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Cell culture system could offer cancer breakthrough
A new cell culture system that provides a tool for preclinical cancer drug development and screening has been developed...
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Nanoparticles give disease-fighting properties to cells
A new biomedical tool has been developed using nanoparticles that deliver transient gene changes to targeted cells...
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Novel system developed to improve cancer detection
Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept nano-system that dramatically improves the visualisation of tumours...
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Non-coding RNA encourages cancer growth and metastasis
Researchers have deduced how an alternative form of RNA encourages tumours to spread.
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GIST tumours linked to NF1 mutations
Researchers have determined that a specific region of the duodenal-jejunal flexure, shows a high frequency of gastrointestinal stromal tumours with mutations of the NF1 gene...
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Two-step process leads to cell immortalisation and cancer
New research, has studied the immortalisation process using genome-engineered cells...
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Tumours detected with sugar molecules
Scientists have synthesised a complex sugar structure that specifically binds to the tumour protein Galectin-1...
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From cancer evolution to personalised therapies
A research team have studied how alterations in a tumour depend on each other and how these dependencies determine cancer evolution...
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Blood test to transform the way cancer is monitored and treated
Scientists have described a new type of test that can detect genetic mutations in minute amounts of DNA...
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Prospects identified for immunotherapy treatments
A report published has identified the prospects of immunotherapy treatments...
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Bioprinted veins reveal new drug diffusion details
A scientific collaboration has developed vascularised 3-D bioprinted liver tissue constructs, providing more precise drug toxicity testing...
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New cancer therapy eliminates toxic delivery vehicles for mRNA
US researchers have conjugated RNA to a molecule of folate, the folate receptor is overexpressed on cancer cells but very low on normal cells, which is why they can target a tumour and avoid healthy cells...
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Avenue discovered for precision cancer treatment
A novel chemical dubbed "T-REX," along with a patent-pending targeting molecule have uncovered interesting facets of several well-known cancer-cell mutations that, if present in a patient, could inform treatment options and potentially produce more favourable outcomes...
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Cancer Research UK brings commercialisation arm in-house
The move will help funded research progress toward the development of new therapeutics
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US Phase 2 trial to test targeted drugs in paediatric tumours
Phase 2 trial to explore targeted therapies for children with solid tumours that harbour specific genetic mutations which have progressed during or after standard therapy...
