Sentences with phrase «prevent tumour cells»

Geneva, Switzerland, 26 March 2014 — A new era of lung cancer therapy is close to dawning, using drugs that can prevent tumour cells from evading the immune system, experts have said at the 4th European Lung Cancer Congress.

A new era of lung cancer therapy is close to dawning, using drugs that can prevent tumour cells from evading the immune system, experts have said at the 4th European Lung Cancer Congress.

Not exact matches

Batimastat does not work this way: instead, it is designed to keep cancers in check by preventing malignant cells breaking away and forming secondary tumours elsewhere in the body.

Our data show that cancer cells without BRCA1 have more than one «Achilles heel,» and so there are more ways to target cancers and therefore to prevent tumours becoming resistant to treatment.»

Professor Geoff Pilkington, study co-author and Head of the Brain Tumour Research Centre, said: «Although this work is still at an early stage, we have demonstrated key elements that are associated with tumour cell binding to blood vessels and this may provide a target for future drug development to prevent the development of secondary tumours in the Tumour Research Centre, said: «Although this work is still at an early stage, we have demonstrated key elements that are associated with tumour cell binding to blood vessels and this may provide a target for future drug development to prevent the development of secondary tumours in the tumour cell binding to blood vessels and this may provide a target for future drug development to prevent the development of secondary tumours in the brain.

The immune response triggered by eczema could help prevent tumour formation by shedding potentially cancerous cells from the skin.

Tamoxifen prevents oestrogen from stimulating growth of breast cancer cells but some tumours can eventually develop resistance to the treatment, making the drug ineffective.

The adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene is a tumour suppressor gene, i.e. a gene preventing uncontrolled cell growth that could lead to the formation of a cancer tumour.

Research has discovered that a compound in parsley could prevent the growth of specific breast cancer tumour cells.

Brightly coloured fruits and vegetables are full of antioxidants which combat cancer cells in the body and hep prevent the formation of tumours.