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From The Labs

Study of spliceosome-targeting cancer therapies reveals an overlooked role of mis-spliced RNAs themselves

January 19, 2021 apoptosis,  cancer treatment,  Immunotherapy,  Research,  RNA splicing,  Spliceosome-targeting therapies,  triple-negative breast cancer

Endogenous mis-spliced RNA in tumor cells mimics an RNA virus, leading tumor cells to self-destruct as if fighting an infection.

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Taking a closer look into the tumor microenvironment with nano-radiomics

July 28, 2020 cancer treatment,  nano-radiomics,  research; immunotherapy,  tumor microenvironment

Nano-radiomics analysis of imaging data assesses changes in the tumor microenvironment that cannot be detected with conventional imaging methods.

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Playing with the physics of gels leads to a better kidney cancer treatment

May 14, 2020 cancer treatment,  FDA approved,  Jelmyto,  kidney cancer,  mitomycin,  Research,  UGN-101,  Urothelial cancer

Effectively treating upper tract urothelial cancer – a cancer of the lining of the kidney or the ureter, the long, thin tube that connects that

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The Cancer Genome Atlas ten-year study produces game changers for translational research

April 26, 2018 cancer classification,  Cancer Genome Atlas,  cancer treatment,  Research,  TCGA

Historically, cancer patients have been classified according to the organs where primary tumors present at diagnosis, and clinical trials commonly test drugs that are designed

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Image of the Month: Lighting up blood vessels in a tumor

March 1, 2017 blood vessels,  Cancer,  cancer treatment,  fluorescent quantum dots,  radio frequency fields

When a mouse breast tumor is exposed to radio frequency (RF) electric fields the interaction between RF electric fields and the cancer tissue causes tumor vessels to

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Image of the Month: C60 fullerene ‘bucky balls’ help deliver pharmacologic agents to cancer cells

July 1, 2016 bucky ball,  Cancer,  cancer treatment,  drugs,  Nanotechnology,  nanothecnology

Drs. Steven Curley and Stuart Corr in the Electromagnetic Field and Nanomaterials Research Laboratory at Baylor are linking nanoparticles, such as the C60 fullerene bucky

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From the Labs: Image of the Month

Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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