Cancer Researchers Hit Bullseye with New Drug Target for Ewing Sarcoma
The revelation brings a surge of hope to the field of pediatric oncology which has long been challenged to find new drugs against childhood cancers (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - January 26, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: Cancer - Tumors Source Type: news
Cancer researchers hit a bullseye with new drug target for Ewing sarcoma
(Boston Children's Hospital) Kimberly Stegmaier of Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and collaborators have found that Ewing sarcoma cells die if an enzyme called CDK12 is knocked out genetically or chemically inhibited. What's more, when a CDK12 inhibitor is combined with another drug, called a PARP inhibitor, the two drugs double down to deliver a lethal punch to Ewing sarcoma cells. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 25, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news
UCLA study describes structure of tumor herpes virus associated with Kaposi ’s sarcoma
UCLA researchers have provided the first description of the structure of the herpes virus associated with Kaposi ’s sarcoma, a type of cancer.The discovery answers important questions about how the virus spreads and provides a potential roadmap for the development of antiviral drugs to combat both that virus and the more common Epstein-Barr virus, which is present in more than 90 percent of the adult population and is believed to have a nearly identical structure.In the study, published in the journal Nature, the UCLA team showed in the laboratory that an inhibitor could be developed to break down the herpes virus. Kap...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 20, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
UCLA study describes structure of herpes virus linked to Kaposi's sarcoma
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) UCLA team shows in the laboratory that an inhibitor can be developed to break down the herpes virus. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus, or KSHV, is one of two viruses known to cause cancer in humans. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
UCLA study describes structure of herpes virus tumor linked to Kaposi's sarcoma
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) UCLA team shows in the laboratory that an inhibitor can be developed to break down the herpes virus. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus, or KSHV, is one of two viruses known to cause cancer in humans. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 19, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
