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Timing May Be Key To Effective Cancer Treatments

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When doctors biopsy and treat cancer may be just as important as how they treat it. New research from Erik Herzog, PhD, the Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor in biology at Washington University in St. Louis and…

The new medicine is based on a spherical nucleic acid, a nanomaterial (labeled red) that travels along a nerve from the nose to the brain.
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Nasal Drops Fight Brain Tumors Noninvasively

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Nano-sized medicine boosts anti-cancer immune response, eradicates tumors in mice Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, along with collaborators at Northwestern University, have developed a noninvasive approach to treat one of…

Collective Cells Deforming Collagen
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Working Together, Cells Extend Their Senses

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New research from Amit Pathak’s lab has implications for tracking cancer The story of the princess and the pea evokes an image of a highly sensitive royal young woman so refined, she can sense a…