News tagged with resistant cancer cells
Pacific Ocean natural products isolated from marine mollusks, sponges can reverse multidrug resistance in cancer cells
(Phys.org) -- Many marine natural products show anticancer activity, but some can reverse multidrug resistance in cancer cells. A new investigation by Robert J. Capon of the University of Queensland correlates ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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'Nanobubbles' plus chemotherapy equals single-cell cancer targeting
Using light-harvesting nanoparticles to convert laser energy into "plasmonic nanobubbles," researchers at Rice University, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 09, 2012 |
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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
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Using game theory to understand the physics of cancer propagation
In search of a different perspective on the physics of cancer, Princeton University and University of California, San Francisco researchers teamed up to use game theory to look for simplicity within the complexity of the ...
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Overcoming cancer drug resistance with nanoparticles
One of the ways in which cancer cells evade anticancer therapy is by producing a protein that pumps drugs out of the cell before these compounds can exert their cell-killing effects. A research team at Northwestern University ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 20, 2012 |
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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
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Fatty liver disease can lead to heart attack
Because of the prevalence of obesity in our country, many Americans are expected to develop a serious condition called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which can lead to cirrhosis, fibrosis, and in some cases liver ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 19, 2011 |
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UCLA's cancer 'roadmap' could help combat resistance to targeted drug therapies
(PhysOrg.com) -- New drugs that specifically target the mutated genes responsible for cancer growth have shown great success in extending the lives of patients, with far fewer side effects than conventional anti-cancer therapies. ...
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Combining two peptide inhibitors might block tumor growth
A new study suggests that combining two experimental anticancer peptide agents might simultaneously block formation of new tumor blood vessels while also inhibiting the growth of tumor cells.
Mar 14, 2011 |
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See how they grow: Monitoring single bacteria without a microscope
(PhysOrg.com) -- With an invention that can be made from some of the same parts used in CD players, University of Michigan researchers have developed a way to measure the growth and drug susceptibility of ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Evolution of cancer can shed light on drug resistance
Cancer is a product of evolution, and understanding how cancer evolves may be a key to more successful treatment strategies.
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Clue to unusual drug-resistant breast cancers found
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found how gene expression that may contribute to drug resistance is ramped up in unusual types of breast tumors. Their findings may offer new therapy ...
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Curry cooking ingredient could provide recipe for fight against cancer
Scientists at the University of Leicester, funded by Hope Against Cancer, are pioneering the use of a common curry cooking ingredient to target cancer cells.
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Targeted therapy triggers complex mechanism of resistance
In order for targeted therapies against cancer to be effective, scientists need to understand upfront what related proteins in a signaling "network" makes a cancer cell resistant to a drug and selectively target them as well, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 21, 2010 |
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New insights into antibiotic resistance: Researchers find charitable behavior in bacteria
In the war against antibiotics, bacteria aren't selfish. According to a new report from Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers, a handful of resistant pathogens can protect an entire colony.
Sep 01, 2010 |
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