by Houston Methodist Houston Methodist Research Institute nanomedicine researchers used an implantable nanofluidic device smaller than a grain of rice to deliver immunotherapy directly into a pancreatic tumor. Credit: Houston Methodist Houston Methodist nanomedicine researchers have found a way to tame pancreatic cancer—one of the most aggressive and difficult to treat cancers—by delivering immunotherapy directly into...
by Technical University Munich First author Chiara Falcomatà (left) running the high-throughput screening. Credit: Technical University Munich Pancreatic carcinoma is a tumor with an extremely poor prognosis for which effective treatments have not yet been found. In a preclinical animal model with mice, a team of researchers has now discovered a way of making pancreatic...
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY IMAGE: SAID SEBTI, PH.D. CREDIT: VCU MASSEY CANCER CENTER Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive disease in which malignant cells form in the tissues of the pancreas, a long and flat gland located behind the stomach that helps with digestion and blood sugar regulation. Because pancreatic cancer is difficult to detect early, it...
SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE IMAGE: COSIMO COMMISSO, PH.D., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CO-DIRECTOR OF THE CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF CANCER PROGRAM AT SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE AND SENIOR AUTHOR OF THE STUDY. CREDIT: SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute demonstrated for the first...
Georgetown University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and collaborators have identified a protein that when removed from the body may help pancreatic cancer patients live longer. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal forms of the disease and has the lowest survival rate. Because the tumors are solid, many modern chemotherapies to destroy the tumor...
Two cell types work together to protect pancreatic tumors from destruction by the immune system. But, blocking this partnership may restore the system’s ability to attack these same tumor cells. These are the findings of a study in mice led by researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center and its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and published online...
