At the University of Alabama at Birmingham, scientists have developed a new microparticle that carries doxorubicin chemo load, that can be imaged within the body and then made to release the cargo using external ultrasound. The polymer particles consist of layers of tannic acid and poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone), or TA/PVPON, both fairly biocompatible substances. They are generated over a...
Category: <span>Cancer</span>
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Turmeric, red grape, and apple compounds ‘starve’ prostate cancer cells
What do turmeric, apples, and grapes have in common? According to a new study, they could hold the key to preventing and treating one of the most common cancers in the United States Researchers have identified a number of natural compounds that have the potential to “starve” prostate cancer tumors and shrink them. Compounds present in turmeric,...
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Muscle growth finding may assist with cancer treatment
Dr Craig Harrison and Dr Kelly Walton from the Monash BDI. Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) researchers have collaboratively developed a therapeutic approach that dramatically promotes the growth of muscle mass, which could potentially prevent muscle wasting in diseases including muscular dystrophy and cancer. The approach, jointly developed with Baker Heart and Diabetes...
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Drug that creates a ‘real sun-tan’ could prevent cancer
Scientists have developed a drug that mimics sunlight to make the skin tan, with no damaging UV radiation involved. The drug tricks the skin into producing the brown form of the pigment melanin in tests on skin samples and mice. Evidence suggests it will work even on redheads, who normally just burn in the sun....
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Scientists Light the Way for Immune System to Attack Cancer
The science behind harnessing the immune system to fight cancer is complicated, but a University of Rochester Medical Center laboratory discovered a simple, practical way to use light and optics to steer killer immune cells toward tumors. In a study published by the online journal Nature Communications, lead author Minsoo Kim, Ph.D., a UR professor of Microbiology and Immunology and a Wilmot Cancer...
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New cell therapy offers hope of a leukaemia cure: Early trial of pioneering treatment eradicated the disease in 94% of cases
Procedure is administered during three or four hospital outpatient appointments It has shown particular promise for leukaemia and blood cancers A revolutionary cancer treatment that alters the body’s cells so they attack tumours has offered hope of a cure. The procedure is administered during three or four hospital outpatient appointments which last up to four...
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New leukemia treatment outperforms standard chemotherapies
Researchers at ANU are working on a new treatment for an aggressive type of leukemia that outperforms standard chemotherapies. Lead researcher Dr Nadine Hein from The John Curtin School of Medical Research at ANU said researchers have successfully treated highly aggressive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in mice using the new treatment. “Not only have we been able...
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Vitamin C and antibiotics could be up to 100 TIMES more effective than drugs at killing cancer cells – without the side effects
EXCLUSIVE: The combination starves cancer cells of their fuel, leading to death Vitamin C and the antibiotic are non-toxic with fewer side effects than drugs The vitamin inhibits cancer cells’ energy-making processes, leaving them weak Taking away their final energy source results in the cancer cells starving to death Vitamin C and antibiotics could be...
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A compound in cannabis is ‘significantly’ effective in destroying cancerous tumours in leukaemia, study reveals
Cannabinoids had a ‘significant’ effect on the death of cancer cells in leukaemia Combination of the compounds and chemo had better results than chemo alone Results were greater when using cannabinoids after chemotherapy Cannabinoids are ‘a very exciting prospect in oncology,’ says study author However, Cancer Research UK warned cancer patients not to use cannabinoids...
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Gene-Based Therapy That Reprograms Immune Cells Offers Hope For Multiple Myeloma Cure
Multiple Myeloma The United States has more than 30,000 cases of multiple myeloma occurring each year. The condition affects the plasma cells that produce antibodies that fight infection. Between 60,000 and 70,000 American currently have the disease. Only about half of these patients are expected to live five years after their diagnosis. Now, a gene-based...