The size difference between tumor and healthy circulating DNA was initially discovered in animal tumor models created by inducing tumors
with human cancer cells.
In studies of mice injected
with human cancer cells, the drug appeared to work according to plan.
He had been experimenting
with human cancer cells, microbes, and mothers» milk.
In addition, they injected mice
with human cancer cells and found that the tumors grown in mice could be inhibited with PD173074.
Not exact matches
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel
Cancer Center say they have preliminary evidence in laboratory - grown, human airway cells that a condensed form of cigarette smoke triggers so - called «epigenetic» changes in the cells consistent with the earliest steps toward lung cancer develo
Cancer Center say they have preliminary evidence in laboratory - grown,
human airway
cells that a condensed form of cigarette smoke triggers so - called «epigenetic» changes in the
cells consistent
with the earliest steps toward lung
cancer develo
cancer development.
Recent collaborative work between UCR and Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles demonstrated that in animal models of
human breast
cancer, mice treated
with 123B9 that was conjugated
with paclitaxel had significantly fewer circulating
cancer cells in the blood compared to mice that were not treated or even treated
with paclitaxel alone.
In
cancer research, our goal is to be able to start
with a sample of
human tissue, extract many
cells of interest, and perform genetic analysis upon each of them separately.
«This model was trained on genetic data from
human tumors in The
Cancer Genome Atlas and was able to predict response to certain inhibitors that affect cancers with overactive Ras signaling in an encyclopedia of cancer cell lines,» Greene
Cancer Genome Atlas and was able to predict response to certain inhibitors that affect
cancers with overactive Ras signaling in an encyclopedia of
cancer cell lines,» Greene
cancer cell lines,» Greene said.
Shih, Wang and their colleagues tested fostamatinib's power to reduce tumor size in mice implanted
with human ovarian
cancer cells that were resistant to paclitaxel.
Using the modified system,
human melanoma and breast
cancers as well as mouse melanoma
cells were diagnosed
with greater ease and efficiency.
Using this biosensor in highly invasive breast
cancer cells taken from rodents and
humans, the Einstein team discovered that when an individual invadopodium forms and is actively degrading the ECM, its Rac1 levels are low; on the other hand, elevated Rac1 levels coincide
with the invadopodium's disappearance.
FRESH insight into prostate
cancer has come in a study showing that the mitochondrial DNA of
human prostate
cancer cells is riddled
with mutations.
«Starting
with our
cell model that mimics
human pancreatic
cancer progression, we identified released proteins, then tested and validated a subset of these proteins as potential plasma biomarkers of this
cancer,» Zaret said.
Professor Ali Tavassoli, who led the study
with colleague Dr. Ishna Mistry, explains: «In an effort to better understand the role of HIF - 1 in
cancer, and to demonstrate the potential for inhibiting this protein in
cancer therapy, we engineered a
human cell line
with an additional genetic circuit that produces the HIF - 1 inhibiting molecule when placed in a hypoxic environment.
The researchers tested their technique by applying the light for 1 minute to
human cervical
cancer cells surrounded
with common anti-
cancer drugs such as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).
Moreover, epalrestat, a drug that inhibits AKR1B1 and is approved in Japan to treat peripheral neuropathies associated
with diabetes, was similarly able to block the growth and metastasis of
human basal - like breast
cancer cells.
Compared to a control (left), epalrestat treatment (right) reduces the number of metastatic tumors (arrowheads) in the lungs of mice injected
with human basal - like breast
cancer cells.
The second challenge to researching viral therapies for childhood
cancers is the fact that mouse
cells don't get infected
with human viruses as easily as
human cells.
However, some
human tumor
cells may also be hard to infect
with viral therapies, Dr. Cripe reasoned, and knowing how
cells respond in those situations could also be important to improving
cancer treatments.
In this study, researchers took
cells from patients
with blood
cancer MDS and turned them into stem
cells to study the deletions of
human chromosome 7 often associated
with this disease.
By assessing the survival of the
cells that engulf the particles and measuring the levels of red or green light that they emitted, the researchers determined which formulation of particles performed best, then tested that formulation in mice
with human brain
cancer derived from their patients.
Using both fruit fly and
human lung
cancer cell lines, researchers targeted two of the most common genetic mutations associated
with NSCLC — Ras and PTEN (P13K).
With a view to clinical studies (tests on
humans) it is important to note that the effects on the tumor vasculature were even observed at chloroquine concentrations that had little effect on autophagy in the
cancer cells.
The team tested its technique on three mice whose abdomens had been grafted
with cells from
human brain
cancer.
Working
with human breast
cancer cells and mouse models of breast
cancer, scientists identified a new protein that plays a key role in reprogramming
cancer cells to migrate and invade other organs.
Working
with human breast
cancer cells and mice, scientists at The Johns Hopkins University say new experiments explain how certain
cancer stem
cells thrive in low oxygen conditions.
