New gene discovery for cancer patients unresponsive to chemotherapy
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have discovered two new genes that cause head and neck cancer patients to be resistant to chemotherapy, and that silencing either gene can make cancer cells previously unresponsive to chemotherapy subsequently respond to…
Enhancing Brain Cancer Treatment: Biodegradable Ultrasound Holds Promise
In the realm of brain cancer treatment, one of the major challenges lies in effectively delivering chemotherapy drugs through the tightly coiled blood vessels of the brain. However, a groundbreaking development in the form of a biodegradable ultrasound device could…
How whole genome doubling helps cancer
A single cell contains 2-3 meters of DNA, meaning that the only way to store it is to package it into tight coils. The solution is chromatin: a complex of DNA wrapped around proteins called histones. In the 3D space,…
Bond Villain DNA: The game changer for cancer treatment
A group of researchers have found the pieces of DNA that help cancer to spread hence called to be ‘Bond Villain’. This segment of genetic material known as Extrachromosomal DNA or ecDNA was found by scientists, working on a project…
Cell mechanism that could help counter Cancer and Aging
Epigenetic memory is a key cell mechanism in processing of life that can controls the inheritance of functional characteristics of a normal cell into the new cell having newly acquired properties. In this activity cell remembers its originality while dividing…
