2 drugs may boost brain cancer treatment for kids

Targeting abnormal cell metabolism may offer a way to treat aggressive brain tumors in kids, extending survival and boosting how well chemotherapy works.

Amy Mone-JHU • futurity
May 26, 2021 ~9 min

‘SHREAD’ system makes tumors destroy themselves

New technology uses adenoviruses as a way to sneak into tumors and then get the cancer cells create the means of their own destruction.

U. Zurich • futurity
May 24, 2021 ~6 min


Warning from damaged tumor cells kickstarts cancer relapse

Researchers have discovered a system that damaged cancer cells tell healthier cells to start growing. That paves way for cancers to relapse.

Eric Stann-Missouri • futurity
April 8, 2021 ~6 min

Radioactive ‘cement’ may be a safer way to treat spinal tumors

A radioactive cement injected into bone provides support and local irradiation of spinal tumors more safely than conventional radiation therapy.

Tom Vasich-UC Irvine • futurity
Feb. 18, 2021 ~6 min

Single cancer cell samples may boost custom treatment

Each patient's cancer has cells that look and act different. A new technique for recrating tumors from single cells could advance personalized treatment.

Kayla Wiles-Purdue • futurity
Nov. 9, 2020 ~7 min

Drug could enhance cancer immunotherapy

A drug that blocks a tumor-producing protein could help make immunotherapy for cancer more effective, researchers find.

Brown University • futurity
July 7, 2020 ~5 min

Targeting immune cells may slow some brain tumors in kids

Neurons and immune cells drive the growth of neurofibromatosis (NF1) brain tumors in kids, new research in mice shows. Targeting immune cells could slow tumor growth.

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
May 4, 2020 ~5 min

New light-up tool reveals key tumor details

A new tool can help pinpoint the size, shape, and location of tumors, researchers report. It solves issues with other current technologies, too.

Chris Adam-Purdue • futurity
April 9, 2020 ~2 min


Cancer cell scavengers gobble up dead cells for fuel

Drug resistance is a major challenge in the fight against cancer. A new discovery could offer a way to overcome the obstacle.

Tom Vasich-UC Irvine • futurity
March 20, 2020 ~2 min

Tumor imaging lights up cancer and its ‘shield’

A new tumor imaging agent not only illuminates cancer, but also the cells it hijacks to use as a shield against treatments that could destory it.

Julia Evangelou Strait-WUSTL • futurity
March 13, 2020 ~6 min

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