Tests
with kidney
cancer and two
human uterine sarcoma
cell lines, one
with multidrug resistance, showed that 10 of these new compounds were impressively potent against all three
cell lines, the researchers reported.
Exploiting the same pre-clinical model used for their studies, the researchers are testing the efficacy of this kind of drug candidates against
cancer stem
cells, and the possibility of identifying combination regimens
with standard chemotherapies
with minimized toxic effects,
with the perspective of their possible application for the treatment of
human breast
cancer.
They tested these drugs one at a time for lethal interaction
with 112 different tumor - suppressor gene mutations in
human cancer cells growing in the lab.
The researchers ended up
with 172 drug - gene mutation combinations that successfully killed both yeast and
human cancer cells.
A wide variety of conditions that affect
human adults,
with the notable exception of
cancer and infections, could be aided if we could stimulate regeneration, argues Mark T. Keating, a professor of
cell biology at Harvard Medical School.
But while researchers have previously been able to infect cultures of
human hepatocytes
with HBV, the
cells» limited lifespan has made it difficult to study the virus, says Bhatia, who is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative
Cancer Research and Institute for Medical Engineering and Science.
This is a neat solution: blocking the uptake of a nutrient needed by prostate
cancer cells with nutrients that are commonly in the
human diet.
Next, the researchers tested the effects of RK - 33 and radiation in mice that had been injected
with human prostate
cancer cells that highly express DDX3.
«In people chronically infected
with hepatitis B or C,
human papillomaviruses or other viruses known to cause
cancer, radioimmunotherapy could potentially eliminate virus - infected
cells before they're able to transform into
cancer cells.»
In tests on
human breast
cancer cells and in special immunodeficient mice
with tissue grafts, the scientists found that both agents interfered
with genes involved
with breast
cancer cell growth, resulting in more
cancer cells.
In the lab, the scientific team used an approach that combined functional RNAi analysis
with gene expression analysis in breast
cancer - derived
cell lines and in
human breast
cancers replicated in mice.
Into the cerebral cortex of mice
with these light - sensitive proteins, the team implanted
cancer cells from a
human pediatric cortical glioblastoma.
The
cells exhibited many functions associated
with tumor progression; their presence within mouse tumors substantially accelerated
cancer growth, and in
human lung tumors, a SiglecFhigh neutrophil signature was associated
with poor patient survival.
«If further studies validate that these processes are critical in
human breast
cancers,» Koshy notes, «the possibility exists that agents that favorably modify the biophysical properties of the extracellular matrix, or that target the receptors and signaling molecules associated
with how
cells sense this matrix, could be used as a new avenue for the prevention or treatment of breast
cancers.»
In a letter published in the
cancer journal Annals of Oncology, researchers led by Professor Jean - Philippe Spano, head of the medical oncology department at Pitie - Salpetriere Hospital AP - HP in Paris, France, report that while treating an HIV - infected lung
cancer patient
with the
cancer drug nivolumab, they observed a «drastic and persistent decrease» in the reservoirs of
cells in the body where the
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is able to hide away from attack by anti-retroviral therapy.
1965 — The Epstein - Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis, is found in the cancerous lymph node
cells of children
with Burkitt's lymphoma, making it the first known
human cancer virus.
To overcome this hurdle, researchers genetically engineered
human T
cells to produce a CAR protein that recognizes a glycopeptide found on various
cancer cells but not normal
cells, and then demonstrated its effectiveness in mice
with leukemia and pancreatic
cancer.
Researchers suggested that other classes of inhibitors be tested in combination
with ERK5 inhibitors in
human colorectal
cancer cells in preclinical mouse models before any patient trial can begin.
Since the thyroid absorbs nearly all of the iodine in the
human body, radioactive iodine given to a patient will concentrate in thyroid
cancer cells, killing them
with little effect on the rest of the body.
In a paper published online May 17, 2016 in the journal Nature Communications, de Jong and co-first author Koji Taniguchi, MD, PhD, and colleagues, report that treating both ERK1 / 2 and the compensatory pathway, ERK5, concurrently
with a combination of drug inhibitors halted colorectal
cancer growth more effectively in both mouse models and
human colorectal
cancer cell lines.
Their experiments
with lab - grown mouse and
human T -
cells suggest that people
with cancer who have a greater variety of such receptors may respond better to immunotherapy drugs and vaccines.
If dealing
with the public relations nightmare over its on - off - on funding of Planned Parenthood wasn't enough, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure
cancer charity last week also got entangled, somewhat bizarrely, in the debate over
human embryonic stem (ES)
cell research.
Dr. Bauman and her colleagues treated
human head and neck
cancer cells in the laboratory
with varying doses of sulforaphane and a control, and compared them to normal, healthy
cells that line the throat and mouth.
When tested in laboratory samples of leukemia
cells and in animals
with human - like leukemia, the approach caused
cancer cells to die much more quickly than
with conventional targeted therapies.