prevention of recurrence in two specific types of lung cancers when they are caught at early stage and surgically removed.

19 Aug 2014

MGH-developed microfluidic device may help study key steps involved in development of tumor metastasis

A microfluidic device developed at Massachusetts General Hospital may help study key steps in the process by which cancer cells break off from a primary tumor to invade other tissues and form metastases.

19 Aug 2014

Research findings may lead to novel target for chemoresistant cancer cells

Dartmouth cancer researchers at Norris Cotton Cancer Center found a means of causing the elimination of a protein that maintains cancer cell viability; the results of the study appear in the August 8 issue of The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

17 Aug 2014

Research offers promise for personalized RNA combination therapies to treat lung cancer

Small RNA molecules, including microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), offer tremendous potential for new therapeutic agents to inhibit cancer cell growth. However, delivering these small RNAs to solid tumors remains a significant challenge, as the RNAs must target the correct cells and avoid being broken down by enzymes in the body.

15 Aug 2014

Modified C. novyi-NT bacterium produces precisely targeted anti-tumor response

A modified version of the Clostridium novyi (C. novyi-NT) bacterium can produce a strong and precisely targeted anti-tumor response in rats, dogs and now humans, according to a new report from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers.

14 Aug 2014

Clinical trial tests COXEN model in bladder cancer to find promising treatment

Imagine being able to match a cancer's genes to the best treatment. That's the promise of COXEN (CO eXpression ExtrapolatioN) - a computer program that looks at a panel of cancer genes in a patient's tumor to predict whether it will respond to chemotherapy.

14 Aug 2014

Injections of anaerobic bacteria can shrink tumors in rats, dogs and human

Deep within most tumors lie areas that remain untouched by chemotherapy and radiation. These troublesome spots lack the blood and oxygen needed for traditional therapies to work, but provide the perfect target for a new cancer treatment using bacteria that thrive in oxygen-poor conditions.

14 Aug 2014

Recurrence of breast cancer cut by ½ in overweight women who regularly use NSAIDs

Recurrence of hormone-related breast cancer was cut by half in overweight and obese women who regularly used aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), according to data published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

14 Aug 2014

Combination of NASBA and real-time qPCR detects aspergillosis with 100% accuracy

The fungal infection invasive aspergillosis (IA) can be life threatening, especially in patients whose immune systems are weakened by chemotherapy or immunosuppressive drugs. Despite the critical need for early detection, IA remains difficult to diagnose.

14 Aug 2014

Feist-Weiller, Caris Life Sciences partner to offer breakthrough technology to cancer patients

Doctors at the LSU Health Shreveport Feist-Weiller Cancer Center will now have access to innovative, precision-medicine technology that determines the unique biological characteristics of each individual patient's cancer tumor.

12 Aug 2014

Synthetic Biologics' SYN-005 antibody for Pertussis treatment to be highlighted at ICAAC 2014

Synthetic Biologics, Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel anti-infective biologic and drug programs targeting specific pathogens that cause serious infections and diseases, announced today that its SYN-005 for the treatment of Pertussis will be highlighted at the 54th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 5-9, in Washington D.C.

12 Aug 2014

Researchers discover how arginine starvation specifically kills cancer cells

Researchers at UC Davis, City of Hope, Taipai Medical University and National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan have discovered how a drug that deprives the cells of a key amino acid specifically kills cancer cells.

12 Aug 2014

UChicago Medicine and Advocate Health Care wins NIH grant to find new ways to prevent type 1 diabetes

The University of Chicago Medicine and Advocate Children's Hospital / Advocate Health Care have received a five-year, $1.8-million grant from the National Institutes of Health to find new ways to delay and prevent type 1 diabetes. The grant will establish the first Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet Clinical Center in Chicago.

12 Aug 2014

Researchers discover highly virulent, multidrug resistant form of pathogen in Ohio

A team of clinician researchers has discovered a highly virulent, multidrug resistant form of the pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in patient samples in Ohio.

12 Aug 2014

Novogen receives funding support to commence studies in muscular dystrophy

The Australian biotechnology company, Novogen Limited today announced receipt of funding from the FSHD Global Research Foundation as part of the Company’s efforts to find effective treatments for a range of musculo-degenerative diseases including facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD).

11 Aug 2014

CRI researchers identify gene linked to several childhood cancers

Researchers at the Children-s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern have identified a gene that contributes to the development of several childhood cancers, in a study conducted with mice designed to model the cancers.

11 Aug 2014

Antimalarial agent chloroquine normalizes abnormal tumor blood vessels

A recent study by investigators at VIB and KU Leuven has demonstrated that chloroquine also normalizes the abnormal blood vessels in tumors. This blood vessel normalization results in an increased barrier function on the one hand -- thereby blocking cancer cell dissemination and metastasis -- and in enhanced tumor perfusion on the other hand, which increases the response of the tumor to chemotherapy.

11 Aug 2014

Scientists find new clues to early detection, personalised treatment of ovarian cancer

Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology and the Bioinformatics Institute have found new clues to early detection and personalised treatment of ovarian cancer, currently one of the most difficult cancers to diagnose early due to the lack of symptoms that are unique to the illness.

9 Aug 2014

Chemotherapy News and Research

Latest Chemotherapy News and Research

Free fatty acids may be effective in treating catheter-related bloodstream infections

Natural killer cells can be used to combat acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Lung Cancer Alliance praises NCI's new ALCHEMIST trial

MGH-developed microfluidic device may help study key steps involved in development of tumor metastasis

Research findings may lead to novel target for chemoresistant cancer cells

Research offers promise for personalized RNA combination therapies to treat lung cancer

Modified C. novyi-NT bacterium produces precisely targeted anti-tumor response

Clinical trial tests COXEN model in bladder cancer to find promising treatment

Injections of anaerobic bacteria can shrink tumors in rats, dogs and human

Recurrence of breast cancer cut by ½ in overweight women who regularly use NSAIDs

Combination of NASBA and real-time qPCR detects aspergillosis with 100% accuracy

Feist-Weiller, Caris Life Sciences partner to offer breakthrough technology to cancer patients

Synthetic Biologics' SYN-005 antibody for Pertussis treatment to be highlighted at ICAAC 2014

Researchers discover how arginine starvation specifically kills cancer cells

UChicago Medicine and Advocate Health Care wins NIH grant to find new ways to prevent type 1 diabetes

Researchers discover highly virulent, multidrug resistant form of pathogen in Ohio

Novogen receives funding support to commence studies in muscular dystrophy

CRI researchers identify gene linked to several childhood cancers

Antimalarial agent chloroquine normalizes abnormal tumor blood vessels

Scientists find new clues to early detection, personalised treatment of ovarian cancer

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