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Research identifies new breast cancer therapeutic target

Research led by Suresh Alahari, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has shown for the first time that a tiny piece of RNA deregulates energy metabolism, an emerging hallmark of cancer. The finding identifies a new target for therapeutic intervention in breast cancer. The research is […]

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Ayurveda drug trials against cancer to begin in Chennai

Clinical human trials on an Ayurvedic cancer drug that reduces cancer tumours when used with routine chemotherapy will begin in Chennai next month. “We have tested the drug on 10 patients with encouraging results, and the second trial with 30 persons is expected to get over in March 2019, after which we will apply for […]

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Focussed ultrasound used to improve effects of cancer drugs

Researchers have made a breakthrough in more precisely targeting drugs to cancers. Using ultrasound and lipid drug carriers (liposomes), a multi-disciplinary team of biomedical engineers, oncologists, radiologists and anaesthetists at the University of Oxford have developed a new way to improve the targeting of cancer drugs to tumours. The new technology has been used in […]

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Prostate cancer diagnosis later for Kiwi men

New Zealand men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer later in life at a higher prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level and higher disease grade compared to men in the United States according to University of Auckland research. Dr. Nishi Karunasinghe and colleagues at the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre at the University’s Faculty of Medical and […]

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Limiting These Foods Could Help Fight Breast Cancer

Healthy dietary changes have long been associated with reducing the risk of developing different cancers, but a new study has found that curbing certain foods from your diet could also influence the deadliness of the disease.   Research suggests that limiting the consumption of an amino acid called asparagine could dramatically reduce the ability of cancer to spread to other […]