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New platinum-phosphate compounds kill ovarian cancer cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 19, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A new class of compounds called phosphaplatins can effectively kill ovarian, testicular, head and neck cancer cells with potentially less toxicity than conventional drugs, according to a new study published this week in the ...





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Dormant cancer cells rely on cellular self-cannibalization to survive

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A single tumor-suppressing gene is a key to understanding, and perhaps killing, dormant ovarian cancer cells that persist after initial treatment only to reawaken years later, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. ...


FDA approved leukemia drugs shows promise in ovarian cancer cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The drug Sprycel, approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, significantly inhibited the growth and invasiveness of ovarian cancer cells and also promoted their death, ...


Nanoparticle-delivered 'suicide' genes slowed ovarian tumor growth (w/ Video)

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created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Nanoparticle delivery of diphtheria toxin-encoding DNA selectively expressed in ovarian cancer cells reduced the burden of ovarian tumors in mice, and researchers expect this therapy could be tested in humans within 18 to ...


Trojan horse for ovarian cancer -- nanoparticles turn immune system soldiers against tumor cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

In a feat of trickery, Dartmouth Medical School immunologists have devised a Trojan horse to help overcome ovarian cancer, unleashing a surprise killer in the surroundings of a hard-to-treat tumor.


Nanoparticle Enables Light-Activated Ovarian Cancer Detection and Therapy

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 21, 2006 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0

By combining a compound produced by the plant St. John’s wort with polymeric nanoparticles, researchers at the University of Geneva in Switzerland have developed a promising method for treating ovarian tumors using light. ...


'Clumping' protein linked to return of ovarian cancer

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created Dec 15, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that women treated for ovarian cancer are at increased risk of a rapid and potentially fatal recurrence if their tumor cells have high levels of a binding protein that triggers abnormal ...


A protein converts immune cells to tumor killers

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 13, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Tumor cells are masters at evading detection. But new research from Rockefeller University shows how they can be exposed. By harnessing the immune system of patients with a rare neurological disorder, scientists have figured ...


Metals could forge new cancer drug

Metals could forge new cancer drug

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drugs made using unusual metals could form an effective treatment against colon and ovarian cancer, including cancerous cells that have developed immunity to other drugs, according to research at the University ...


Variation of normal protein could be key to resistance to common cancer drug

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created Aug 28, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UC SD) in La Jolla have found evidence explaining why a common chemotherapy drug, cisplatin, may not always work for every cancer patient. ...


Measles virus may be effective prostate cancer treatment

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created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study appearing in The Prostate has found that certain measles virus vaccine strain derivatives, including a strain known as MV-CEA, may prove to be an effective treatment for patients with advanced prostate cancer ...



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