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🐶A golden retriever named Lola was given months to live with terminal cancer. Thanks to an NIH-supported immunotherapy clinical trial at University of California, Davis, she’s now thriving nearly 2 years later. This research has the potential to inform new cancer treatments for not only animals, but humans as well. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/erPViXqW
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NIH is thrilled to announce that the FDA has granted full market approval for Papzimeos, a groundbreaking immunotherapy for adult patients with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), a rare condition in which noncancerous growths develop in the air passages from the nose and mouth into the lungs. 🫁 This is the first-ever non-surgical treatment for this rare and debilitating disease. The achievement was made possible through the dedicated research of NIH investigators from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). 🔗 Read more about the approval: https://lnkd.in/eanGvfA2
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A new NIH-supported study found glucose, an essential cellular fuel that powers immune cells, also aids in T cells’ internal communication and boosts their cancer-fighting properties. This new finding may help optimize T cells’ ability to combat cancer and other diseases. Read more about this discovery: https://lnkd.in/e7DQTA2A
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Scientists developed a way to engineer immune cells called T cells within a living organism. The approach could make CAR T cell therapies more accessible for treating cancer and autoimmune diseases. https://lnkd.in/dAdadVfz
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In a new study of lung cancer mortality trends in the United States, NIH researchers reported that lung cancer death rates between Black and White men became more similar, but significant disparities remain between urban and rural populations. https://lnkd.in/eFm6spJX
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Women who used at-home test kits were more than twice as likely to complete screening for cervical cancer than women who received only telephone reminders. The findings suggest that ready access to self-testing kits might help reduce obstacles to regular screening for this often-preventable cancer. https://bit.ly/4nBTPkH
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Scientists were able to target a fat-recycling process to reduce pancreatic tumors in mouse and human models. The findings hint that interrupting fat-processing pathways could lead to new approaches for treating this often-deadly cancer. Read more: https://bit.ly/4kCy9Tb
NIH researchers report that a first-in-human clinical trial of a new therapy based on the plant-derived molecule resiniferatoxin (RTX) was safe and effective for pain control in patients with intractable cancer pain. Researchers tested a single injection of small quantities of RTX into the lumbar cerebral spinal fluid (by lumbar puncture) of advanced-stage cancer patients and found that it reduced their reported worst pain intensity by 38% and their use of pain-relieving opioids by 57%. According to lead researcher, Dr. Andrew Mannes, “This is a new therapy from a new family of drugs that gives people with severe cancer pain an opportunity to return some normality to their lives.” https://lnkd.in/eE3FRytx
The recent post from the NCI account was done without authorization by a career official in an attempt to undermine the Trump administration. Let’s be clear: there is no pause in NCI’s communications and NCI will continue to share vital cancer research with the public. The Trump administration remains fully committed to supporting gold standard cancer research.
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This is a great example of how basic research can lead to practical breakthroughs. Funding academic research allowing for such understanding is an integral part of the scientific process.
Researchers have developed a form of cancer treatment that uses fat cells engineered to aggressively consume nutrients like glucose. When implanted in mice, the engineered cells appeared to outcompete tumors for nutrients, shrinking tumors. https://go.nih.gov/CjgKRCK Media Description: Engineered fat cells. Credit: Desai Lab