News tagged with anticancer therapy

Inhaled nanoparticles deliver potent anticancer cocktail to lung tumors and block resistance

(PhysOrg.com) -- An ideal treatment for lung cancer would be one that could be inhaled deep into lung tissue where it would deliver tumor-killing agents that would then largely stay in the lungs, avoiding the toxicities that ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers examine mechanisms that help cancer cells proliferate

A process that limits the number of times a cell divides works much differently than had been thought, opening the door to potential new anticancer therapies, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report in the Aug. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Discovery pinpoints new connection between cancer cells, stem cells

A molecule called telomerase, best known for enabling unlimited cell division of stem cells and cancer cells, has a surprising additional role in the expression of genes in an important stem cell regulatory pathway, say researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2