Can cancer therapy be overly targeted?
Targeted therapies may hit the bull’s eye of cancer by targeting specific pathways by which it spreads, but a new study published in Nature Genetics in March suggests our optimism about the effectiveness of targeted therapies may be misplaced in the case of certain cancers, such as angiosarcoma (cancer that begins in the blood vessels). Drugs designed t....
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Curing disease while you sleep
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Drinking milk may slow osteoarthritis' progression
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Eye test can detect early-stage Alzheimer’s
Doctors may one day be able to use a simple eye test to detect the onset of Alzheimer’....
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Beyond the blood-brain barrier
Researchers from Mayo Clinic have shown it is possible to use small molecules to carry drugs to the brain, helping fight cancer and other neurological diseases. In the Mayo Clinic study,....
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Read more“Tidal wave” of cancer predicted
Scientists from the World Health Organization (WHO) have issued a warning about a looming “human disaster” – cancer. Alarming forecasts of global cancer s....
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