Tag: Cancer
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PhD Student Explores Enzyme’s Role in Aggressive Brain Tumor
Northwestern Medicine scientists have demonstrated that an enzyme called IDH1 plays a significant role in cancer progression and may be a target for novel drug therapies.
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Stem Cell Transplant May Not Benefit Double-Hit Lymphoma Patients
A new study finds that patients with double-hit lymphoma who received autologous stem cell transplantation saw no survival benefit, compared to patients who did not undergo the procedure.
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New Cancer Drug Can Prevent Reactions to Common Airborne Allergens
A cancer drug for certain types of leukemia and lymphoma can also prevent reactions to some of the most common airborne allergies, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study.
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Cold Virus, Stem Cells Tested to Destroy Deadly Brain Cancer
An investigational neural stem cell therapy that works with a common cold virus to seek out and attack malignant glioma is being tested at Northwestern Medicine in a phase I clinical trial.
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Evaluating Active Surveillance in Prostate Cancer
Younger men with prostate cancer had a decreased risk of cancer progression while under active surveillance, compared to men older than 60, according to a recent study.
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Student Studies the Roots of Glioblastoma
Read a Q-and-A with Jasmine May, a fifth-year student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, who studies the pathophysiology of glioblastoma.
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First Spherical Nucleic Acid Drug Injected into Humans Targets Brain Cancer
The first drug using spherical nucleic acids to be systemically given to humans has been developed by Northwestern University scientists and approved by the Food and Drug Administration as an investigational new drug for an early-stage clinical trial in the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme.
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Uncovering the Pathology of a Rare Pediatric Leukemia
A study published in Cancer Cell revealed the mechanism by which a gene fusion called ETO2-GLIS2 promotes the development of an aggressive form of acute megakaryoblastic leukemia.
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Pinpointing Cost-Effective Diagnostics for a Common Urological Condition
A combination of ultrasound and cystoscopy is the most cost-effective approach to detecting cancer in patients who show microscopic amounts of blood in their urine, according to a JAMA Internal Medicine study.
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Investigating Molecular Underpinnings of a Rare Melanoma
A study sheds new light on the molecular foundations of human acral lentiginous melanoma, a rare sun-shielded melanoma.
