Indirubin: Component Of Chinese Herbal Remedy Might Block Brain Tumor’s Spread
The active ingredient in a traditional Chinese herbal remedy might help treat deadly brain tumors, according to a new study by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James)
New more-sensitive blood test catches recurring breast cancer a year earlier
A new blood test is twice as sensitive and can detect breast cancer recurrence a full year earlier than current blood tests, according to a scientist who reported at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The report was among more than 11,000 presentations on new developments in science scheduled at the meeting, held by the world’s largest scientific society.
Tortoise and the Hare: New drug stops rushing cancer cells, slow and steady healthy cells unharmed
The American Cancer Society estimates that 44,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer will be diagnosed this year and that 37,000 people will die from the disease. These are not strong odds. A new drug, rigosertib, allows pancreatic cancer cells to rush through replication – and then stops them cold, killing them in in the middle of a step called M phase. Healthy cells that don’t rush are unharmed.
Gene discovered that could see common household drugs harnessed to fight cancer spread
Scientists from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have made a biological breakthrough that explains how lymphatic vessels respond to cancer, shedding light on the anti-cancer properties of some common household drugs and paving the way for new treatments to prevent cancer spread.
Immune cells from healthy people pulverise cancer
Immune cells from healthy individuals can be the new immune cure for cancer. This treatment can kill cancer cells without destroying neighbouring cells. The hope is to eradicate cancer for ever.