Tag: Cancer
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Study Suggests New Strategy to Treat Advanced Prostate Cancer
A Northwestern Medicine study provides new insights into a signaling pathway in metastatic prostate cancer and suggests that a novel drug combination may improve treatment response and slow cancer growth.
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Scientists Create Uterine Stem Cells for the First Time
Northwestern scientists have successfully transformed induced pluripotent stem cells into endometrial cells, which line the uterus and are involved in several uterine conditions such as endometrial cancer and infertility.
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How Neutrophils Drive DNA Damage Linked to Cancer
Northwestern Medicine scientists demonstrated how innate immune cells in inflamed tissue induce DNA damage that promotes the development of cancer.
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Full-Body Scan Could Improve Chemotherapy Effectiveness
A new full-body scan could help clinicians better assess patients during cancer treatment, according to a recent study.
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New Gene Associated With Glioblastoma Discovered
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a gene, called isocitrate dehydrogenase 3-alpha, that promotes tumors in grade IV glioblastoma, according to a study published in Science Advances.
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Pediatric Leukemia ‘Super Drug’ Could be Developed in Coming Years
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered two successful therapies that slowed the progression of pediatric leukemia in mice, the first step towards a pediatric leukemia “super drug.”
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Drug Regimen Improves Survival in Lymphoma
A drug called brentuximab vedotin combined with chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival for patients with a type of T-cell lymphoma, according to a clinical trial in The Lancet.
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New Understanding of Enzyme’s Role in Prostate Cancer
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that an enzyme called EZH2 can activate expression of the androgen receptor gene, which drives prostate cancer growth.
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Prostate Cancer
Men with inflammatory bowel disease have four to five times higher risk of prostate cancer, according to a new 20-year study.
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New Regulator of Leukemia Discovered
Inhibiting CHAF1B, a protein that normally helps replenish blood cells, may be a promising treatment for leukemia, according to a recent study.
