Cancer vaccines — which are intended to help patients fight cancer by enlisting the individuals’ own immune systems to attack...
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Using Light to Activate Genes and Kill Cancer
Scientists at Kyoto University in Japan have developed a gene delivery system, involving gold nanorods and a near infrared laser,...
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Chemotherapy could cause cancer to SPREAD and grow back even more aggressive, new study claims
The drug is often regarded as the first option for breast cancer patients But scientists at New York’s Albert Einstein College...
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Chemotherapy before breast cancer surgery might fuel metastasis
When breast cancer patients get chemotherapy before surgery to remove their tumor, it can make remaining malignant cells spread to...
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Stem cell-based therapy for targeting skin-to-brain cancer
Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have a potential solution for how to...
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‘Educating’ patients’ immune cells may help combat diabetes
New research reveals that a treatment called Stem Cell Educator therapy is safe and effective for treating type 1 and...
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Cultured epidermal stem cells in regenerative medicine
Abstract Transplantation of cultured epidermal cell sheets (CES) has long been used to treat patients with burns, chronic wounds, and...
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Directed Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to Microglia
Highlights Efficient protocol to generate human microglia from PSCs iPSC-derived microglia have ramified morphology and motile processes Expression and cytokine...
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In Vitro Models of GJB2-Related Hearing Loss Recapitulate Ca2+ Transients via a Gap Junction Characteristic of Developing Cochlea
Highlights Mutation in GJB2 (CX26) is the most frequent cause of hereditary deafness worldwide Functional CX26-gap junction plaque (GJP)-forming cells...
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Simple bladder cancer test can accurately predict the return of the disease for 80% of patients
Researchers have developed a machine which can detect a protein called TERT People suffering with bladder cancer often have high...