Sentences with phrase «tumour cells does»

This suggests that the presence of AR - V7 in circulating tumour cells does not preclude response to galeterone as has been shown to be the case for abiraterone and enzalutamide.»

Not exact matches

Also, why do cancer cells transplanted into healthy organs often not develop into tumours.

«However, many patients do not respond because myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), a type of inhibitory cell, are present in the tumour microenvironment.»

This means that the cancer cells are no longer able to communicate as effectively and the tumour does not grow as it otherwise would.

How do the genetically diverse cells in a tumour interact, for example, and what is the role of the cellular environment that they inhabit?

Cell lines from human tumours did exist, but were considered unsafe: what if cancerous cells were transferred along with the vaccine?

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.

Most solid cancer tumours that have outgrown their blood supply, and are therefore deprived of oxygen, are difficult to treat, and the cells within are capable of spreading rapidly and doing the most damage.

Patients with TILs do much better because they already have cancer - fighting cells in their tumours.

«The cells in each tumour are finding a different way to do that,» Saunders says.

We did get some cells but they turned out to be tumour cells rather than the reprogrammed stem cells — known as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells — that we were hoping for.

To do this, they switched from using dead tumour cell samples to patient - derived tumour cell lines, in which fresh samples of a person's tumour are grafted onto mice and grown to the required volumes.

To do so, individual tumour cells have to enter blood vessels and leave the bloodstream again at remote locations.

The existence of cancer stem cells has already been reported in a number of human cancers, explains Professor Jacobsen, but previous findings have remained controversial since the lab tests used to establish the identity of cancer stem cells have been shown to be unreliable and, in any case, do not reflect the «real situation» in an intact tumour in a patient.

For example, if your topic is a gene that controls cancer cells, a description of sinister tumour growth in the relevant organ will probably do the trick.

After injecting them into the bloodstream, we are able to gather them around the tumour using magnets and ensure that they don't kill the healthy cells,» explains Asst Prof Xu, who has been working on cancer diagnosis and drug delivery systems since 2004.

In the mice, the neuron - like cells did not grow as quickly as the original cancer cells, and analyses of the tumour tissue from patients show that those with a high level of the estrogen receptor have a better survival rate that those with a low.

So far it does not appear that CAR T - cells alone will get rid of solid tumours.

Understanding the processes that restrain mutant cells from developing into tumours, and how they are breached when cancers do form will guide the development of strategies to reduce the chance of cancer development in individuals who have acquired a high level of mutations.

«It's fascinating that it's so complicated», says Gerard, «there is a code we don't yet understand that differs from tissue to tissue — the number of chemokines and cytokines is distinct in each tissue type and the types of cells that enter and exit the tumour also differ».

Malignant brain tumours do contain cancer cells.

In a study done by scientists at Canada's British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, it was found that mice fed on a high - protein, low - carbohydrate diet had slower tumour cell growth than those fed a typical Western diet high in carbohydrates.