A golden bullet for cancer
Contact: Diana Lutz
dlutz@wustl.edu
314-935-5272
Washington University in St. Louis Read more
Berkeley scientists find new way to get physical in the fight against cancer
March 10, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Lynn Yarris
lcyarris@lbl.gov
510-486-5375
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Conventional biological wisdom holds that living cells interact with their environment through an elaborate network of chemical signals. As a result many therapies for the treatment of cancer and other diseases in which cell behavior goes awry focus on drugs that block or disrupt harmful chemical signals. Now, a new road for future therapies may have been opened with scientific evidence for a never seen before way in which cells can also sense and respond to physical forces.
Research findings expected to ease treatment of low neutrophil counts in cancer patients
March 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Summer Freeman
summer.freeman@stjude.org
901-595-3061
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Read more
Seaweed extract may hold promise for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma treatment
March 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Jeremy Moore
jeremy.moore@aacr.org
267-646-0557
American Association for Cancer Research
DEAD SEA, Jordan Seaweed extract may eventually emerge as a lymphoma treatment, according to laboratory research presented at the second AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in Cancer Research: From the Laboratory to the Clinic, held here March 7-10, 2010.
Papaya extract thwarts growth of cancer cells in lab tests
March 8, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Elizabeth Connor
eaconnor@ufl.edu
352-273-6387
University of Florida
The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for generations.
Reovirus may be a novel approach to prostate cancer treatment
Contact: Tara Yates
tara.yates@aacr.org
267-646-0558
American Association for Cancer Research
PHILADELPHIA Researchers in Canada have detected a novel oncolytic viral therapy against prostate cancer with use of a virus called the reovirus, according to study results published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Like little golden assassins, ’smart’ nanoparticles identify, target and kill cancer cells
March 7, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Blaine Friedlander
bpf2@cornell.edu
607-254-8093
Cornell University
ITHACA, N.Y. - Another weapon in the arsenal against cancer: Nanoparticles that identify, target and kill specific cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone.
Spotlight on rare tumors in hunt for new cancer treatments
March 7, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Vanessa Pavinato
media@esmo.org
European Society for Medical Oncology Read more
Warning sign for potential anti-cancer approach
March 7, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Karen Honey
press_releases@the-jci.org
734-546-5242
Journal of Clinical Investigation
One treatment being investigated as an adjuvant for anticancer immunotherapies is the use of molecules that trigger the proteins TLR7 and TLR8. For example, the TLR7 stimulant imiquimod is used for the treatment of skin cancer and metastatic melanoma. However, new research, performed by Isabelle Cremer and colleagues, at INSERM U872, Paris, suggests that such approaches should be developed with caution because stimulation of human lung cancer cells with TLR7 or TLR8 agonists increased tumor cell survival and resistance to chemotherapeutics. Read more
Articles highlight challenges, progress in nervous system cancers
March 7, 2010 by admin · 3 Comments
Contact: JAMA/Archives Media Relations
mediarelations@jama-archives.org
312-464-5262
JAMA and Archives Journals
Many important clinical and basic scientific advances have been made in the past five years in the field of neuro-oncology, according to an editorial and several articles in the March issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
