Fasting Weakens Cancer in Mice
Man may not live by bread alone, but cancer in animals appears less resilient, according to a study that found chemotherapy drugs work better when combined with cycles of short, severe fasting.
‘Biopsy in a Blood Test’ to Detect Cancer
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Health, and collaborating cancer physicians have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of an advanced blood test for detecting and analyzing circulating tumor cells (CTCs)—breakaway cells from patients’ solid tumors—from cancer patients. The findings, reported in five new papers, show that the highly sensitive blood analysis provides information that may soon be comparable to that from some types of surgical biopsies.
Cancer treatment with minor side effects
Side effects are currently the biggest problem with any cancer treatment. A Norwegian biotech company is drawing closer to the goal of creating a treatment which kills only cancer cells, leaving other cells unaffected.
Keeping Cells Alive in the Lab
For the first time ever, Georgetown and National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have discovered a way to keep an individual cancer patient’s normal and tumor cells alive in a laboratory.
Possible cure for leukemia found by Penn State researchers
A compound produced from fish oil that appears to target leukemia stem cells could lead to a cure for the disease, according to Penn State researchers.