News tagged with kidney tumors
Nanotube therapy takes aim at breast cancer stem cells
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers have again proven that injecting multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into tumors and heating them with a quick, 30-second laser treatment can kill them.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Novel therapy for metastatic kidney cancer developed
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM) have developed a novel virus-based gene therapy for renal cell carcinoma that has been shown to kill ...
Dec 15, 2010 |
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UCLA team uncovers mechanism behind organ transplant rejection
UCLA researchers have pinpointed the culprit behind chronic rejection of heart, lung and kidney transplants. Published in the Nov. 23 edition of Science Signaling, their findings suggest new therapeutic approa ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 18, 2010 |
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New drug shrinks brain tumors, reduces seizures in children with tuberous sclerosis
A drug used to treat advanced kidney cancer has now been shown to reduce a particular kind of brain tumor by at least 30 percent in patients with tuberous sclerosis—a genetic disease that causes tumors ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 05, 2010 |
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FDA approves kidney cancer drug to treat brain tumors
The United States has approved a drug normally used for advanced kidney cancer to treat brain tumors caused by a rare genetic disease, US officials and the Swiss manufacturer said Monday.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Mayo Clinic finds early success with laser that destroys tumors with heat
Physicians at Mayo Clinic's Florida campus are among the first in the nation to use a technique known as MRI-guided laser ablation to heat up and destroy kidney and liver tumors. So far, five patients have been successfully ...
Oct 14, 2010 |
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URMC discovers new trigger for kidney cancer's invasive behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have unlocked a strong interaction between two proteins involved in kidney cancer that help to explain the menacing invasiveness of this particular disease, according to a University of Rochester ...
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Study finds epigenetic similarities between Wilms tumor cells and normal kidney stem cells
factors controlling when and in what tissues genes are expressed - of Wilms tumor reveals striking similarities to stem cells normally found in fetal kidneys. These findings by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer ...
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Lung cancer risk particularly high for heart and liver transplant recipients
Heart and liver transplant recipients are at particularly high risk of developing lung cancer after receiving the donated organ, researchers report at the 2nd European Lung Cancer Conference. They are advising doctors to ...
May 01, 2010 |
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Urine test for kidney cancer a step closer to development
Studying patients with kidney cancer, a team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified a pair of proteins excreted in the urine that could lead to earlier and more ...
Apr 07, 2010 |
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New findings may help patients with deadly kidney cancer
Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) researchers have found a way to reverse resistance to sunitinib, a treatment that is currently the first line of defense against clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), a deadly form of ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Doctors embrace social networking
In the waiting room, the patient's family members circled a Blackberry. About every 15 minutes, Dr. Carlos Wolf of Miami Plastic Surgery gave them a few keystrokes of information about how the patient was doing.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Study reveals how a common virus eludes the immune system
Viruses have numerous tricks for dodging the immune system. In the September 7, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology, Stagg et al. reveal a key detail in one of these stratagems, identifying a protein that enables cyto-m ...
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Researchers effectively treat tumors with use of nanotubes
By injecting man-made, microscopic tubes into tumors and heating them with a quick, 30-second zap of a laser, scientists have discovered a way to effectively kill kidney tumors in nearly 80 percent of mice. Researchers say ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Scientists identify growth factor as possible cancer drug target
To grow and spread, tumors need new blood vessels, a process called angiogenesis. One growth factor that causes angiogenesis has been identified - vascular endothelial growth factor or VEGF - and drugs to inhibit VEGF are ...
Jun 09, 2009 |
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