All Oncology articles
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NewsOrganoid coculture systems offer more representative cancer research models
A new review explores how three-dimensional organoid coculture technologies could overcome the limitations of conventional cancer models, offering more physiologically relevant platforms for immunotherapy research, drug screening and personalised medicine.
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NewsTriptolide plant compound could improve response to epigenetic cancer drugs
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified a natural plant compound capable of blocking an enzyme that degrades DNA methyltransferase inhibitors, offering a potential strategy to overcome resistance to epigenetic cancer therapies.
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NewsANO6 protein identified as dual therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer
Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified anoctamin 6 (ANO6) as a potential therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer, finding that blocking the protein disrupts both nutrient transfer to tumour cells and immune evasion in preclinical models.
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NewsYAP/TAZ protein hyperactivity linked to immune evasion via PD-L2 upregulation
Researchers have identified a mechanism by which overactive YAP and TAZ proteins may simultaneously increase cancer cell visibility to the immune system and shield tumours from T-cell attack.
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Newsp53 activation boosts T-cell potency against solid tumours
UCLA researchers have shown that transiently activating the tumour suppressor protein p53 using an investigational MDM2 inhibitor can reduce exhaustion in engineered T cells and significantly improve their ability to kill melanoma cells in vitro.
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InterviewHow multiomics can strengthen drug target discovery
How can multiomics help researchers identify more promising drug targets? Dr Shi-qi An explores how combining molecular data can reveal therapeutic vulnerabilities and mechanisms of drug resistance.
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NewsBispecific antibody targets regulatory T cells to enhance tumour immunity
A bispecific antibody targeting CCR8 and CD3 has demonstrated the ability to deplete immunosuppressive regulatory T cells and slow tumour growth across multiple cancer models.
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ArticleTargeting SRC-3 to reprogramme regulatory T cells in cancer
Could targeting SRC-3 in regulatory T cells help overcome tumour immunosuppression? Researchers explain how this approach could restore anti-tumour immunity and what remains to be proven in patients.
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NewsWhy aptamer cancer therapies are struggling to reach the clinic
Aptamers can recognise cancer-associated targets and deliver drugs directly to tumour cells. So why have so few reached the clinic? A new review examines the barriers to their development.
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News3D Cell Painting reveals cancer drug differences missed in 2D
Two cancer drugs appeared almost identical in conventional screening, but a new 3D Cell Painting method exposed striking differences in their effects, raising questions about what 2D models might miss.
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NewsVPS34 inhibition boosts GD2 visibility to enhance neuroblastoma immunotherapy
Penn State researchers have shown that inhibiting the protein VPS34 increases GD2 display on neuroblastoma cell surfaces, making tumours more visible to anti-GD2 antibodies and improving outcomes in preclinical combination studies.
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NewsKRAS inhibition and CTLA-4 blockade could overcome gastric cancer immunotherapy resistance
Researchers have identified oncogenic KRAS as a key driver of immunosuppression in gastric adenocarcinoma.
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NewsMathematical model reveals self-reinforcing mechanism behind HE-S2 ADC cancer therapy
A mathematical model developed by researchers from Mass General Brigham and the University of Cyprus suggests that the experimental immunomodulatory antibody-drug conjugate HE-S2 may become progressively more effective as it reduces tumour size.
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ArticleInduced proximity drugs – why complex formation is not enough
A drug can form exactly the complex it was designed to make and still fail to work. Two recently approved induced proximity drugs show why what happens after complex formation – not formation alone – can decide the outcome.
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NewsVaccine adjuvant AS01 shown to induce trained immunity in monocytes
A preclinical study published in Myeloid Cells reports that AS01, a vaccine adjuvant system, can induce trained immunity in human monocytes and reduce tumour growth in selected mouse cancer models.
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NewsMayo Clinic strategy restores CAR T targets on aggressive thyroid tumours
Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that approved thyroid cancer drugs can restore a key antigen on aggressive tumour cells, making them visible once more to CAR T cells and improving treatment outcomes in preclinical models.
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NewsWhat SIRPα reveals about how breast cancer takes hold in the brain
Scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have uncovered a previously unrecognised cancer-intrinsic role for SIRPα in triple-negative breast cancer, linking the cell-surface protein to mitochondrial fission, tumour-cell migration and suppression of the brain’s immune defences.
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NewsBig Picture Bio raises £2.2m to develop AI cancer combination therapies
UK-based cancer drug discovery company Big Picture Bio has closed £2.2 million in funding to advance AI-designed combination therapies into laboratory validation, using a generative world model to map complex tumour biology across disease sites and patient subgroups.
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NewsLiver cancer organoids used to screen 1,600 potential treatments
Researchers at the University of Basel have screened more than 1,600 compounds using a biobank of 35 hepatocellular carcinoma organoids, identifying drug combinations that show selective anti-tumour activity across biologically diverse liver cancers.
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NewsSalk researchers uncover how interferons switch from anti- to pro-cancer
Researchers at the Salk Institute have identified a cellular pathway through which prolonged interferon exposure triggers mitochondrial dysfunction, PGE2 production and suppression of anti-tumour immunity – offering a potential strategy for overcoming immunotherapy resistance.