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Extra funding for nanomaterials for cancer immunotherapy research
The DFG has agreed to fund the Mainz-based Collaborative Research Center involved in the development of nanomaterials for cancer immunotherapy...
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Discovery improves understanding of cellular ageing and cancer development
A team of researchers has discovered the role of the protein ZBTB48 in regulating both telomeres and mitochondria, key players involved in cellular ageing.
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Improved accuracy when testing cancer drugs
A method to more accurately test anti-cancer drugs has now been developed at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg.
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Study asks if mistaken antibodies led research down 20-year dead end
For nearly two decades researchers have sought a way to target an oestrogen receptor in the hope they could improve breast cancer survival, but an article contends that the effort may never pan out.
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Milking it: A new robot to extract scorpion venom
A new scorpion-milking robot designed to extract venom could replace the traditional manual method.
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Cancer Research UK sets out latest £20m grand challenges
Cancer Research UK has launched the second phase of its global Grand Challenge by announcing eight new questions – identified as some of the biggest barriers to making progress against cancer – and inviting the world’s top scientists to come together with new proposals to tackle them.
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Nanoparticle aggregates for destruction of cancer cells
An international team has shown that it is possible to mechanically destroy cancer cells by rotating magnetic nanoparticles attached to them in elongated aggregates.
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New WHO Collaborating Centre for Physical Activity and Health
The University of Zurich is launching a new WHO Collaborating Centre for Physical Activity and Health. The Physical Activity and Health Unit and other groups of the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute will support the Physical Activity Strategy for the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region.
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New cellular imaging paves way for cancer treatment
Researchers have pioneered a technique which uses florescent imaging to track the actions of key enzymes in cancer, genetic disorders and kidney disease.
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Arming T-cells to channel aggression against cancer
Scientists have armed immune cells with a new surface molecule that causes them to respond aggressively when they encounter a protein that tumours actually use to camouflage themselves from the immune system. Researchers from the Helmholtz Zentrum München and various partners introduced the method in ‘Cancer Research’.
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SOPHiA artificial intelligence empowers liquid biopsies to fight cancer
Sophia Genetics injects artificial intelligence in liquid biopsies to accelerate early detection of cancer and monitor treatments’ effectiveness.
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Attacking metastatic tumours in the brain
Targeting HER3 could cripple metastatic cancers that have spread to the brain...
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Screening In-Depth Focus 2017
Included in this Screening In-Depth Focus: Phenotypic and target-based screening; Killing cancer cells using clinical drug resistance; Inflammatory biomarkers as a herbal anti-arthritic drug discovery tool...
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Flexible new method for early cancer diagnosis
Investments are now being made to roll out this innovation across healthcare and broaden the scope of the research in this field.
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Anticancer nanomaterials created by simulating underwater volcanoes
Researchers at Aalto University, Finland, have developed anticancer nanomaterials by simulating the volcano-induced dynamic chemistry of the deep ocean.
