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Single antibody to shrink tumours

Good Mood Admin — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:15:50 +0000

Researchers say that the new drug which is in developing can reduce tumors size and if given at early stages can even be a cure. The drug works on breast, prostate, ovarian, bowel, brain, bladder and liver cancers, and previous studies even show it can also be used against some blood cancers.

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T-cells Trained to Kill Cancer

Good Mood Admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:30:48 +0000

William Ludwig, a 65 years old man who suffered from leukemia was the first to sign up for a bold experiment at the University of Pennsylvania. T-cells were removed, re engineered and dripped back to his veins. At the beginning William got so sick the doctors weren’t sure he can make it, but after few weeks the fevers were gone. And so was the leukemia.

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Hope for Cancer Treatment

Good Mood Admin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:26:59 +0000

A new research shows that an experimental virus which attacks tumors is safe and can be a useful drug against hard-to-treat cancers. These findings justify further trials in more patients.

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New leukemia treatment exceeds expectations

Good Mood Admin — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:08:10 +0000

Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania, who tried a new treatment on 3 patients, say this treatment made the most common type of leukemia completely disappear in two of the patients and reduced it by 70 percent in the third.

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First Cancer Treatment with ‘Cyberknife’

Good Mood Admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:35:00 +0000

This week, for the first time, the ‘Cyberknife’ will be used for cancer treatment in the UK. This machine follows the patients’ breathing movement and therefor can target the tumor with much more accuracy than usual.

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Treating Cancer Cells with Laser

Good Mood Admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:11:31 +0000

A research done at the university of Texas developed a laser been that can heat a living cell up to the point where it completely evaporate. This procedure can be done in a very fast and accurate way so no other cells are harmed during this procedure. This new technology will make it possible to have surgeries which are not possible today due to the danger of damaging healthy cells.

New Cancer Treatment – Osmium

Good Mood Admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:48:27 +0000

The metal Osmium, which was never part of the anti cancer fight, is now being tested at Warwick university, UK for cancer treatment. The metal is closley related to Platinum, which is already in use for cancer treatment for some cancer types. The benefits of the Osmium is that it can be used for more types of cancer, it is cheaper than Platinum and it can be combined with Platinum treatment as well. In addition, Platinum is a toxic metal which cause many side effects and body cells can develop resistant toward it.

Read the full story (warwick.ac.uk)