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Natural killer cell immunotherapy shows promise against melanoma
Researchers have shown that natural killer cell immunotherapy effectively treated mice harbouring human melanoma tumours.
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Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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Study of liver cancer reveals MAGEA3 gene as new drug target
A study has shown that blocking the gene expression of MAGEA3 in liver cancer cells prevents the tumour from proliferating.
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Researchers discover class of drugs that could treat mantle cell lymphoma
A screening campaign has revealed that small molecule inhibitors of the SOX 11 oncogene are toxic to mantle cell lymphoma in vitro.
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Targeting phosphodiesterase 3A: discovery of a promising cancer therapy
A new promising sarcoma target, phosphodiesterase 3A (PDE3A), and drugs targeting it have been identified by researchers at the University of Helsinki. Dr Katja Ivanitskiy, Dr Harri Sihto and Professor Olli Kallioniemi outline emerging evidence that indicates PDE3A protein-targeting compounds may induce sarcoma cell death by acting as a molecular…
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Drug Target Review Screening ebook 2021
This ebook has articles on the use of screening to identify COVID-19 drugs and how assessing compound activity could accelerate drug discovery.
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High-throughput screening protocol created to discover SHP2 inhibitors
Researchers have developed a cross-validation high-throughput screening method to accelerate the identification of SHP2 inhibitors.
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Radiopharmaceuticals and nanoparticles used to kill cancer cells
Researchers have developed a potential cancer treatment using light from radiopharmaceuticals and polymer nanoparticles to kill cancer cells.
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Targeted drug found to combat certain pancreatic tumours
Researchers have found that the CDK inhibitor AT7519 could be used to treat pancreatic cancer patients whose tumours are addicted to mutant KRAS.
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The other end of the antibody: Fc biology and immunotherapy
Dr Björn Frendeus outlines how the growing biology surrounding the inhibitory Fc receptor FcγRIIb defines a target for improving existing and future antibody treatments.
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Potential ovarian cancer treatment proves effective in pre-clinical studies
A new radiopharmaceutical compound has shown success at treating ovarian cancer in mice and in vitro studies.
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Common antidepressant drugs fight cancer in mice, study shows
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors can block the function of a protein, helping T cells to effectively fight cancer, a study in mice has shown.
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Off-the-shelf T-cell therapy from gene edited stem cells
Dr Jo Brewer outlines research into allogeneic products by gene editing stem cells, which has the potential to build a broad family of multiple immune cell types, including T-cell therapies.
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Study shows how novel drug screen can personalise cancer therapy
A screening method called dynamic BH3 profiling can identify potentially effective combinations of existing drugs for personalised cancer therapy, research has shown.
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Newly identified protein could become target for cancer immunotherapy
Researchers have found a protein that, when inhibited in mice with cancer, increased the response to immunotherapy.
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Researchers identify how to potentially prevent cancer metastases
Scientists have discovered that hepatic stellate cells are key in allowing dormant cancer cells to awaken and form fatal metastases.
