Sentences with phrase «ovarian cancer cells grow»

In order to find out how and why ovarian cancer cells grow and take on such lethal characteristics, Dr. Shepherd and his team grow the cancer cells in 3D structures, called «spheroids» — the same way the cancer cells grow in patients.

This was observed in human ovarian cancer cells grown in culture, and then in mouse models of the disease.

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Philippa Taylor explained why she thought it was an encouraging discovery: «There could be real benefits for some people, particularly young girls or people who are going through cancer treatment or chemotherapy and that destroys any chance of having their own eggs and growing eggs cells so if you can remove ovarian tissue, grow some egg cells outside the womb and implant them after the treatment then that could be very positive.»

A section of a tumor organoid grown from cells derived from a patient with high - grade serous ovarian cancer (left) and a mini-tumor treated with ReACp53, resulting in extensive cancer cell death.

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.

The team has tested its triple threat nanoparticles, containing drugs typically used to treat ovarian cancer (such as doxorubicin, cisplatin and camptothecin), against lab - grown ovarian cancer cells.

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