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Nanoparticle-delivered RNA interference drug stops head and neck cancer growth

(Phys.org) -- A nanoparticle drug delivery vehicle for small interfering RNA molecules (siRNA), that is already being tested in human clinical trials, now shows promise for the treatment of head and neck cancer. Dong Shin, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop new drug release mechanism utilizing 3-D superhydrophobic materials

According to a recent study, there is a new mechanism of drug release using 3D superhydrophobic materials that utilizes air as a removable barrier to control the rate at which drug is released.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Nickel nanoparticles may contribute to lung cancer

All the excitement about nanotechnology comes down to this: Structures of materials at the scale of billionths of a meter take on unusual properties. Technologists often focus on the happier among these newfound capabilities, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nicotine does not promote lung cancer growth in mouse models

Nicotine at doses similar to those found in most nicotine replacements therapies did not increase lung cancer tumor incidence, frequency or size, according to results of a mouse study presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New target identified for squamous cell lung cancer

Scientists at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute have identified a mutation in the DDR2 gene that may indicate which patients with squamous cell lung cancer will respond to dasatinib.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Soy increases radiation's ability to kill lung cancer cells, study shows

A component in soybeans increases radiation's ability to kill lung cancer cells, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the official monthly journal of the International Associ ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New therapeutic target for lung cancer

A new therapeutic target for lung cancer has been discovered by researchers at Seoul National University. It was found that a variant of the protein AIMP2 is highly expressed in lung cancer cells and also that patients demonstrating ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Viral replicase points to potential cancer therapy

Alpha viruses, such as Sindbis virus, carry their genetic information on a single strand of RNA. On infection they use a protein, replicase, to produce double stranded RNA (dsRNA) which is used as genetic material to make ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals how lung cancers evolve in response to targeted treatment

A detailed analysis of lung tumors that became resistant to targeted therapy drugs has revealed two previously unreported resistance mechanisms. In a report in the March 23 Science Translational Medicine, investigators from t ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study puts notch on the jagged edge of lung cancer metastasis

Researchers discovered a new, key component in the spread of lung cancer as well as a likely way to block it with drugs now in clinical trial. The study was published today (Monday, March 14) in the Journal of Clinical In ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Controlling lung cancer in mice with milk thistle extract

(PhysOrg.com) -- Silibinin, a milk thistle extract, decreases tumor size in mice by inhibiting production of an enzyme that is overexpressed in certain types cancer, researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers provide genetic evidence that antioxidants can help treat cancer

Researchers from Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center have genetic evidence suggesting the antioxidant drugs currently used to treat lung disease, malaria and even the common cold can also help prevent and treat cancers because ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Photodynamic therapy against cancer

In a new study, published in Science Translational Medicine, researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, investigated whether eradicating tumor-associated lymphatic vessels and the tumor cells they c ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gene information predicts survival time, possible new treatment options for lung-cancer patients

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered sets of genes active in cancer cells and normal tissue that predict survival time and potential new treatments for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0