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New role uncovered for ‘oldest’ tumour suppressor gene- the retinoblastoma gene
26 March 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have revealed a brand new function for one of the first cancer genes ever discovered – the retinoblastoma gene...
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Taconic Biosciences and Cellaria Biosciences agree to scientific collaboration to facilitate xenograft use in oncology research
26 March 2015 | By Victoria White
Taconic and Cellaria have entered into a scientific collaboration to facilitate use of patient-derived xenografts in animal models for oncology research...
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Targeted therapies offer novel treatment modalities for breast cancer
19 March 2015 | By Victoria White
While chemotherapy remains the most important class of drugs for breast cancer treatment, the trend toward targeted therapies is on the rise...
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PARP inhibitors could work in larger group of patients
19 March 2015 | By Victoria White
PARP inhibitors that target cancers with mutations in the BRCA breast cancer genes could also work against tumours with another type of genetic fault...
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‘Stem cell’ test could identify most aggressive breast cancers
4 March 2015 | By The Institute of Cancer Research
Testing breast cancer cells for how closely they resemble stem cells could identify women with the most aggressive disease, a new study suggests...
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Manipulating cells’ shapes could treat breast cancer
4 March 2015 | By The Institute of Cancer Research
Changing the shape of breast cancer cells could make the disease more sensitive to treatments – even driving the body’s own inflammatory response against a tumour – a new study shows...
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New breast cancer test links immune ‘hotspots’ to better survival
27 February 2015 | By The Institute of Cancer Research
Scientists have developed a new test which can predict the survival chances of women with breast cancer by analysing images of ‘hotspots’ where there has been a fierce immune reaction to a tumour...
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Major study links two new genetic variants to breast cancer
5 February 2015 | By The Institute of Cancer Research
A worldwide study of the DNA of 100,000 women has discovered two new genetic variants associated with an increased risk of breast cancer...
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Oncologic imaging innovation is enabling earlier detection of cancers
4 February 2015 | By Frost & Sullivan
Ongoing research aims to develop oncologic imaging technologies that diagnose cancer at the cellular level before the disease manifests, finds Frost & Sullivan...
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Trial finds cancer drug can block key signal in cancer growth and drug resistance
6 January 2015 | By The Institute of Cancer Research
An experimental cancer drug may block an important driver for the survival, growth and spread of cancer cells...
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Merck Serono to collaborate with The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and Wellcome Trust to co-develop anti-cancer drugs
8 October 2014 | By The Wellcome Trust, The Institute of Cancer Research & Merck Serono
Merck Serono, The Institute of Cancer Research, and the Wellcome Trust, London, have announced a co-development and license agreement building on two independent research programs at both the ICR and Merck Serono to identify inhibitors of tankyrase, an enzyme of the poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase family...
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Antibody Discovery Technologies: the partnership between academia and biopharma in the therapeutic monoclonal antibody success story
The use of monoclonal antibodies and antibody-based molecules as therapeutics to treat patients suffering with severe disease has become a major success story. Due to the exquisite specificity with which they interact with their antigen and the fact that their large binding surface can intervene at sites and targets not…
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Tumour profiling with Caris Molecular Intelligence offers hope for patients with rare cancers by identifying new personalised treatment options
29 September 2014 | By Caris Life Sciences
Caris Life Sciences announced important new data presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology Annual Conference, highlighting how tumour profiling with Caris Molecular Intelligence can help transform cancer care...
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DNA in ‘gene deserts’ linked with breast cancer
23 September 2014 | By The Institute of Cancer Research
Even long stretches of DNA that contain no genes at all can affect the risk of breast cancer, by physically interacting with genes elsewhere, a new study reports...
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Curie-Cancer and Inventiva announce a partnership in epigenetics for the treatment of cancer
16 September 2014 | By Andrew Lloyd & Associates
Curie-Cancer and Inventiva announce the launch of the Epicure project, which has just received financial backing from France’s national research agency, the ANR...
