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The IL-12 cytokin factory is successful in targeting difficult to treat cancer

The IL-12 cytokin factory is successful in targeting difficult to treat cancer

A team of researchers from the Rice Biotech starting pad at the University of Rice developed an implantable “cytokin factory”, which safely triggers strong immune answers against cancer difficult to treat, including metastatic melanoma, pancreas and colorectal tumors. The study, published in, describes in detail how the device immunoted near the micro-environment of the tumor […]

New guidelines have been developed to help treat blood cancers during pregnancy

New guidelines have been developed to help treat blood cancers during pregnancy

A new set of guidelines have been developed to help diagnose and expertly treat serious blood cancers during pregnancy. Blood cancers such as acute leukemia and aggressive lymphomas occur in approximately 12.5 pregnancies per 100,000 and their incidence continues to increase. They increased by 2.7 percent annually between 1994 and 2013 due to factors including […]