News tagged with neuroblastoma cells
Protein that promotes cancer cell growth identified
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have found that the Caspase-8 protein, long known to play a major role in promoting programmed cell death (apoptosis), helps relay signals that can cause cancer ...
Immunotherapy effective against neuroblastoma in children
May 14, 2009 |
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A phase III study has shown that adding an antibody-based therapy that harnesses the body's immune system resulted in a 20 percent increase in the number of children living disease-free for at least two years with neuroblastoma. ...
Novel cancer drug reduces neuroblastoma growth by 75 percent
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Researchers from the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found a new drug that restricts the growth of neuroblastoma, a childhood brain cancer. The pre-clinical study was ...
Commonly used ulcer drugs may offer treatment potential in Alzheimer's disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 22, 2009 |
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In a new study, published in the May issue of Elsevier's Experimental Neurology, scientists at the University of British Columbia have discovered that drugs commonly used to treat ulcers have significant neuroprotective proper ...
Engineered virus targets and kills apparent cancer stem cells in neuroblastoma
Jan 21, 2009 |
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After identifying an apparent population of cancer stem cells for neuroblastoma, researchers successfully used a reprogrammed herpes virus to block tumor formation in mice by targeting and killing the cells.
