However, a new study may have found a new treatment that can help the sickest sarcoma patients. “We have learned that sarcoma patients whose cancer cells have a high expression of the cep135 protein are worse off. But inhibiting a gene called plk1 also inhibits growth of the sarcoma cells,...
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Brussels, Belgium – During the surgery Wednesday April 17, the Da Vinci Xi surgical system was combined with MMI’s Symani surgical system. In collaboration with abdominal surgeon Dr Martijn Schoneveld, the plastic and reconstructive surgery team performed a fully robotic lymph node transplant, overseen by Professor Moustapha Hamdi, Head of...
San Francisco, Calif. – A clinical trial that will test three drugs concurrently, and could include more, represents new hope for patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), an incurable neurodegenerative disorder that usually kills within seven years after symptoms start. Researchers hope the trial, which will be led by UC...
LONG BEACH, Calif. — As reported in today’s issue of the journal Metabolites, researchers at Metabolomycs, a California-based biotechnology company, for the first time applied targeted mass spectrometry to show that pancreatic cancer arises through changes in cellular metabolism and that these changes can be measured with a simple blood...
Tokyo, Japan – Alternative splicing, a process where a single gene can give rise to multiple different proteins via inclusion or exclusion of certain segments of the gene sequence, is known to occur in over 90% of human genes. This leads to the production of numerous transcript isoforms (splice variants...
Tianjin, China – A transformative study has provided a profound understanding of glioblastoma’s molecular subtypes, revealing the nuances of cellular heterogeneity and the mechanisms behind resistance to treatment. This critical research not only enhances our comprehension of this aggressive cancer but also opens new frontiers for the precision-targeting of therapies,...
MIAMI, Florida – Researchers have developed a functional precision medicine approach that targets cancer by combining genetic testing with a new way to test individual drugs on tumor samples. The results of the clinical study were published today in Nature Medicine. This combined approach, developed by Florida International University cancer researcher...
DAVENPORT – The Sunshine Foundation, an organization that grants wishes to sick children, will bring to Central Florida 14 young people, mostly children, who were born with progeria, an illness that causes them to age prematurely. The organization’s annual Progeria Reunion will include a picnic and game day at the...
Seven years after the passage of a law advancing the interests of persons afflicted with rare diseases, patients, and other stakeholder groups are still clamoring for government support in terms of adequate funding and implementation of the Integrated Rare Diseases Management Program Strategic Plan. “Persons suffering from rare diseases, sometimes...
CHICAGO, Illinois – Researchers have identified a new way to screen genes that cause several different types of cancers to grow, identifying particularly promising targets for precision oncology in oral and esophageal squamous cancers. The study, published in this month’s issue of Cell Reports, used 3-dimensional models of organ tissues called organoids...