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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: hidden parthenolide compound in flowers could kill cancer cells
A team of researchers were able to extract the compound parthenolide from common gardening flowers and modify it so it could be used to...
Revolutionising personalised cancer treatment with targeted therapy
My Personal Therapeutics announces funding and secures exclusive Mount Sinai School of Medicine Technology license, bringing targeted therapy to transform personalised cancer treatment.
My Personal...
Explore the molecular machine in cell nucleus which may hold key to treating aggressive...
Reported in Nature Cell Biology, researchers have uncovered a use for the overlooked molecular machine in cell nucleus which could possibly hold the answers...
What do you know about the ‘game changing’ leukaemia treatment test?
Published in Leukemia, discover the leukaemia treatment test that could guide doctors’ decisions on drug administration.
Developed by a researcher at Brighton and Sussex Medical...
Liquid biopsies: detecting cancerous DNA in the blood of lung cancer patients
Published in the Annals of Oncology, using the blood of lung cancer patients, researchers have detected cancerous DNA, could this be an advancement in...
Beating Childhood Cancer: minimising deaths and late effects
SIOP Europe and CCI Europe have the ambitious goal of beating childhood cancer, with the aim of curing more and curing better – towards...
Have researchers found a new approach to treating aggressive cancer?
Researchers at MD Anderson, USA, discovered some forms of aggressive cancer may respond to a combination of immunotherapy and DNA damage repair inhibitors.
According to...
The benefits of mapping oesophageal tumours
Researchers at Osaka University find that mapping oesophageal tumours that remain after chemotherapy can predict long-term prognosis and direct personalised treatment plans.
Many newly-diagnosed cancer...
Uterine sarcoma – tackling the rare aggressive cancer
Published in Clinical Cancer Research, new insights into uterine sarcoma, a rare type of aggressive cancer, opens up novel avenues of study.
Revealed by Karolinska...
COMPASS project set to lead new therapies for children with cancer
The COMPASS project, guided by KiTZ, are combining molecular & microscopy-based techniques, identifying new treatment approaches for children with cancer.
The Hopp Children's Cancer Center...
CAR T cell therapy – axicabtagene ciloleucel ready for treatment
The CAR T cell therapy, axicabtagene ciloleucel received European Marketing Authorisation for the treatment of adult patients suffering with lymphoma.
Kite, a Gilead Company, announced...
Radiation therapy: the future of battling cancer
New accelerator-based technology developed with aim of reducing side effects of cancer radiation therapy by shrinking its duration from minutes to under a second.
Developed...
A mobile decision facilitator for oncology treatment
Christophe Vergne and Jean-Alexandre Kaminisky had known each other for a decade, working as competitors for many years, but they thought it was time...
Nanobots in medicine: the key to fighting chronic diseases with nanomedicine
The emerging technology of nanobots in medicine offers better chances of exploiting nanomedicine to fight chronic diseases such as cancer.
Nanomedicine is a domain of...
Expectations vs reality: Norgine data highlights importance of bowel preparation for colonoscopy
New findings demonstrate that the clinical reality of the liquid volume required for bowel preparation for colonoscopy is greatly underestimated.
At United European Gastroenterology (UEG)...
A way of detecting pancreatic cancer at its earliest stages has been found
Previously, detecting pancreatic cancer has been proven to be difficult and is usually diagnosed very late in the disease progression. However, a newly developed...
Could the puzzle around fatal blood diseases be uncovered?
Scientists are closer to uncovering the mystery surrounding a group of fatal blood diseases known as myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
According to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre,...
The function of immune cells in combating cancer
The incidence of cancer has dramatically increased over the last 50 years as a result of prolonged life expectancy and the Western lifestyle. Recent...