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Removing a protein slows the growth of tumour blood vessels
1 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have discovered a new protein which triggers the growth of blood vessels in breast cancer tumours which have spread to the brain...
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ALK1 protein may play a role in breast cancer metastasis
15 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists from Lund University have discovered that expression of ALK1 is significantly associated with the incidence of breast cancer metastasis...
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Mini-breast grown in petri-dishes – a new tool for cancer research
12 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have created 3D organoid-structures that recapitulate normal breast development and function from single patient-derived cells...
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BioNTech launches MammaTyper breast cancer diagnostic test in Europe
11 June 2015 | By Victoria White
BioNTech has launched MammaTyper, a molecular diagnostic test for breast cancer, for universal use in pathology laboratories in Europe...
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TLR4 has opposing roles in breast cancer development
11 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Countering previously held beliefs, researchers have discovered that inhibiting TLR4 may not be a wise treatment strategy in all cancers...
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Presence of IGFBPs correlates with tumour-promoting effects of MMP9 in breast cancer
29 May 2015 | By Victoria White
A team of researchers has found that the presence of IGFBP-1 interacted with MMP9 to promote breast cancer tumour formation in mouse models...
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Blocking LOX enzyme could prevent breast cancer from spreading
28 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have identified an enzyme, LOX, that possibly holds the key to preventing secondary cancers in breast cancer patients...
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Scientists unveil ‘Rosetta Stone’ of prostate cancer
21 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Almost 90% of men with advanced prostate cancer carry genetic mutations in their tumours that could be targeted by either existing or new cancer drugs...
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Significant progress made towards individualised cancer immunotherapy
12 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Mainz-based researchers have made significant advances with regard to the development of individualised cancer immunotherapy strategies...
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New anti-cancer stem cell compound in development
7 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Cardiff University scientists have developed a novel anti-cancer stem cell agent capable of targeting aggressive tumour forming cells...
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Breast cancer vaccines may work better with silicon microparticles
5 May 2015 | By Victoria White
The effectiveness of cancer vaccines could be dramatically boosted by first loading the cancer antigens into silicon microparticles...
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New signalling pathway discovered in HER2-positive breast cancer
28 April 2015 | By Victoria White
A team at CSHL has published results of experiments that lay bare a previously unknown pathway activated in HER2-positive breast cancer...
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New research describes blueprint for truly personalised cancer immunotherapies
23 April 2015 | By Victoria White
An article describing an important scientific foundation for the clinical development of truly personalised cancer immunotherapies has been published...
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ImmuneXcite presents new preclinical data on its mAbXcite platform
22 April 2015 | By Victoria White
New preclinical data demonstrates that mAbXcite therapies causes an immune cascade that successfully recruits T-cells to mount an attack against cancer...
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Medivir and CRT collaborate to develop new class of cancer drugs
13 April 2015 | By Victoria White
Medivir and CRT have announced a partnership to develop a new class of drugs that has shown promise for treating a range of different cancers...
