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Human Tumors Are Prized Real Estate for Fungi, Study Finds
29.09.2022
Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms

The findings demonstrate that fungi are living in tumors and may facilitate cancer detection, diagnosis and perhaps even treatment

Lung cancer samples: Far left untreated. Lung cancer tissue failed to respond when exposed to a microtubule inhibitor drug (left) or to a drug that enhanced the apoptosis-inducing pathway (middle). But when the two drugs were applied together to the same tissue, the cancer cells died (right)
A New Approach to Tailoring Cancer Therapy: Tapping into Signaling Activities in Cancer Cells
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Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Matching drugs to tumors may lead to personalized treatment and new therapies  

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Cells inside Cells: The Bacteria That Live in Cancer Cells
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Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The bacterial lodgers in cancer cells may hinder or help treatment

Bacteria in cancer cells
How Bacteria Hinder Chemotherapy
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Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Scientists find bacteria in pancreatic tumors that metabolize a common drug 

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