Artemisinin, a potent anti-malarial drug, has been widely hailed as a promising alternative cancer treatment. Scientists from the National University...
September 19, 2017September 19, 2017
A new paradigm for treating transcription factor-driven cancers
In the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital describe a new paradigm...
September 19, 2017September 19, 2017
Altitude training for cancer-fighting cells
Mountain climbers and endurance athletes are not the only ones to benefit from altitude training – that is, learning to...
September 19, 2017September 19, 2017
Theranostics: Paintball targeting of cancer cells combined with precision therapy
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine‘s September 2017 supplement shines a spotlight on theranostics and its increasingly important role in the...
September 19, 2017September 19, 2017
Jet lag drug may aid cancer patients
Painful side effects from cancer medicines could be tackled with a drug that eases the effects of jet lag, research...
September 19, 2017September 19, 2017
FDA approves first biosimilar drug for cancer
Mvasi (bevacizumab-awwb) was found to be biosimilar to the drug Avastin (bevacizumab), the FDA said Thursday in a news release....
September 19, 2017September 19, 2017
Natural molecule appears to shut off cancer cells’ energy source
The Warburg Effect describes a phenomenon in which cancer cells voraciously consume glucose for energy—something scientists have long known, yet...
September 19, 2017September 19, 2017
Giving Migraine Treatments the Best Chance
If you’ve never had a migraine, I have two things to say to you: 1) You’re damn lucky. 2) You...
September 19, 2017September 19, 2017
Exercise may stem kidney damage in lupus patients
The autoimmune disease causes the body to attack and damage vital organs such as the kidneys. Singer Selena Gomez put...
September 19, 2017September 19, 2017
Why lupus sufferers may need kidney transplants: As Selena Gomez reveals going under the knife, we explain the disease’s paralyzing side effects
The 25-year-old singer revealed on Instagram that her best friend donated her kidney for her this summer Selena admitted to...