Not exact matches
Although the
drugs cripple harmful microbes from
within, bacteria that survive such sabotage tend to develop
resistance that makes them even more dangerous.
Unfortunately, the
drug usually stops working
within a few months, due to cancer cells developing
resistance to the treatment.
My cancer systems biology team at the University of California, Merced, is tackling diagnosis and treatment of therapy - resistant cancers by elucidating the network of changes
within cells as a way to identify new
drug targets and circumvent cancer
resistance.
The blockbuster
drug Herceptin is a first - line treatment for many women with HER2 - positive breast cancer, but in most cases,
resistance to the treatment develops
within a year.
Unfortunately, in most patients the melanoma recurs
within a year because the tumor cells develop
drug resistance.
But cancer cells quickly develop
resistance to the
drugs, and the beneficial effects almost always disappear
within a year.
Another
drug, vemurafenib — PLX - 4032 — works well initially, but the tumors develop
resistance within 6 to 7 months.
In answer to the first question, we analyze how the mode of
drug resistance evolution changed
within patients throughout the epidemic using historical HIV sequences.
Currently I am pursuing my PhD at the Department of Dermatology of the University Hospital Essen in Germany
within the MELGEN ETN, where I am investigating cancer
drug resistance in melanoma.
Within the framework of the Project Space Festival Berlin, District is pleased to present the opening of Laura McLardy's installation Line of Least
Resistance in the ArtAndArchitecture series as well as a performance, music and video programme by artist ensemble Boring
Drug and Zorka Wollny.