Sentences with phrase «used in tumor»

Ifosfamide appears safe to use in tumor - bearing dogs, and the evaluation of combination chemotherapy protocols that include ifosfamide should be considered.

Not exact matches

From customized 3 - D printed prosthetics and hip replacements, to 3 - D printed bones, skin and personalized replicas of tumors (for use in cancer treatment), the industry is a place where novel technology and actual use cases have intercepted to create real innovation.

Doctors use chemotherapy to try to shrink them, but because the pancreatic tumor doesn't have that many blood vessels, the drugs don't often reach the tumor in the desired concentration.

Her discovery of radium lead to the development of using X-rays in medicine, and Curie was at the forefront for cancer research, directing the first studies that used radiation to treat tumors.

And using lower levels of Yervoy in combination with Opdivo actually prompted more tumor shrinkage, underscoring the fact that dosing is a critical and unpredictable factor for immunotherapies.

«This approval will open the floodgates for these kinds of therapy to be used in many different leukemias, lymphomas, solid tumors, myelomas,» Dr. Prakash Satwani, a pediatric hematologist - oncologist at Columbia University Medical Center, told Business Insider.

So much so in fact that we can use it to scan the bar code on your grocery purchases, take digital photos and zap tumors.

Kneaders found a partner in Huntsman Cancer Institute, an organization that is working with the University of Utah to conduct research into how DNA from elephants, which are resistant to tumors, could be used to cure childhood cancer.

Hispanics in California split a long chile pod, boil it and use it as a poultice for swollen glands or to draw out pus from a tumor.

TPA is used by scientists to produce skin tumors in mice for research.

BPA is a chemical used in plastics and kitchenware that can leach into your food, causing a host of scary side effects like infertility, breast and prostate tumors, and several metabolic disorders including polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)(3).

Here's the kicker, a number of these dyes have been banned in countries around the world because of their link to cancer, tumors, allergic reactions and hyperactivity in children, yet they are still used in foods in the good ol' U.S.A.

Because of the use of coal tar, many organizations and circles are speaking out and boycotting products using colors with coal tar because it is a carcinogenic in large quantities, known to cause tumors in lab rats.

hi there... this dsi would go to a family of 5, I mom who have a brain tumor and find myself bored to death in doctor's offices & hospitals could really use this... of course when i'm not playing one of my 4 children would have there hands on it!!

Doctors use CT scans in the brain to diagnose brain tumors or visualize injuries, bleeding, or any structural changes and infections that can occur and be difficult to see with an X-ray or routine exam.

Red # 40: «Which is the most widely used dye, may accelerate the appearance of immune system tumors in mice, while also triggering hyperactivity in children.»

I am unsure why you disagree with using data / results from studying other animals that are known to be similar to humans — I see studies all the time that correlate results in other species (eg, to demonstrate the carcinogenic properties of something, they give it to rats and watch for tumors).

Similar drugs are used clinically as antidepressants, the authors write, and their effects on tumors in clinical settings are being investigated.

In October 2016, writing in Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, the team used a study of cancer in rats to test 13 leading tumor growth models to determine which could predict key quantities of interest relevant to survival, and the effects of various therapieIn October 2016, writing in Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, the team used a study of cancer in rats to test 13 leading tumor growth models to determine which could predict key quantities of interest relevant to survival, and the effects of various therapiein Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, the team used a study of cancer in rats to test 13 leading tumor growth models to determine which could predict key quantities of interest relevant to survival, and the effects of various therapiein Applied Sciences, the team used a study of cancer in rats to test 13 leading tumor growth models to determine which could predict key quantities of interest relevant to survival, and the effects of various therapiein rats to test 13 leading tumor growth models to determine which could predict key quantities of interest relevant to survival, and the effects of various therapies.

An immune response, triggered by foreign neural stem cells, could actually help attack tumors, says Evan Snyder, a stem cell biologist at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in San Diego, California, and one of the early pioneers of the idea of using stem cells to attack tumors.

The prognosis was for a gradual decline in vision and, when the amount of loss became significant, the tumor could be treated using radiation.

They discovered edelfosine, which has been FDA - approved as an investigational leukemia treatment, and has also been used in clinical research for primary brain tumors.

«There was this initial thought that [circulating tumor cells] are only present at late stage,» says Sollier - Christen, but she notes that in the past year, several studies using more sensitive techniques have found such cells much earlier in tumor development, even before the tumor becomes visible by conventional imaging techniques.

Chan's laboratory uses genomic analyses to identify neoantigens — novel peptides found only in tumors that arise from mutations accumulated by cancerous cells.

«Used in cancer therapy, this process could increase the impact of a treatment by heating the cancer cells while introducing the drug compound into the tumor.»

«Researchers are using newer technologies to look directly into tumors,» she says, «to make sure immunotherapies induce a response that works in the tumor.»

In melanoma, they can be used to determine tumor stage, diagnosis, therapy selection and when to monitor for disease recurrence.

They discovered that the chemicals and radiation used to kill tumor cells damage the stem cell reservoir in the hippocampus and nearly halt the formation of new neurons in both children and adults.

