Sentences with phrase «tumor targeting agents»

We develop cell penetrating peptides and tumor targeting agents based on functionalizable molecular scaffolds with defined distances

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No targeted therapy has been approved for noninflammatory and inflammatory triple - negative breast cancer tumors, and the standard of therapy for these tumors is a combination of conventional cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents.

The laboratory and animal study also shows how the agent, called SapC - DOPS, targets tumor cells and blood vessels.

«This discovery that ATG7 promotes the growth of melanoma tumors underscores that the development of agents targeting autophagy may effectively inhibit melanoma growth,» notes Dr. Mehnert, who is an associate professor of medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

They confirmed this by showing that tumor growth was reduced in mice treated with an antibody drug that targets TIM - 3 and the chemotherapy agent paclitaxel, as compared to treatment with paclitaxel alone.

Crews noted that RNA splicing - targeted agents have been shown to have activity in a variety of solid tumors so the findings may be relevant to a variety of cancers, such as breast and drug - resistant melanoma.

Specifically, these agents targeted the MAP / ERK kinase, which contributes to tumor growth, and the VEGFR protein, which controls blood vessel development.

Researchers in the Cedars - Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute eradicated solid tumors in laboratory mice using a novel combination of two targeted agents.

For a majority of patients diagnosed with aggressive, high - grade tumors with metastases, the five - year survival rate is about 16 percent, though chemotherapy has been associated with an improvement in survival, and new targeted agents are being tested.

Early - phase data on larotrectinib validate TRK fusions as therapeutic targets and show they lead to tumor - agnostic sensitivity to this agent.

The targeted drug delivery appears to be a very promising strategy for controlling the biodistribution of the cytotoxic agent only on malignant tissues by linking it to tumor - targeting moiety.

In the next several years, when the laboratory process for recreating micro tumors is fast and reliable, Dr. Simeone expects to offer a Phase 1 clinical trial to design tailored single and combination therapies, as well as experimental agents targeting specific mutations.

To combat the nation's third deadliest cancer, the phase 1b / 2 open - label study will explore the combination of standard chemotherapy and two immunotherapy agents: an anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor and a novel antibody targeting CD40, a protein that when activated can drive the immune system to attack tumors.

It is unlikely that one  therapeutic agent will be able to target the cancer stem cells in for example all types brain tumors.

But physicians and scientists have learned to develop antibodies that can target agents that cause disease: tumors, abnormal immune cells, and now CGRP,» Berliner explained.

Since the discovery that telomerase is repressed in most normal human somatic cells but strongly expressed in most human tumors, telomerase has become a target for therapeutic agents to combat human cancer.

The tumor is visualized and a catheter is inserted while watching the image, targeting areas where a chemotherapy agent is injected directly.