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Discovery Could Help Refine Advanced Melanoma Treatment
A team of UK scientists has made the unexpected discovery that drugs which target a well known fault in a protein called BRAF could actually fuel the progression of cancer in some cases. The findings of this study, which was jointly funded by Cancer Research UK, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and the Wellcome Trust are published today (Thursday) in Cell*.
Molecules Increase the Effectiveness of Certain Therapies
Genetic Factors Can Increase Leukaemia Risk 7-Fold
DNA Helps Identify Genes that Drive Cancer
Clinical Candidate Selected by AstraZeneca
Drug Can Curb Ewing’s Sarcoma Growth
An early study of the drug figitumumab has found that in some patients it can curb the growth of Ewing’s sarcoma - a cancer which affects mainly teenage boys. The study was led by Dr Johann de Bono, from The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden Hospital, and funded by Pfizer, who developed the drug.
Broken Genomes Behind Breast Cancers
Farewell to Jonathan Kipling
Scientists Hear Cell Conversation for First Time
Student’s Award for Study into Cancer Drug Target
Tissue Stiffness is Key to Aggressive Cancers