Massey Cancer Center researcher helps to identify a piece of the cancer puzzle
A structural biologist from the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, in collaboration with researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, has identified the crystal structure of a protein that plays a role in supplying nutrients to solid tumors. . .. The structure of the protein, Ang2, will be published this week in "Structure" a peer-reviewed scientific j...VCU Massey Cancer Center study shows enzyme linked to spread of breast cancer cells
Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center have found a new signaling component that influences movement of human breast cancer cells toward epidermal growth factor. . .. "If we understo...VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers identify a new class of anti-cancer drugs based on platinum
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University's Massey Cancer Center have created a new platinum-based, anti-cancer agent able to overcome acquired drug resistance by first modifying the way it is absorbed into cancer cells and then attacking the DNA of those cancer cells. . .. In the Dec. 26 issue of the journal Inorganic Chemistry researchers reported on the design...Researchers from the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center today presented preclinical research at the American Association of Cancer Research's annual meeting suggesting the potential of a new combination treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). . In this study, led by Steven Grant, M.D., Massey's associate director of translational research, interactions between borte...