This protects the normal, healthy cells from being infected, while still allowing the virus to work against cancer cells. (sanfordresearch.org)
«Radioimmunotherapy not only worked against these cancers but, in addition, the radioactivity was confined entirely to the tumor masses, leaving healthy tissues undamaged,» said senior study co-author Ekaterina Dadachova, an associate professor of nuclear medicine and of microbiology and immunology at Einstein. (scientificamerican.com)
LA JOLLA, CA — Ever since discovering a decade ago that a gene altered in lung cancer regulated an enzyme used in therapies against diabetes, Reuben Shaw has wondered if drugs originally designed to treat metabolic diseases could also work against cancer. (salk.edu)