New Experimental Therapy CAR NKT-Cells Tested In Cancer Patients For The First Time
CAR T-cells are becoming somewhat of a household name, but a new phase I trial is, for the first time, using CAR 'NKT' cells, featuring...
May 16, 2019
Two-for-one molecule could target two key drivers of aggressive childhood cancer
A group of molecules, which each simultaneously target two of the most common genetic faults behind an aggressive form of childhood...
May 16, 2019
Research finds new Rx target for childhood cancer
Research led by Michael Lan, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, found that a...
Apr 16, 2019
Proton therapy shows efficacy, low toxicity in large cohort of children with high-risk neuroblastoma
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania...
Apr 10, 2019
International Research Team Led by Australian Scientists Discover a Potential Way to Treat and Preve
Discovering this link – by which MYCN controls polyamine levels in cancer cells, driving the growth and proliferation of the...
Jan 31, 2019
Imaging protocol assesses molecular mechanism in the treatment of deadly childhood cancer
In collaboration with researchers from the Children's Cancer Institute (CCI) in Sydney, imaging was pivotal in understanding the...
Dec 5, 2018
Clinical trial harnesses power of natural killer cells to treat neuroblastoma
Now for the first time, scientists will combine NK cell therapy with an immunocytokine to target children with relapsed/refractory...
Nov 15, 2018
Drug combination makes cancer disappear in mice with neuroblastoma
Researchers investigating new treatments for neuroblastoma - one of the most common childhood cancers - have found that a combination of...
Nov 15, 2018
World's first trial of new three-part children's cancer treatment
The study, involving doctors and cancer scientists in Southampton, America and Germany, will boost the body's immune system to kill off...
Oct 10, 2018
Promising drug trial for rare cancer in young children comes to Montreal
An Ontario family whose son has a rare childhood cancer will be travelling to Montreal, joining a handful of Canadian patients who are...
Aug 23, 2018