Sentences with phrase «growth of tumor cells»

The team also found that these genes had different functions in promoting metastasis: One group encouraged growth of tumor cells in both breast and lungs, whereas the other only helped the new tumor thrive in the lungs.

Drugs like fluorouracil, oxaliplatin and irinotecan work by mimicking and damaging DNA molecules, or inhibiting enzymes involved in cell and DNA replication, slowing the uncontrolled growth of tumor cells.

We suggest that stromal catabolism, via autophagy and mitophagy, fuels the anabolic growth of tumor cells, promoting tumor progression and metastasis.

Since multiple signaling pathways drive the growth of tumor cells, Lu and her colleagues wondered if the restoration of p53 function could be used as a strategy to enhance existing cancer therapies that target parallel signaling pathways.

These compounds, widely present in fruits, vegetables and grains, were found to be much more effective in suppressing the growth of tumor cells than that of normal cells.

Cranberries also contain a number of compounds that benefit human health — including some that have been shown to inhibit the growth of tumor cells — and sequencing work may reveal more about them.

In a development that could lead to a new generation of drugs to precisely treat a range of diseases, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have for the first time designed a drug candidate that decreases the growth of tumor cells in animal models in one of the hardest to treat cancers — triple negative breast cancer.

A widespread cancer - causing protein called MYC promotes the growth of tumor cells in part by ensuring that RNA transcripts are properly spliced, according to latest work from A * STAR researchers.

Drugs used as chemotherapy, such as carboplatin, etoposide, and ifosfamide work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.

Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as ifosfamide and doxorubicin hydrochloride, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading.

Pazopanib hydrochloride may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

This is particularly important for vaccination against viruses and diseases such as cancer, in which T cells do not function strongly enough or fast enough to combat the growth of the virus or growth of the tumor cells.

When we blocked the enzyme heparanase, that degrades proteoglycans, it stopped the growth of the tumor cells, says Karin Forsberg Nilsson (Uppsala University / SciLifeLab), who has led the study.

Allicin may inhibit the growth of tumor cells, while ajoene and DATS kill cancer cells.

Not only do these low sugar berries have more antioxidants per serving than almost any other fruit, studies have found that they may help block the growth of tumor cells.

He focused his research on how pomegranates could affect skin cancer and breast cancer and whether or not the contents of this amazing fruit could actually prohibit the growth of tumor cells that cause cancer.