AI helps identify new breast cancer types
Published in the NPJ Breast Cancer journal, researchers, including one of Indian-origin, applied AI and machine learning (ML) to gene sequences and molecular data from breast tumours, to reveal crucial differences among these cancer types.
Aug 06, 2019, 15:16 PM IST
New immunotherapy for lung cancer may be effective, safe: Lancet
A novel immunotherapy combination is effective and safe at controlling the progression of lung cancer, results from a clinical trial showed.
Apr 09, 2018, 10:54 AM IST
Light can trick immune system to attack cancer
The team evaluated their methods in mice with melanoma on the ears.
May 16, 2017, 00:35 AM IST
Scientists come up with Lab-on-a-chip technique to simplify cancer detection
Scientists have developed a new lab-on-a-chip technique that may probably simplify and ease out cancer detection at an early stage.
Dec 14, 2016, 15:57 PM IST
Immunotherapy treatments may better treat skin cancer, says study
Treating one of the most common and deadly forms of skin cancer with a combination of immunotherapy options may improve survival and lower the risk of life-threatening events in the patients diagnosed in the late stages, a new study has found.
Nov 06, 2016, 18:53 PM IST
This immunotherapy technique can cure food allergies - Read
Researchers from Canada have come up with a new immunotherapy technique that is capable of curing food allergies.
Oct 30, 2016, 14:42 PM IST
Why some tumours evade immunotherapy
The researchers found that when the tumour recurred, a particular molecule on the cell surface -- called the epitope -- was no longer present on the cell surface in sufficient quantity.
Oct 10, 2016, 00:22 AM IST
Cancer immunotherapy may fight HIV too
A type of immunotherapy that has shown promising results against cancer could also be used against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, suggests new research.
Jul 16, 2016, 15:46 PM IST
Immunotherapy reduces risk of heart disease in arthritis patients, reveals study
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which cytokines such as tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFI) and interfero-gamma (IFN), which normally protect the body, attack healthy cells.
Precision medicine can widen cancer care options: Study
Of the 129 participants, 29 patients with a total 12 kinds of advanced cancers responded well to molecules that have not been approved for treatment of these tumors by the FDA.
Jun 05, 2016, 06:41 AM IST
Tech billionaire donates $250 mn for cancer `moonshot`
Tech billionaire Sean Parker announced Wednesday a $250 million grant to fund research aimed at breakthroughs in cancer treatment through immunotherapy.
