Sentences with phrase «against ovarian tumors»

iPSC - NKs themselves have already shown efficacy in the battle against leukemia and HIV infection [4, 5] and so researchers from the laboratory of Dan S. Kaufman (University of Minnesota, USA) aimed to assess their anti-tumorigenic capabilities against ovarian tumors [6].

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«Personalized tumor vaccine shows promise in pilot trial: Vaccine against patients» own tumors triggers a broad response, and induced five - year remission in one patient with advanced ovarian cancer.»

As proof - of - principle of the potential efficacy, Zhang's team grew human ovarian tumors in immunocompromised mice, then injected short - interfering RNAs to block the tumors» growth using RNA interference against FAL1.

A novel approach to cancer immunotherapy — strategies designed to induce the immune system to attack cancer cells — may provide a new and cost - effective weapon against some of the most deadly tumors, including ovarian cancer and mesothelioma.

The chronically stressed mice had decreased immune function and experienced tumor development significantly earlier than the non-stressed mice.16 Other mouse studies of ovarian cancer showed that chronic stress resulted in increased cancer growth as well as increased angiogenesis, the process with which cancer forms new blood vessels to feed itself nutrients for growth and metastases.17 Chronic stress has also been shown to decrease our body's ability to mount an attack against foreign invaders, including viruses.18 As we know that several viruses can cause cancer (HPV and cervical cancer, and EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer), we can extrapolate that any decrease in immune function could increase cancer risk.