Sentences with phrase «specific tumors in the body»

Rice University and MD Anderson researchers have developed a technique that uses fluorescent nanotube - based probes to locate specific tumors in the body.

Researchers at Rice University and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have refined and, for the first time, run in vivo tests of a method that may allow nanotube - based probes to locate specific tumors in the body.

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«If we could load these virus shells with a different cargo, say a drug, and target it to a particular place in the body, such as a tumor, it could then deliver the drug to just that specific location, making the drug more effective, or reducing side effects,» Lawrence said.

Scientists now know that what matters most in determining the behavior of a particular cancer (and its response to specific therapy) are the molecular pathways that drive malignant cell growth instead of where the tumor begins in the body.

In a previous study, investigators at the Cancer Institute showed that using a vaccine treatment for bladder and breast cancer tumors in laboratory models resulted in a reversal of the traditional immune blockade, as well as the development of tumor specific immunity throughout the bodIn a previous study, investigators at the Cancer Institute showed that using a vaccine treatment for bladder and breast cancer tumors in laboratory models resulted in a reversal of the traditional immune blockade, as well as the development of tumor specific immunity throughout the bodin laboratory models resulted in a reversal of the traditional immune blockade, as well as the development of tumor specific immunity throughout the bodin a reversal of the traditional immune blockade, as well as the development of tumor specific immunity throughout the body.

«This broad implication is in contrast to a more traditional vaccine - based approach, which requires a specialist to surgically remove tumor samples from a patient's body then create a personalized vaccine approach for one specific patient.»

It is in this final tank that the engineered cells are stimulated to secrete the protein product — the monoclonal antibody itself, a protein derived from the mammalian immune system that can bind to a very specific target in the body, such as a tumor cell.

We have found that tumor cells in the circulation can mimic the physical mechanisms used by white blood cells to traffic through the body and adhere to the blood vessel wall, and we have explored strategies to interrupt this metastasis process by targeting specific adhesion receptors.