Cancer cells. A second biological pathway that signals immune cells not to engulf and kill cancer cells has been identified by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. An antibody that blocks the “don’t eat me” signal has shown promise as a cancer treatment in animal models and is currently in clinical trials. Combining...
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Study reveals new mechanism used by cancer cells to disarm attacking immune cells
A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) identifies a substance released by pancreatic cancer cells that protects them from attack by immune cells called macrophages. The study found that the substance, called Gdf-15, might be required for the...
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Decongestant ‘highly effective’ at starving cancer cells
Cancer cells. Cancer researchers seeking non-toxic alternatives to harmful chemotherapy are reporting a highly significant result for a humble cold remedy. N-Acetyl cysteine (NAC) is routinely used as a dietary supplement and as a decongestant given to children to ward off a cold. Now, clinical trials in the US indicate the cheap, over-the-counter drug,...
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Cancer Cells Destroyed with Dinosaur Extinction Metal
*Cancer cells can be killed with metal from the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, thanks to new research from University of Warwick UK and Sun-Yat Sen University in China This is an artist´s impression of a dinosaur *Compound based on iridium kills cancer cells by filling them with deadly version of oxygen when activated by...
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Sight unseen: Gene expression reveals ‘hidden’ variability in cancer cells’ response to drugs
A study led by scientists from Harvard Medical School reveals “hidden” variability in how tumor cells are affected by anticancer drugs, offering new insights on why patients with the same form of cancer can have different responses to a drug. The results, published in Nature Communications on Oct 30, highlight strategies to better evaluate drug effectiveness and...
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UTA study says zinc can halt the growth of cancer cells
Zinc supplements can significantly inhibit the proliferation of esophageal cancer cells, according to a new study co-authored by a University of Texas at Arlington researcher. Previous studies had shown that zinc is essential for maintaining human health and protects the esophagus from cancer. However, it has never been fully understood why zinc has the ability...
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Researchers May Have Discovered a New Way to Kill off Cancer Cells
IN BRIEF Researchers from Duke University’s Cancer Institute have published a study explaining how a modified poliovirus is able to effectively treat cancer patients. They discovered that the virus compels the body’s own immune system to join the fight against the cancer cells. LOCKING ON CANCER CELLS Since 2011, researchers have been conducting clinical trials involving a...
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Molecular nanosubmarines can target and kill specific cancer cells
In 2015, scientists from Rice University revealed they had created light-driven nanosubmarines. These tiny molecular machines were activated by ultraviolet light and based on earlier work from Nobel laureate Bernard Feringa, whose ground-breaking research won the prize for chemistry in 2016. These single-molecule machines have now been shown to be able to target, and drill into, specific...
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Groups of Nanoparticles Powered by a Magnet Team Up to Kill Cancer Cells
Number of ways have been developed that allow nanoparticles to kill cancer cells. Some of these include delivering chemo agents, converting electromagnetic energy beamed into heat, and manipulating with the signaling processes of tumor cells. An international team of researchers is now reporting in journal Theranostics a way of bunching iron oxide particles doped with zinc around tumors and then...
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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...