News tagged with antitumor agent
Regulation of cell proliferation by the OGF-OGFr axis is dependent on nuclear localization signals
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania have discovered that the efficacy of the Opioid Growth Factor (OGF, [Met5]-enkephalin), a clinically important antitumor agent, is ...
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Antitumor activity of nutlin-3 in neuroblastoma with wild-type p53
Nov 10, 2009 |
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The small-molecule inhibitor nutlin-3 may be a viable treatment option for neuroblastoma patients with wild-type p53 activity, according to a new study published online November 10 in the Journal of the National Cancer In ...
Elderly immune system needs a boost
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Elderly cancer patients need a combination of treatments tailor-made to their specific needs to successfully combat the disease. The challenge is to boost their immune response to cancer vaccines, because like the rest of ...
Antiangiogenic drugs impede chemotherapy-stimulated tumor recovery
Sep 08, 2008 |
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Scientists have gained new insight into a mechanism whereby chemotherapy may actually assist the rapid regrowth of tumors after treatment. The research, published by Cell Press in the September issue of the journal Cancer Ce ...
A potent and selective anti-tumor agent on human gastric cancer
Jun 29, 2009 |
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A research article to be published on June 21, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. The research team led by Professor Yan Li from Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University studied the gr ...
Researchers Make Vitamin E Offshoot A Potent Cancer Killer
May 19, 2006 |
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Researchers here have learned how a derivative of vitamin E causes the death of cancer cells. The researchers then used that knowledge to make the agent an even more potent cancer killer.
Autoimmune response can induce pancreatic tumor rejection
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Immune responses are capable of killing tumors before they can be directed toward normal body tissue, according to new scientific findings published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Resear ...
Blood-vessel blocker aids cancer-killing virus
Nov 27, 2007 |
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Cancer-killing viruses are a promising therapy for incurable brain tumors, but their effectiveness has been limited in part because immune cells rapidly move in and eliminate them.
Prostate Tumors Can Change the Function of Immune Cells in Mice
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that prostate tumors in mice can cause immune cells known as CD8+ T cells to change their function from cells that have antitumor activity to cells that suppress immune responses. ...
Researchers demonstrate activity of mebendazole in metastatic melanoma
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Researchers at the NYU Cancer Institute and the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology have identified mebendazole, a drug used globally to treat parasitic infections, as a novel investigational agent ...
New Nanoparticles for Targeting Tumors
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 27, 2008 |
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As a wide variety of nanoparticles continue to demonstrate their ability to improve the delivery of imaging agents and drugs to tumors, nanoparticle researchers have turned their attention to the challenge of systematically ...
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