Houston Methodist nanomedicine researchers have found a way to tame pancreatic cancer—one of the most aggressive and difficult to treat cancers—by delivering immunotherapy directly into the tumor with a device that is ...
Bio & Medicine
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One of the key challenges in developing effective, targeted cancer treatments is the heterogeneity of the cancer cells themselves. This variation makes it difficult for the immune system to recognize, respond to and actively ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 2, 2020
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Scientists have found a way to sneak nanoparticles carrying tumor-fighting drugs past cells of the immune system, which would normally engulf the particles, preventing them from reaching their target. The technique takes ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 17, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Activating the body's immune system to attack cancer and prevent it from recurring is one of the Holy Grails of cancer research because of its ability to specifically target cancer and to search almost anywhere ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 15, 2013
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In the battle against cancer, which kills nearly 8 million people worldwide each year, doctors have in their arsenal many powerful weapons, including various forms of chemotherapy and radiation. What they lack, however, is ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 5, 2015
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the hallmarks of cancer is that tumors are able to suppress the immune system, preventing the body's own defense system from eliminating the disease, particularly as tumors spread through the body. ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 23, 2010
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(Phys.org) —German researchers have developed a scheme for the preparation of nanoparticles that offer a highly versatile system for targeted drug delivery directly into diverse types of tumor cells.
Bio & Medicine
May 29, 2013
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Stanford University researchers have discovered a rapid and sustainable way to synthetically produce a promising cancer-fighting compound right in the lab. The compound's availability has been limited because its only currently ...
Biochemistry
Oct 3, 2022
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A new synthetic protein nanoparticle capable of slipping past the nearly impermeable blood-brain barrier could deliver cancer-killing drugs directly to malignant brain tumors, new research from the University of Michigan ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 10, 2020
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Immunotherapy's promise in the fight against cancer drew international attention after two scientists won a Nobel Prize this year for unleashing the ability of the immune system to eliminate tumor cells.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 21, 2019
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