Sentences with phrase «identifies ovarian tumors»

Hammond has ongoing investigations with both of those labs, work that could lead to a theranostic nanoparticle that simultaneously identifies ovarian tumors and hits them hard.

Not exact matches

Scientists identified the specific proteins secreted by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii that cause the immune system in mice to attack established ovarian tumors.

Led by Ludwig Lausanne investigator Alexandre Harari and George Coukos, director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne, the study shows that ovarian tumors harbor highly reactive killer T cells — which kill infected and cancerous cells — and demonstrates how they can be identified and selectively grown for use in personalized, cell - based immunotherapies.

In addition, the study, led by investigators in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network, revealed four novel tumor subtypes, while also identifying genomic similarities between endometrial and other cancer types, including breast, ovarian, and colorectal cancers.

Optical quantification of cellular mass, volume, and density of circulating tumor cells identified in an ovarian cancer patient.

«Visualizing how cancer cells interact with a tumor microenvironment that accurately reflects the complex biology of ovarian cancer should help us understand the mechanisms underlying metastatic progression as well as identify new therapeutics that can inhibit this process,» said clinical gynecologic oncologist Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD, senior author of the study and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Chicago.