COLUMBIA, Mo. — All cancers are difficult to treat, and blood cancers are among the trickiest to handle. However, a common high blood pressure drug is helping to weaken leukemia’s defenses against chemotherapy. Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine are using losartan in a new...

Common high blood pressure drug losartan boosts chemotherapy’s ability to beat leukemia

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Since his diagnosis with incurable Stage IV brain cancer in 2023, Australian doctor Richard Scolyer revealed that he has been cancer-free for a year after undergoing a world-first treatment based on his own research on immunotherapy to treat melanoma, a type of skin cancer, according to BBC. Last year, following...

Doctor Is Cancer-Free Following World-First Treatment He Developed

Swedish scientists use nanorobots made of amino acids to target and kill cancer cells. The robots identify cancer cells by detecting the slightly acidic pH levels around tumors. Initial tests on mice showed up to a 70% reduction in breast cancer tumors. Swedish scientists have discovered how to use nanorobots...

Tiny nanorobots could enter your body and kill cancer cells in the near future

People with blood cancer who need a stem cell transplant can now have their cells collected at Coventry's main hospital, thanks to a new initiative. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) nurses will go to University Hospital to provide the service, avoiding the need for patients to travel elsewhere. Patients with...

Cancer patients' stem cell treatment made easier

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Patients with incurable blood cancer have been dealt a huge blow after a treatment was not recommended for use on the NHS in England.Isatuximab plus pomalidomide and dexamethasone – also known as IsaPD – has been given to certain patients with myeloma, which develops in the bone marrow, since 2020.It was available on the NHS through the Cancer Drugs Fund, which funds cancer medicines in England while they await approval from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice).However, Nice has now issued final draft guidance on IsaPD, saying the cost of the drug is “considerably higher” than what...

Anger as blood cancer patients dealt huge blow over new treatment

Bone cancer is a rare type of cancer, which can go undetected for some time before being diagnosed. Although benign (non-cancerous) bone tumors are more common than malignant (cancerous) bone tumors, malignant bone cancer can be an aggressive cancer, and some types grow quickly. Quick progression makes early detection and treatment all the more important.

Bone Cancer Without Knowing: How Long Can It Go Undiagnosed?

People with type 2 diabetes who used glucagon-like peptide analogs such as Ozempic or Mounjaro had a lower risk for multiple types of cancer compared with those who used insulin, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open. Overweight and obesity have been linked to at least 13 types...

Weight-Loss Drugs May Prevent 10 Types of Cancer

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A restricted diet could help the immune system tackle  cancer. In a new study in mice, fasting was shown to effectively reprogram the metabolism of specific white cells tasked with killing tumors.



					
			

An international team of experts led by researchers from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York looked at white blood cells called natural killer cells (or NK cells) in the animals.
The immune system uses these cells to take on threats to the body, including cancer and  viruses. Unlike antigen-seeking T cells, NK cells are able to destroy threats they haven't encountered before. The more the...

Fasting Boosts Immune System's Attack on Cancer, Mouse Study Finds

A small trial by investigators at the National Cancer Institute holds promise to bring personalized cell therapy into the solid tumor arena, after more than a decade of success in blood cancers. A new cellular immunotherapy technique that combines features of a well-known personalized therapy used in blood cancers and...

“Personalized” immunotherapy appears effective in small study of patients with metastatic solid tumors

He explained in a video post, “The day after that I just went downhill [with a] swollen knee, although I thought that was because my knee was injured from a stack when I was in Hobart running some trails. “[I had] really bad body aches and sweat, and everything...

