Sentences with phrase «many types of cancer cell»

Gilead subsidiary Kite Pharma (which the biotech giant scooped up ahead of the FDA's approval for Yescarta, a treatment that reengineers patients» immune cells to fight cancer) will have access to Sangamo's platform technology, which could be used to create various types of cancer cell therapies.

Its drug Niraparib kills cancer cells by inhibiting the production of proteins called PARPs, which help repair damaged DNA strands, thereby hastening the death of some types of cancer cells.

The researchers studied triple - negative breast cancer cells, which grow and spread faster than most other types of cancer cells.

«Different types of cancer cells with different strengths and weaknesses are both present in the tumor at the same time and can work together to spread faster and more efficiently.

Other researchers have already loaded hollow origami structures with drugs to target specific types of cancer cells, created DNA «robots» that walk across surfaces, and mimicked the shape of viruses.

Production of the enzyme asparagine synthetase is deficient in ALL and several other types of cancer cells, which are therefore unable to synthesize the amino acid asparagine.

«The challenge is finding targets that exist on other types of cancer cells but not on normal cells,» says pediatric oncologist Stephan Grupp of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, who worked with Porter on testing the treatment in mice.

Using tumor samples from a patient, they do lab tests to determine which substances can first make the different types of cancer cells uniform and then effectively kill them.

Cancer stem cells can be considered the most dangerous type of cancer cells, as they appear to have an inherent resistance to the chemotherapeutic drugs used today.

As different cancers express different biomarkers, it might be possible to modify the molecular structure of the ruthenium molecule to target different types of cancer cell.»

Marcus stresses that SaGA can be applied to additional cell types or environments, or other types of cancer cell behavior such as drug resistance.

The 5E5 antibody recognized multiple types of cancer cells, including leukemia, ovarian, breast, and pancreatic cancer cells, but not normal tissues.

They found that Fusobacterium nucleatum in the gut can stop chemotherapy from causing a type of cancer cell death called apoptosis.

The screening revealed coibamide A to be capable of killing many types of cancer cells, but Ishmael decided to focus subsequent studies on two types in particular — brain tumors, or glioblastomas, and a breast cancer subtype known as triple negative breast cancer.

The discovery, which is described online in the journal Cell, may lead to new ways to trigger cell death in some types of cancer cells.

For this study, Silke Kiessling, a postdoctoral fellow on Nicolas Cermakian's team, successfully adjusted the gears of the internal clocks in two types of cancer cells?

McKay and Tsai conclude that nucleostemin is involved in regulating the proliferation of both stem cells and at least some types of cancer cells, they reported at a meeting here on 20 November and in the December issue of Genes & Development.

Each well holds a specific antibody that will bind selectively to one type of cancer cell type, based on genetic markers on its surface.

For some reason, pRB is turned off in all types of cancer cells, leaving them with only cyclin A-cdk2 to regulate E2F.

Scientists have known that LPA is secreted by many types of cancer cells, appears to promote the growth and spread of tumor cells, and that immune cells known as CD - 8 «killer» T cells have several receptors for LPA.

In health, this gene helps to regulate DNA transcription, but a mutated version is found in many types of cancer cell, where it helps them to proliferate quickly.

Of note, certain types of cancer cell, including pancreatic and lung cancer cells, are heavily reliant on growth benefits brought by autophagy activation, therefore becoming «addicted» to autophagy.

As an aside, many types of cancer cells do NOT have this adaptability and require glucose to thrive, which makes the ketogenic diet an effective therapy for combating cancer.

«Researchers found that a unique strain of skin bacteria produces a chemical that kills several types of cancer cells,» Dr. Bowe says.

The Swedish researchers concluded that extracts from organically grown strawberries halted cancer cell proliferation more effectively than extracts from conventionally grown ones, and in both types of cancer cells.

«This unique strain of skin bacteria produces a chemical that kills several types of cancer cells but does not appear to be toxic to normal cells,» Richard Gallo, chair of the department of dermatology at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and an author on the study, said in a statement.

And, anthocyanins also trigger apoptosis — or cell suicide — in several different types of cancer cells.

Interleukin - 8 (IL - 8), a well - known tumor - growth promoting inflammatory cytokine104 is «substantially increased» in a number of different types of cancer cells.105 «We found for the first time that caprylic acid and MCT suppress IL - 8 secretion by Caco - 2 cells [colon cancer cells],» reported Japanese researchers in 2002.106

Unfortunately, the study did find that limiting the availability of serine and glycine did not have the same cancer - reducing reaction in all types of cancer cells.

Tests on animals and humans alike show that HAMLET kills over 40 different types of cancer cells, all without harming healthy cells.

It can also kill many different types of cancer cells by triggering apoptosis (programmed cell death) without affecting normal cells.

In a study published this year in Current Drug Targets, a combination of tocotrienols and quercetin induced senescence and promoted apoptosis in many different types of cancer cells, while delaying senescence in healthy cells and rejuvenating formerly healthy senescent cells.

A lab - based study showed that myrrh actually inhibited the growth in eight different types of cancer cells.

Curcumin inhibits the growth and spread of different types of cancer cells, in particular leukemia, hepatic, colorectal, pancreatic, gastric, prostate, breast, and oral cancers.

Kaempferol inhibits the growth of some types of cancer cells, showing promising anti-tumor abilities for colon and pancreatic cancers.

As the search for non-toxic natural treatments continues, lycopene — a nutrient found in tomatoes — is impressing researchers with its ability to inhibit various types of cancer cell growth.

Lead study author and doctoral candidate Molly Derry commented «We've known for quite a while that the bioactive compounds in grape seed extract selectively target many types of cancer cells.

This study found that turmeric extract reduced the growth of certain types of cancer cells in a lab setting.

Many types of cancer cells — particularly lymphoma — utilize glucose from carbohydrates as fuel.

All types of cancer cells love carbohydrates, but they have a hard time getting by on the protein and fat that cats thrive on (see the many articles on nutrition in our Library).

There are also different subtypes of the cancer itself, referring to the type of cancer cells rather than where they are found.

The difference between the two is based on the type of cancer cells present.

Not exact matches

This time, the approval is for a type of blood cancer called large B - cell lymphoma.

One reason that taller people are more likely to die of many types of cancer is because they tend to have bigger organs, so there is a greater chance that one cell in the organ will become cancerous, Batty said.

The treatment is a type of so - called CAR T - cell therapy — taking a patient's own immune cells, called T cells, genetically manipulating them to attack specific proteins on cancer, and infusing them back into the patient.

It's a type of cancer immunotherapy, which harnesses the body's immune system to take on cancer cells.

It offers cardio protection, it helps lower bad cholesterol, it may help prevent the progression of multiple sclerosis, it has the ability to regenerate brain cells after a stroke, it has the ability to cross the blood - brain barrier to potentially ward off Alzheimer's disease, apparently it's good at wiping amyloid plaque from the brain (which studies haves linked to Alzheimer's), it may help to prevent certain types of cancer, and studies have shown that it inhibits cancer cell growth and metastases (meaning it keeps cancer from spreading).

Goji's are reported to have anti-aging properties and show anti-tumor activities against various types of skin cancer cells by inhibiting tumor growth and inducing apoptosis.

Habanero, jalapeno, Scotch bonnet — these hot but yummy types of the actual capsicum frutescens possess multiple health advantages — such as the capability to drive prostate cancer cells to kill themselves.

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