Multiple Myeloma
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Method can track circulating cancer cells
Investigators have developed a technique that allowed them to track single tumor circulating in the blood of mice. The method, described in...
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Drug delivery vehicle has antimyeloma effects
Credit: PNAS Researchers have discovered that a solvent used as a drug delivery vehicle has antimyeloma properties. The team found that N-methyl...
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Team describes protein’s antimyeloma effects
Researchers say they’ve discovered how a lack of the protein adiponectin promotes disease progression in patients with multiple myeloma (MM)....
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Combo can overcome resistance in MM
Credit: PNAS A 2-drug combination can overcome Mcl-1-dependent treatment resistance in multiple myeloma (MM), preclinical research suggests. The...
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Stats show increase in cancer survival rates
Credit: NIH New statistics suggest 10-year survival rates for cancer patients in England and Wales have more than doubled over a 40-year period...
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Protein is key to HSC recovery after chemo, radiation
in the bone marrow The protein beta-catenin plays a critical role in promoting the recovery of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) after exposure to...
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Team uncovers novel function of p53
Andrei Thomas Tikhonenko Investigators have uncovered a novel role for the tumor suppressor p53, according to a paper published in Nature Cell...
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New insight into PTEN’s role in cancers
Researchers say they’ve uncovered new details that help explain how the PTEN gene exerts its anticancer effects and how PTEN loss or alteration...
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Bortezomib available for newly diagnosed MM patients
Credit: CDC Patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) will now be guaranteed access to bortezomib (Velcade) through the National Health...
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Protein helps HSP90 inhibitors fight cancers
Credit: PNAS Researchers have discovered how a molecule called CUL5 helps HSP90 inhibitors kill cancer cells, according to a study published in...
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Reovirus shows synergy with agents used to treat MM
Six of the 7 MM cell lines tested were at least moderately sensitive to reovirus, and introducing the virus in combination with the proteasome...