38-Year-Old Man’s Swollen Knee and Body Aches Led To Stage 4 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Diagnosis, Now He’s Urging Others To Get Symptoms Checked As Cancer ‘Doesn’t Discriminate’

One type of immunotherapy known as adoptive cell transfer (ACT) involves the adding specialized immune cells into a patient’s body. The ACT process improves cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), immune cells responsible for killing foreign cancer cells. A patient undergoing ACT will provide blood or tissue from which doctors extract immune cells. Then, technicians will grow and modify the immune cells in a specialized laboratory, producing an ample supply of CTLs engineered to locate and kill the patient’s tumor cells. Doctors will then infuse the new and improved CTLs back into the patient. When successful, these specialized cells will quickly and efficiently eliminate the cancer cells.

Promising Data from a Phase 2 Trial Testing a Personalized Cellular Immunotherapy

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CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

A healthy 38-year-old who began struggling to finish a half-marathon and experienced night sweats, body aches, and COVID-like symptoms learned he was facing stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Despite the shocking diagnosis, he plans to remain positive while he fights the cancer. Lymphoma is a blood cancer, specifically of the immune...

Fit, Healthy Man, 38, With Swollen Knee Felt Covid-Like Symptoms for a Month Before Learning He Had Stage 4 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Lung cancer is commonly diagnosed as small cell lung cancer (SCLC) or non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In America, lung cancer (mainly SCLC and NSCLC) is the second most common cancer among men and women. It is estimated that this year (2024) there will be 234,580 new cases and over 100,000 deaths associated with lung cancer. While men are at a higher risk, the average age of those diagnosed is 70 with limited cases in individuals younger than 45 years old. Lung cancer symptoms include a cough that continues for over 3-weeks, coughing up blood, trouble breathing, tightness in the chest, and persistent tiredness, among others. Unfortunately, there is no cure for breast cancer and the best options available for treatment include chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation. While the progression or stage of the cancer helps the physician determine the best treatment option, longevity and quality of life is still a point of concern. Scientists are currently working to develop new therapies to improve patient outcomes.

Nanotechnology Improves Lung Cancer Treatment

Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered new details about the role of a protein called interferon regulatory factor (IRF1) in cancer progression and treatment response, offering new insight that can potentially help improve the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy. The study, published in Cell Reports, reveals...

Study Reveals Dual Role of Protein in Cancer Treatment

Alessia, who urges people to trust their instincts, says she is "overwhelmed" after the scan result.

Girl told cancer was growing pains given all-clear

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BTK Inhibitor Jaypirca is Now FDA-Approved & May Help Difficult-to-Treat Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Being able to live independently and enjoy life’s beauty summon feelings of gratitude and euphoria more often now. Undergoing a bone marrow transplant (BMT) is not a quick process. The pre-treatment, transplant, post-treatment and recovery take a long time. Although I rang the BMT unit bell when I left the hospital, I did not celebrate; there were still chances I could contract more graft-versus-host disease symptoms (when the body attacks the donor’s immune system cells). I was still taking Astagraf XL (tacrolimus) to propagate my immune system. I could still get news that the acute myeloid leukemia came back.

Surviving Acute Myeloid Leukemia Has Finally Sunk In

Oxford Vacmedix, a spinout from Oxford University, is at the forefront of developing therapeutic cancer vaccines. Their innovative technology, based on Recombinant Overlapping Peptides (ROP), aims to harness the body's immune system to fight existing cancer in patients. When we think of vaccines, we often associate them with the prevention...

Oxford Vacmedix Innovates Cancer Treatment with Groundbreaking Vaccine

Scientists identified a set of microproteins that are exclusively produced in liver tumors. This makes them a clear target for immune system cells and a potential target for cancer vaccine development. A study has identified a group of small molecules exclusive to liver tumors that could be key to developing...

Cancer Vaccine Breakthrough: How Tiny Proteins Could Revolutionize Oncology

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Genetic cloaking of healthy cells opens door to universal blood cancer therapy

Know your enemy, know yourself. It's a centuries-old strategy. But even in the present-day war against cancer, achieving it remains elusive. In many cases, cancer cells...

Genetic cloaking of healthy cells opens door to universal blood cancer therapy

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