How telomeres affect your health and longevity The telomere effect by Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel…
Antidiabetic drug could combat cancer drug resistance Adding an antidiabetic drug to treatment with antiangiogenic multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitors resulted in a reduction in tumour growth.…
Lowering cholesterol could help combat treatment resistant breast cancer Blocking key enzymes in the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway reduced proliferation of cancer cells by 30–50%.…
Study shows how proton pump inhibitors damage blood vessel cells New research into harmful effects of PPIs suggests that the drugs impair vascular cells.…
US FDA approves first PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor for most common bladder cancer The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the immunotherapy atezolizumab (Tecentriq) to treat urothelial carcinoma, the most common form of bladder cancer.…
Curcumin boosts immune cell power against tuberculosis Incubating cells with turmeric compound reduced Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.…
Sperm activation finding could lead to new contraceptives Enzyme that activates sperm mobility could lead to new contraceptives or treatment for male infertility.…
Study identifies how immune cells attack malignant tumours New research shows how the genetic diversity of malignant tumours is identified by the body’s immune system, opening the door to the development of improved anticancer therapies.…
Study shows how stress increases breast cancer metastasis Researchers suggest aggressive breast cancer could be slowed by targeting a specific signalling loop.…
