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Scientists Turned A Probiotic Into A Tiny Chemotherapy Factory
A bacterium commonly used as a probiotic has been genetically redesigned to manufacture chemotherapy inside tumors instead of sending the drug throughout the body. In experiments involving mice with colorectal cancer, the engineered bacteria helped three of seven treated tumors completely regress, while also triggering an immune response that affected cancer beyond the original treatment…
Three-Year-Old’s Cancer Vanishes After Just Two Doses Of Experimental Treatment
A three-year-old boy had already endured chemotherapy and surgery when his cancer returned and spread beyond his liver. The disease had reached his lungs, with doctors also concerned that it may have spread to his bones. After conventional treatment failed to stop it, his medical team turned to an experimental approach that uses genetically modified…
China Becomes A New Destination For Patients Seeking Advanced Cancer Care
A cancer diagnosis can force patients to make choices they never imagined. For a growing number of people, that choice now includes boarding a plane and traveling thousands of miles in search of advanced treatment. Shanghai has become an unexpected destination for international cancer patients seeking CAR-T cell therapy, a highly personalized treatment that uses…
New NHS Injection Cuts Cancer Treatment Time From An Hour To Minutes
A cancer treatment that can keep patients in hospital for up to an hour is being converted into an injection that takes just a few minutes to administer. The NHS is now rolling out injectable nivolumab across England, giving eligible patients a much quicker way to receive an immunotherapy treatment already used against a wide…
Doctors Thought These Children Had No Hope. An Experimental Therapy Changed Everything
For families facing a diagnosis of an aggressive childhood brain tumor, hope has often been in short supply. Diseases such as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) have long been considered among the deadliest pediatric cancers, with survival often measured in months despite surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Even after enduring multiple rounds of treatment, many young…
A Cancer Researcher Received a Terminal Diagnosis and Tried Something No One Had Done Before
A seizure during a medical conference changed Professor Richard Scolyer’s life in an instant. The renowned cancer researcher soon learned that he had glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat brain cancers, and was initially told he might have only months to live. Faced with a disease that had resisted decades of medical progress,…
She Had Stage 4 Cancer With No Symptoms. A Friend’s Liver Donation Just Gave Her a Second Chance.
In May 2024, Amy Piccioli drove herself to an emergency room near her home in Los Angeles, expecting to be treated for dehydration. A stomach bug had swept through her family, and at 39, she was otherwise healthy, active, and by every outward measure fine. She was a mother of three, a CPA, someone who…
Facing Stage 3 Rectal Cancer at 26: A New Targeted Therapy Cleared the Disease in Just 4 Months
At twenty-six, Mrinali Dhembla was focused on planning her wedding and building a future with her fiance. Instead, a series of easily dismissed symptoms led to a devastating reality: an aggressive stage 3 rectal cancer diagnosis. Her unexpected battle highlights a troubling and growing trend of colorectal cancer striking adults under fifty. Faced with the…
England Starts Offering New Cancer Injection Capable of Treating 15 Types of the Disease
England has officially begun rolling out a new cancer injection that is already being described as a major step forward for patients and healthcare staff alike. Thousands of people undergoing cancer treatment across the country are expected to benefit from the change, which significantly reduces the amount of time patients need to spend in hospital…
Cancer patients in England to be first in Europe to be offered immunotherapy jab
What if beating cancer could begin with something as simple—and swift—as a jab in the arm? For thousands of patients in England, that possibility is becoming reality. In a move hailed as a “game-changer” by cancer experts, the NHS is rolling out a five-minute injectable form of the immunotherapy drug nivolumab, potentially transforming the way…