Battling ovarian cancer with light
Researchers engineered a virus to deliver light-sensitive chemicals to ovarian cancer cells and targeted them with a laser. Their new…
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Researchers engineered a virus to deliver light-sensitive chemicals to ovarian cancer cells and targeted them with a laser. Their new…
Breast cancer is a common cancer that affects women worldwide. When cancerous cells spread to other parts of the body, a process known as…
A study in mice tested the effectiveness of an oncolytic, or cancer-destroying, virus called Delta-24-ACT. The treatment group developed…
Personalized cancer treatment is on the rise. Cancer is not just one disease but thousands of different types and subtypes that each respond…
By analyzing cervical tissue of women who had hysterectomies, researchers found that the virus sets off a domino effect in the tissue that…
Scientists at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute recently completed a Phase 1 trial for a new therapy for non-small cell…
The Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infects over 90% of the adult population in the world and causes the disease commonly known as “mono” or…
Their original killer T cells had turned into special helper T cells with two abilities: killing invading cells and helping other immune…
Depression and anxiety are associated with breast cancer recurrence and mortality. However, anxiety is less associated with these outcomes…
A modified herpes virus is being tested for its ability to treat skin cancer, and it is predicted to work best when the tumors are small.