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Drug compound used to overcome chemotherapy resistance in mice
Researchers testing 2-deoxy-D-glucose in mouse models of ovarian cancer report that the compound significantly improves the effectiveness of the chemotherapy drug, carboplatin.
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Removing macrophages shows success against ovarian cancer in mice
By removing two kinds of macrophages in mice, researchers showed that ovarian tumours in mice were reduced in size and stopped spreading.
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Novel palladium compound shows potent action against treatment resistant cancer cells
Research demonstrated a complex of palladium and thiosemicarbazone is a more selective and powerful chemotherapeutic than the current standard of care cisplatin.
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Extensive tumour protein analysis reveals new therapy targets
New research has categorised hundreds of cancers based on their common protein mutations, highlighting cell components and tumour microenvironments as possible new therapy targets.
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Promising drug developed for ovarian and pancreatic cancers
An antibody has been developed to block a protein secreted by the cells surrounding ovarian and pancreatic cancer tumours.
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Intriguing egg protein behaviour may shape fertility and cancer treatment
Scientists in the U.S. have published their findings about the behaviour of proteins in mouse eggs, projecting possible impacts on infertility and cancer treatment.
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Paclitaxel acting as an immune response modulator
Brazilian researchers have discovered that a drug widely used as for chemotherapy also acts as an immune response modulator...
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CT45 biomarker found in ovarian cancer can predict response to therapy
New approach could prolong survival and trigger an immune...
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PD-1 and CTLA4 therapies together could benefit women with ovarian cancer
Women with ovarian cancer could in future benefit from a combined therapy using PD-1 and CTLA-4 as shown through the results of this Phase II trial...
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Antibody-based approach to destroy deadly ovarian cancer
Researchers are developing an antibody-based approach to destroy deadly ovarian cancer -- an approach that could also be modified to kill breast, prostate and other solid tumours...
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Scientists mine gene responses to existing chemotherapies to facilitate precision cancer treatment
Scientists utilise computational biology techniques in a bid to enable doctors to use targeted therapies for cancer patients.
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CXCR4 receptor provides therapeutic target for ovarian cancer
Researchers have described a key cellular receptor in the processes of metastasis in ovarian cancer, the findings may lead to the use of CXCR4 inhibitors as a therapeutic target...
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TP53 gene mutations may help catch ovarian cancer
Screening for tumour cells in the fallopian tubes may help detect the cancer years before it develops further...
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£8500 given to cancer research at the University of Warwick
Cancer research at the University of Warwick has received a boost thanks to the former Lord Mayor of Coventry Cllr Lindsley Harvard.
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Stem cell ‘marking’ study offers alternative hypothesis of cancer metastasis
Stem cells are among the most energetically activated, migratory and proliferative sub-populations of tumour cells, according to observations by scholars at the Biomedical Research Centre at the University of Salford.