Cancer Redefined
New studies paint an exhaustively detailed picture of two deadly cancers.In three new studies that could redefine how cancer is viewed, researched, and treated, scientists have created a detailed map...
View ArticleHow Down Syndrome Stops Cancer
Customized Down syndrome stem cells reveal a way to starve tumors.For decades scientists have known that people with Down syndrome, who have an extra copy of chromosome 21, get certain types of cancer...
View ArticleImplantable Electrodes Target Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers use electric fields to get cancer drugs directly to tumors.Researchers at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill have designed an implant that precisely supplies chemotherapy drugs...
View ArticleDelivering More Drugs to Brain Tumors
Combining ultrasound with magnetic particles could help advance treatments.The brain and its adjacent blood vessels are separated by a protective barrier–it keeps viruses and other infections out but...
View ArticleNanocarriers Come Through
Tiny Trojan horses deliver a cancer drug to cell nuclei.A new nanodelivery system is able to sneak cancer treatments past the defenses of drug-resistant tumor cells—offering hope to many cancer...
View ArticleDrug Follows Melanoma Wherever It Goes
Researchers are testing the safety of a nanoparticle that targets cancer cells.A nanoparticle that targets melanoma and highlights cancerous tissue is entering an early-stage clinical trial....
View ArticleEngineered Viruses Selectively Kill Cancer Cells
The experimental therapy could ultimately serve as a seek-and-destroy treatment for metastatic cancer.A single injection of a virus that has been genetically engineered to kill cancer cells can...
View ArticleScorpion Protein Illuminates Brain Tumors for Surgeons
A compound derived from a toxin from scorpion venom could help neurosurgeons differentiate between healthy and cancerous brain tissue.Jim Olson, a pediatric neuro-oncologist at Seattle Children’s...
View ArticleWhy You Shouldn’t Bother with a $699 Cancer Test
A cancer screening test pitched at you and me could cause more problems than it catches.Catch cancer early for just $699? That is the pitch by Pathway Genomics, a diagnostic company in San Diego that...
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