UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES Metastases and resistance to chemotherapy are the main causes of treatment failure and mortality in cancer patients. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process by which cancer cells detach from their neighboring cells and acquire invasive properties, plays a key role in the formation of metastases and the development of resistance to anti-cancer...
Tag: <span>anti-cancer therapy</span>
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Scientists create antibodies to target a secretory protein for anti-cancer therapy
CACTUS COMMUNICATIONS IMAGE: THESE FINDINGS PAVE THE WAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL ANTIBODIES THAT COULD SUPPLEMENT CHEMOTHERAPY. CREDIT: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY, TAIWAN Lung, colorectal, and pancreatic cancer are three cancers with a poor prognosis. Lung and colorectal cancers are the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide and pancreatic cancer is one of the...
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New anti-cancer therapy: Converting glioma cells into neurons
GUANGDONG-HONGKONG-MACAU INSTITUTE OF CNS REGENERATION,JINAN UNIVERSITY IMAGE: GLIOMA CELL-CONVERTED NEURONS. RED CELLS ARE GLIOMA CELLS; GREEN CELLS ARE CONVERTED NEW NEURONS. CREDIT: JINAN UNIVERSITY Glioma is a fatal neurological disorder that has limited interventional treatment, despite extensive research over the past several decades. A research team led by Dr. Gong Chen, a former professor at Penn State University and...