In a paper published in the May 5 online issue of The Oncologist, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center detail their experience evaluating 34 patients between December 2012 and June 2013 using a molecular tumor board — a new type of advisory group comprised of multidisciplinary experts, including those in the fields of tumor genetics, basic science and bioinformaticIn a paper published in the May 5 online issue of The Oncologist, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center detail their experience evaluating 34 patients between December 2012 and June 2013 using a molecular tumor board — a new type of advisory group comprised of multidisciplinary experts, including those in the fields of tumor genetics, basic science and bioinformaticin the May 5 online issue of The Oncologist, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center detail their experience evaluating 34 patients between December 2012 and June 2013 using a molecular tumor board — a new type of advisory group comprised of multidisciplinary experts, including those in the fields of tumor genetics, basic science and bioinformaticin the fields of tumor genetics, basic science and bioinformatics.

Greene and first author and doctoral student Gregory P. Way used machine learning to classify abnormal protein activity in tumors.

For some years now, a new class of drugs called antibody - drug conjugates (ADCs) have been used, which work in two ways: they consist of an antibody that binds selectively to the tumor cell receptor and interrupts the signal to propagate; they also act as a transport vehicle for a chemical substance that enters the cancer cells with the antibody and triggers their death.

«Particularly in such patients with underlying CKD, our modeling results support the integration of renal tumor anatomic features at cross-sectional imaging into decision making for treatment of small renal masses and may be used to provide a patient - centered framework for selection of optimal candidates for ablative therapy,» Kang said.

In a recent study, working with a team of researchers, Danino demonstrated that bacteria in pancreatic tumors degrade a chemotherapy drug — Gemcitabine — most commonly used to treat patients who have pancreatic canceIn a recent study, working with a team of researchers, Danino demonstrated that bacteria in pancreatic tumors degrade a chemotherapy drug — Gemcitabine — most commonly used to treat patients who have pancreatic cancein pancreatic tumors degrade a chemotherapy drug — Gemcitabine — most commonly used to treat patients who have pancreatic cancer.

Another possible application for the new machine is generating peptides that could be used as personalized cancer vaccines targeting unique proteins found in individual patients» tumors.

Also limiting the use of therapeutic stem cells to date, self - renewal, a quality so vital to a fast - growing fetus, can also be a source of cancer risk when haphazard, unlimited cell multiplication results in the abnormal tissue growth seen in tumors.

In a paper published July 15 in The International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, they used the RSI to determine the radiation sensitivity of 704 metastatic and 1362 primary colon tumorIn a paper published July 15 in The International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, they used the RSI to determine the radiation sensitivity of 704 metastatic and 1362 primary colon tumorin The International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, they used the RSI to determine the radiation sensitivity of 704 metastatic and 1362 primary colon tumors.

In this new study published in Nature, Alexandra Van Keymeulen and colleagues used state of the art genetic mouse models to identify the cellular origin of PIK3CA and p53 induced breast tumorIn this new study published in Nature, Alexandra Van Keymeulen and colleagues used state of the art genetic mouse models to identify the cellular origin of PIK3CA and p53 induced breast tumorin Nature, Alexandra Van Keymeulen and colleagues used state of the art genetic mouse models to identify the cellular origin of PIK3CA and p53 induced breast tumors.

Researchers used tissue and blood samples to show that the gammopathy (a precursor to myeloma) in both mice and patients with Gaucher disease is triggered by specific lipids, and that the antibodies made by tumor cells in nearly a third of myeloma patients are directed against such lipids.

«We know that 70 - 75 percent of glioblastoma patients undergo surgery for tumor debulking, and we have previously shown that MSCs encapsulated in biocompatible gels can be used as therapeutic agents in a mouse model that mimics this debulking,» he continued.

Schwarz and her colleagues used three different drugs, alone and in combination, to deprive cervical tumors of glucose and block downstream metabolic pathways that help protect cancer cells from building up toxic free radicals.

Using human - derived glioblastoma cells in a mouse models, researchers found that the modified high - fat, low - carbohydrate diet increased life expectancy by 50 percent while also reducing tumor progression by a similar amount.

But in May, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the first time allowed the use of an existing approved drug, Keytruda, to treat any solid tumor bearing a specific genetic marker.

Restoring normal function to a mutated protein is more difficult than simply blocking a protein, the strategy used by most medical therapies, says Klas Wiman, a tumor cell biologist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

That's because hospitals are equipped with powerful new scanning machines primarily used to identify tumors, ballooning blood vessels, bone fractures, and a wide range of disorders in people.

The virus, redesigned using sophisticated protein engineering techniques, works: With its shield and its adapter, these viral gene shuttles efficiently infected tumor cells in laboratory animals.

The researchers also used their ultrasound technique in mice to image Salmonella bacteria, which could be used to deliver cancer - killing drugs to tumor cells.

To more accurately reflect the mechanisms driving oligodendrogliomas, the researchers used RNA sequencing to study directly, on a single - cell level, gene expression in samples from six early - stage human tumors.

Until now the use of adenoviruses in tumor therapy has been very limited.

Antimatter has even been used as a medical diagnostic tool in positron - emission tomography, which uses positrons to find tumors.

The surgeons make a small incision in the patient's ear canal and use the endoscope to help find and remove the tumor.