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Immune processes offer insights into triple-negative breast cancer

25 May 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Researchers have discovered the process that allows immune suppressor cells to develop, suggesting a potential new way to bolster immunotherapy treatment...

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Macrophages support mammary stem cells via chemical signalling

21 May 2018 | By Drug Target Review

An international team of scientists has discovered that one of the biggest hitters in the immune system, macrophages, provide a cradle for mammary stem cells...

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Scientists mine gene responses to existing chemotherapies to facilitate precision cancer treatment

19 April 2018 | By Drug Target Review

Scientists utilise computational biology techniques in a bid to enable doctors to use targeted therapies for cancer patients.

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Three-in-one molecule shows promise in helping certain breast cancer patients

26 March 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

A newly designed three-part molecule could be the one answer patients with a certain form of breast cancer are looking for...

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Researchers identify compound to prevent breast cancer cells from activating in brain

23 March 2018 | By Drug Target Review

Researchers have used computer modelling to find an existing investigational drug compound for leukaemia patients to treat triple negative breast cancer...

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EDC4 gene involved in familial breast cancer

15 March 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

An international research consortium has identified a novel gene involved in breast cancer

New treatment for aggressive breast cancer

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New treatment for aggressive breast cancer

14 March 2018 | By Drug Target Review

Researchers have uncovered a way to treat aggressive tumours through manipulation of the connective tissue cells of the tumour.

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Local environment plays key role in breast cancer progression

22 February 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

While studying the complex correlation between tissue stiffness and breast cancer development, researchers found that cancer cells tend to become more aggressive when the surrounding tissue stiffens...

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MRI technique differentiates benign breast lesions from malignancies

20 February 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

An MRI technique that requires no contrast agent, combined with sophisticated data analysis, could reduce the number of unnecessary breast biopsies...

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Scientists halt breast cancer spread

9 February 2018 | By Drug Target Review

Scientists have discovered that the amino acid asparagine is essential for breast cancer spread, and by restricting it, cancer cells stopped invading other parts of the body in mice.

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Study uncovers therapeutic targets for aggressive triple-negative breast cancers

5 February 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

New findings have made inroads into a strategy to identify TNBC tumours at risk for metastasis...

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Using 3D cell cultures to fight anti-cancer therapy resistance

13 December 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

An international team of researchers have developed 3D cell cultures in which genes can be specifically modified to improve the use of targeted anti-cancer drugs...

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GDF11 protein found to inactivate triple-negative breast cancer cells

21 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Researchers detail a possible way to re-engage a tumour suppressor protein, that has been found to be inactivated in triple-negative breast cancer cells...

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Hindering cadherin-22 may reduce the spread of cancer

20 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Scientists have made a discovery that could reduce the spread of cancer by hindering a protein that binds cancer cells together and allows them to invade tissues...

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Therapeutic target discovered for ER+ breast cancer

17 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Researchers have identified a protein that can be targeted to suppress the growth of a common type of breast cancer...

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