Cancer Research

Oncology research and the tools behind it – tumour models, sequencing, imaging and emerging therapeutic approaches.

67 articles

Biogel Delivers Anti-Cancer Agents Directly to Tumors

Researchers from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have developed an injectable biogel that can deliver anti-cancer agents directly into the tumors. The technique,...

Basic Research

Genetically Modified Algae Attack Cancer Cells

  An international, multidisciplinar team of scientists lead by researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and University of South Australia have engineered an algae to deliver...

Bioengineering

A New Chemotherapy Breaches the Blood-Brain Barrier

A brain tumor patient was treated with an innovative technique that allows to deliver drugs to the brain via bloodstream. The chemotherapy agent was able...

Cancer Research

Genomic and Structural Big Data to Identify Cancer Drivers

A research team lead by the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) has identified more than 100 new cancer drivers using the power of...

Bioinformatics

Antibody-Activated Leukemia Cells Kill Their Sisters

A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has found a way to transform leukemia cells in Natural Killers (NK) that attack other...

Basic Research

Toxin from Wasp Venom Selectively Kills Cancer Cells

A brazilian wasp called Polybia paulista produces a toxin, MP1, that targets only cancer cells while leaving healthy cells intact. The toxin, secreted with the wasp´s...

Biomedicine
3D printers, Human Printed Heart

3D Bioprinting Directed by DNA “Stickers”

Scientists from UCSF have developed a new 3D bioprinting technique – DNA Programmed Assembly of Cells (DPAC) – were cells are joint together by DNA strands hanging...

3D bioprinting

Microscopic Magnets and MRI to Detect Metastases

  Scientists from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) have presented a new technique to detect early signs of breast cancer metastases. The authors have developed a magnet-coupled peptide...

Bioengineering