A new pancreatic cancer drug is changing survival rates for one of the deadliest cancers
A new pancreatic cancer drug, daraxonrasib, is showing impressive results, nearly doubling survival in early trials. Here’s what doctors say.
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Scientists discover strange link between vitamin D and pain
Low vitamin D levels could be quietly making breast cancer surgery recovery far more painful. In a new study, patients deficient in vitamin D were three times more...
Study: Millions of breast cancer patients could avoid chemotherapy
A new DNA test could help screen whether patients require the treatment or not, according to a new international trial.
Novel "CDT Nanoagent" kills cancer cells without harming healthy cells
...scientists present a novel CDT nanoagent, an iron-based metal-organic framework or MOF. The MOF showed potent toxicity in multiple cancer cell lines and negligible...
I've associated MOFs with Direct Air Carbon Capture - interesting to see them here too. - TGR Editor
Frog gut bacterium eliminates cancer tumors in mice
A bacterium from tree frogs' intestines has shown "remarkably potent" tumor-killing abilities when given intravenously, surpassing standard therapies and opening a new...
One of the world’s oldest blood pressure drugs can also halt the growth of aggressive brain tumors
A common medication for preeclampsia, hydralazine, acts on an enzyme called 2-aminoethanethiol dioxygenase (ADO)—a molecular switch for oxygen that tells blood vessels...
Destroying Cancer with Ultrasound
Decades later, Xu's serendipitous discovery, known as histotripsy, is one of several approaches using ultrasound that are ushering in a new era of advanced cancer...
This scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab
Halassy self-administered a treatment called oncolytic virotherapy (OVT) to help treat her own stage 3 cancer. She has now been cancer-free for four years.
Scientists inhibit tumour growth by starving cancer cells glucose & glutamine.
Researchers describe the discovery of a new, high-potency molecule that blocked several varieties of the glucose transport protein.
Honeybee venom 'kills some breast cancer cells'
Australian scientists say the venom from honeybees has been found to destroy aggressive breast cancer cells in a lab setting.
Scientists tame chaotic protein fueling 75% of cancers
MYC is the protein responsible for making many cancer cases worse. Researchers have found a way to rein it in.
New lung cancer drug (lorlatinib) shockingly effective
Doctors are hailing “off the chart” trial results that show a new drug stopped lung cancer advancing for longer than any other treatment in medical history.