by SINTEF Graphical abstract. Credit: Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2022.114528 The fact that our immune systems capture and destroy nanoparticles and the drugs they carry has been a problem in the field of nanomedicine for some time. But, in the fight against cancer, researchers are now attempting to exploit this problem to their advantage. Researchers around the world are...
by UK Research and Innovation Schematic showing the pore forming reorganization of the mitochondrial surface by Bax during the initial stages of apoptosis determined from this study. Credit: Luke Clifton, STFC, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Researchers have for the first time characterized a unique molecular mechanism of the early stages of programmed cell death or apoptosis, a...
by Newcastle University Scientists at work in AMLo Biosciences lab to predict the spread or return of a melanoma. Credit: AMLo Biosciences & Newcastle University A pioneering test which reliably predicts the spread or return of the most deadly form of skin cancer has been developed by a team of Newcastle scientists and clinicians. The...
As tumors grow within an organ, they also release cells that enter the bloodstream. These cells can travel to other organs, seeding new tumors called metastases. MIT engineers have now developed a technique that, for the first time, allows them to measure the generation rate of these circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in mice. Their approach,...
by University of Liverpool Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study by University of Liverpool researchers has identified new factors accompanying previous findings that frequent consumption of peanuts by cancer patients could increase the risk of cancer spread. The study, published in Carcinogenesis shows that Peanut agglutinin (PNA) – a carbohydrate-binding protein that rapidly enters into the...
by University of Notre Dame Zachary Schafer working in the lab. Credit: University of Notre Dame One specific protein may be a master regulator for changing how cancer cells consume nutrients from their environments, preventing cell death and increasing the likelihood the cancer could spread, a study from the University of Notre Dame has shown. The...
by German Cancer Research Center Certain anchor proteins inhibit a key metabolic driver that plays an important role in cancer and developmental brain disorders. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the University of Innsbruck, together with a Europe-wide research network, discovered this molecular mechanism, which could open up new opportunities for personalized therapies for cancer...
MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IMAGE: WEIPING ZOU, M.D., PH.D. CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ROGEL CANCER CENTER ANN ARBOR, Michigan — Michael Green, M.D., Ph.D., noticed that when his patients had cancer that spread to the liver, they fared poorly – more so than when cancer spread to other parts of the body. Not...
