News tagged with chemotherapeutic drugs
Nanoparticles may enhance cancer therapy
A mixture of current drugs and carbon nanoparticles shows potential to enhance treatment for head-and-neck cancers, especially when combined with radiation therapy, according to new research by Rice University ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Nanotechnology researchers develop new strategy to deliver chemotherapy to prostate cancer cells
Honing chemotherapy delivery to cancer cells is a challenge for many researchers. Getting the cancer cells to take the chemotherapy "bait" is a greater challenge. But perhaps such a challenge has not been met with greater ...
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Jan 09, 2012 |
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Scientist proves potential of new nanoparticle design for cancer therapy
A new type of nanoparticle developed in the laboratories at the University of North Carolina has shown potential for more effective delivery of chemotherapy to treat cancer. Wenbin Lin, PhD, Kenan Distinguished Professor ...
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Sep 20, 2011 |
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New treatment to overpower drug resistance in ovarian cancer
Drug resistance is a major obstacle in curing ovarian cancer but new research from the Centenary Institute has discovered a treatment that kills ovarian cancer cells in a new way that can break the resistance mechanism. ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Cancer drug linked to quantum dots increases drug uptake, reduces inflammation
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have developed a novel technology using quantum dots that is expected to have major implications for research and treatment of tuberculosis, as well as other inflammatory ...
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Nov 01, 2010 |
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Photovoltaic medicine: Miniature solar cells might make chemotherapy less toxic
Micro-scaled photovoltaic devices may one day be used to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs directly to tumors, rendering chemotherapy less toxic to surrounding tissue.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Researchers discover a drug combination that shrinks tumors in vivo
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have shown that the impotence drug Viagra, in combination with doxorubicin, a powerful anti-cancer drug, enhances its anti-tumor ...
Sep 27, 2010 |
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A potential chemotherapeutic drug to treat hepatocellular carcinoma
A research team from China investigated the effect of galangin on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. They found that galangin mediates apoptosis through a mitochondrial pathway, and may be a potential chemotherapeutic ...
Jul 30, 2010 |
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Researchers use nanoparticles to shrink tumors in mice
(PhysOrg.com) -- The application of nanotechnology in the field of drug delivery has attracted much attention in recent years. In cancer research, nanotechnology holds great promise for the development of ...
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Jul 09, 2010 |
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Biologists Discover Enzyme Degrades Protein that Suppresses or Promotes Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- University at Buffalo biologists have identified an enzyme that degrades an important protein present in cancers of both adults and children. The findings, published in the current issue of Molecular Cell, ...
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Researchers create new strategy for highly-selective chemotherapy delivery
UC Irvine researchers have created a new approach that vastly improves the targeting of chemotherapeutic drugs to specific cells and organs.
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Pancreatic cancer: Researchers find drug that reverses resistance to chemotherapy
For the first time researchers have shown that by inhibiting the action of an enzyme called TAK-1, it is possible to make pancreatic cancer cells sensitive to chemotherapy, opening the way for the development of a new drug ...
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Natural compounds, chemotherapeutic drugs may become partners in cancer therapy
Research in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University suggests that some natural food compounds, which previously have been studied for their ability to prevent cancer, may be able to play a more significant ...
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Disrupting a destructive duo: Researchers inhibit cancer proteins
A research team led by U of T Mississauga scientists has developed a new way to split up a dangerous pair of cancer proteins, a finding that could ultimately lead to chemotherapy that is more effective and has fewer side ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Sensitizing tumor response to cancer therapy
Two forms of skin and brain cancer respond very poorly to chemotherapy and radiation: melanoma and glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer.
Aug 05, 2009 |
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