Cell-to-cell tunnels rescue neurons from degeneration ... through tunnelling nanotubes enhances the ability of T cells to kill tumour cells. This effect on T cells is the opposite of that reported ...
Successful test in breast cancer patients: the active agent digoxin, a cardiac medication, dissolves clusters of circulating breast cancer cells in the blood, thus reducing the risk of metastases ...
The agent would have to be administered in combination with other substances that kill existing cancer cells. Researchers hope to optimise the active ingredient The active ingredient digoxin ...
Hyperthermia is occasionally used to augment the efficacy of certain cancer therapies, but how heat helps has been a mystery. Now, researchers have uncovered the details of one likely mechanism -- ...