Sentences with phrase «against tumor blood»

«Vaccine directed against tumor blood vessels suppress tumor growth, metastasis.»

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Researchers used tissue and blood samples to show that the gammopathy (a precursor to myeloma) in both mice and patients with Gaucher disease is triggered by specific lipids, and that the antibodies made by tumor cells in nearly a third of myeloma patients are directed against such lipids.

«While the failure of these drugs against brain metastasis has often been attributed to the blood brain barrier, some agents are small enough to penetrate into the brain,» says Rakesh K. Jain, PhD, director of the Steele Laboratories of Tumor Biology in the MGH Radiation Oncology Department, co-senior author of the report published in Science Translational Medicine.

In different contexts, viruses appear capable of attacking tumors in a number of different ways — by directly infecting them, by releasing tumor proteins that trigger a broad immune response against the cancer, and by damaging the blood supply tumors need to survive.

New research into CAR - T cell therapy has revealed crucial mechanisms that could help the immunotherapy technique, which is currently only effective against blood cancers, be adapted for the treatment of brain tumors and other forms of solid cancers.

Stephan's foggy early morning brainwave illuminated an unexpectedly simple approach to making cell - based immunotherapy, in which cancer - targeting immune cells are enlisted to fight tumor cells, as effective against solid tumors as it has been against blood cancers like leukemia.

The American Council on Exercise advises against wave therapy for those who are pregnant, have a history of seizures, blood clotting issues, tumors, or people with pacemakers.

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.

We know that the lemony aura of limonene is more than just a scent, as it can be found in our blood after exposure.8 Furthermore, several anticancer cellular pathways appear to be affected by the terpene limonene, leading some to suggest it has anticancer, or chemopreventative, benefits.9 While feeding it to rats in studies has revealed some efficacy against breast tumors, 10 we have a ways to go before we can make such bold claims in humans.

They also act aggressively against cancer by preventing cancer cell proliferation, inducing apoptosis — or cancer cell «suicide» — and inhibiting the formation of new blood vessels that nourish tumor growth.

And many phytonutrients may help block the formation of new blood vessels that feed tumors, and others appear to defend against toxic invaders.