Veteran cancer reseacher Prof. Emeritus Alexander Levitzki of Hebrew University of Jerusalem says new findings show link between colorectal cancer and melanoma drug treatment knoqwn as “NT157" in two recently published studies in journal, “Ocogene."
Scientific Publications
Study identifies potential therapeutics target for metastatic melanoma
Researchers in the Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics have had the findings of their study into a potential therapeutics target for metastatic melanoma published in the journal Current Biology.
Exceptional Response in Brain Tumor Patient Instills Confidence in Personalized Medicine
A young man, less than 40 years old, with recurrent craniopharyngioma (pituitary tumor) harboring a BRAF V600E mutation, showed a dramatic response when treated with BRAF V600E inhibitors—85% reduction in tumor volume. This case has the “potential of completely changing the management of papillary craniopharyngiomas,” according to study author Priscilla Brastianos, MD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center.
Gut bacteria can dramatically amplify cancer immunotherapy
By introducing a particular strain of bacteria into the digestive tracts of mice with melanoma, researchers at the University of Chicago were able to boost the ability of the animal’s immune systems to attack tumor cells. The gains were comparable to treatment with anti-cancer drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors, such as anti-PD-L1 antibodies