What You Need to Know About Pituitary Tumors
Morgan deBlecourt via Duke Health – Pituitary tumors are abnormal growths in the pituitary gland, a pea-sized organ at the base of the brain that regulates hormones. Fortunately, these tumors…
New Antibiotic Approach Proves Promising Against Lyme Bacterium
Duke Health – A technique that has demonstrated success against cancer tumors could also be lethal to bacteria and other pathogens DURHAM, N.C. – Using a technique that has shown…
Anesthetize Nerve Cells to Shrink Breast Tumors?
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed an innovative treatment for breast cancer, based on analgesic nanoparticles that target the nervous system. The researchers…
White Blood Cells May Be Harnessed to Boost Cancer Immunotherapy
Jon Schiller via Israel21c – White blood cells called Eosinophils can be “summoned” in order to fight cancer by both destroying the cancer cells directly as well as recruiting the immune…
Researchers Developing New Cancer Treatments With High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound
University of Waterloo via Newswise – Researchers are bringing the use of acoustic waves to target and destroy cancerous tumours closer to reality. While doctors have used low-intensity ultrasound as a…
Researchers to Develop New Technology to Detect and Remove Cancer Tumors
University of Warwick via News-Medical – New technology that will marry probes that can detect cancer tumors through the skin with high-precision robotic surgery is to be developed for use in…
Microbiome Transplants Can Reprogram Immune System to Attack Tumors
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Changing the gut microbiome can reprogram the immune system to attack malignant tumors, according to results of a unique clinical trial at Sheba Medical Center…
New Immunotherapy Shows Promise Against Rare Childhood Cancer
University College London via EurekAlert – A novel CAR T-cell therapy developed by researchers at UCL and designed to target cancerous tumours, has shown promising early results in children with neuroblastoma,…
Dozens of Pesticides Linked with Mammary Gland Tumors in Animal Studies
Silent Spring Institute via EurekAlert – In an analysis of how regulators review pesticides for their potential to cause cancer, researchers at Silent Spring Institute identified more than two dozen registered…
Scientists Discover a Way to Stop the Spread of Devastating Childhood Cancer
University of East Anglia via EurekAlert – Researchers at the University of East Anglia and University of Manchester have made an important breakthrough that could lead to ‘kinder’ treatments for children…
New Plasma Cancer Treatment Designed to Kill Malignant Cells
Brian Blum via Israel21c – CAPS Medical’s delivery system sends high-energy ionized gas to kill malignant cells inside a tumor. The first indication is bladder cancer. “The holy grail of all cancer…
T-cells Could Be Made into Better Cancer Killers by Increasing Their Protein Production
Medical University of South Carolina via EurekAlert – Hollings Cancer Center researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have developed a technique to monitor protein production in a type of…
Discovery of Potent Immune Cell That Can Destroy Multiple Types of Cancer
Angela Betsaida B. Laguipo, BSN via News-Medical Net – The immune system is the body’s defense against harmful pathogens that may enter the body. Immune cells, such as white blood…
