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Onionin A, natural compound from onions found effective against Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Research from Kumamoto University, Japan has found that a natural compound isolated from onions, onionin A (ONA), has several anti-ovarian cancer properties. This discovery is a result of research on the effects of onionin A on a…
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New approach to targeted fluorescent imaging in cancer diagnosis provides improved results
Tumor detection using targeted fluorescent imaging probes is a promising technology that takes advantage of specific molecular events occurring in cancer tissues. However, currently available probes that use this technology fail to maximize their specificity for tumors…
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Novel cancer therapy developed at University of Oklahoma based on photothermal therapy using carbon nanotubes
University of Oklahoma researchers have collaborated to design a novel, non-invasive cancer therapy that could eliminate tumors without affecting the healthy cells in the body. The cancer therapy targets specific cancer cells using single-walled carbon nanotubes that…
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University of Iowa’s hybridoma bank, a national treasure
The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank at the UI was created by the National Institutes of Health in 1986 to store and distribute laboratory-produced proteins used for cancer research and other scientific pursuits. University of Iowa biology professor…
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Glioblastoma’s dependence of cholesterol from astrocytes, a possible new therapeutic target
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and The Scripps Research Institute, with colleagues in Los Angeles and Japan, report that depriving deadly brain cancer cells of cholesterol, which…
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Scientists find how cancer cells metabolizes glucose, providing new therapeutic target
Cancer cells have their own unique way of reproducing, involving a shrewd metabolic reprograming that has been observed in virtually all types of cancer but not in normal cells. Now, University of Rochester Medical Center scientists have…
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Researchers use machine learning to identify different cancer cell types
National Institutes of Health, COBRE Center for Cancer Research Development at Rhode Island Hospital, Rhode Island Foundation Medical Research Grant, Jason and Donna McGraw Weiss Brown University researchers have developed a new image analysis technique to distinguish…
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Controlling amyloid formation in cancer cells a possible target for drug discovery and development.
A study published by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine describes that certain proteins playing a role in cancer progression and metastasis are stored as amyloid bodies in dormant…
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New Imaging technique to detect Chromatin in the cell (Partial Wave Spectroscopic Microscopy)
When scientists finished decoding the human genome in 2003, they thought the findings would help us better understand diseases, discover genetic mutations linked to cancer, and lead to the design of smarter medicine. Now it’s 13 years…
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