Science news articles about 'chemo drug'

... patients benefit from it. For this reason, Beer and colleagues are committed to searching for new drugs that will be effective against advanced prostate cancer. "We look forward to completing this ...

Obese children with leukemia have a 50 per cent greater chance of relapsing compared with lean children because fat cells block chemotherapy drugs, says new U.S. research.

DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. bioengineers say they've created a method of loading cancer drugs into nanoscale delivery vehicles that carry the drug directly to tumors.

For cancer patients on chemotherapy, the "cure" can be as deadly as the disease itself. Adverse drug reactions are one of the leading causes of death among patients receiving cancer treatment.

... such as severe memory and attention deficits. Previously, scientists suspected the cancer, rather than chemo drugs, might be the cause. Earlier this year, Dr. Abraham's team of researchers used MRI ...

... gives bacteria an easy pathway straight into the blood. Indeed, the mice that received the chemo drug and an injection of bacteria all died of an out-of-control bacterial infection, while mice ...