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Reversible antiplatelet therapy fights cancer metastasis and clotting

14 February 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review)

A novel antiplatelet therapy could help to prevent heart attacks and stroke through preventing the formation of blood clots...

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The role of immune cells in metastasis

7 February 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review)

Specific immune cells, such as neutrophils, have been found to aid the progression of cancers, promoting metastasis in tumours...

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DNA anticancer vaccine targets tumour neoantigens

24 January 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review)

A DNA vaccine developed through the use of unique tumour antigens could lead the way towards vaccinating people against cancer...

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Pushing the immune system to eat cancer

23 January 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review)

Researchers have found a way to activate macrophages that have been forced to help cancer grow and spread around the body...

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Chemical tags make differences in cell fate and gene expression

18 January 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review)

Scientists from Spain have identified the specific roles of chemical tags in mammalian development and cancer in controlling genes...

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Small molecules could have big benefits in the battle against cancers

15 January 2019 | By Douglas J. Swirsky

Immunotherapy and targeted treatments, including targeted chemotherapy, continue to show great potential in cancer care. Future steps in their development will involve improving their ability to treat a wider range of cancers and a broader cross-section of the patient population, especially those for whom current treatments have shown limited efficacy...

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Stopping inflammation using a molecular switch

15 January 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review)

A component in the ubiquitin system has been described as being able to deactivate the innante immune system and could help to prevent immune conditions...

Novel classification can lead to new ways to diagnose and treat cancer

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Ubiquilin-4 biomarker links cancer progression to genome instability

11 January 2019 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

High level of specific protein in tumours indicates prognosis as well as optimal treatments...

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Stem cell study optimises bone marrow transplants

10 January 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review)

A study has shown how stem cells that are transplanted act in a different way to those ordinarily present, without a transplant...

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Drug sponge could minimise effects of cancer therapy

9 January 2019 | By Drug Target Review

A drug 'sponge' could be the future method of soaking up excess drugs within the body after cancer treatments such as chemotherapy to prevent side effects...

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‘Activating’ the immune system against cancer

8 January 2019 | By Drug Target Review

A study has found that the immune system can be harnessed to fight cancer cells in a particularly efficient manner, one also effective in lung cancer...

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Editing enzyme could promote tumour suppressor loss

4 January 2019 | By Drug Target Review

The detection of 'copy editing' by a stem cell enzyme in over 20 tumour types could be a biomarker and possible therapeutic target for certain cancers...

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Using machine learning to predict symptoms

2 January 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review)

Machine learning could, in future, be the way that clinicians decide on particular courses of treatments for patients affected by cancer...

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Computational advances in the label-free quantification of cancer proteomics data

1 January 2019 | By Drug Target Review

Proteomics research has become a popular method for characterising functional proteins as well as discovering the innovative targets for oncologic disorders...

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DNA barcodes that reliably work: A game-changer for biomedical research

31 December 2018 | By Drug Target Review

A new method for correcting the errors that creep into DNA barcodes has paved the way for more ambitious medical research...

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