Month: October 2017

Johns Hopkins researchers discover that an FDA-approved HIV drug may be useful in treating breast cancer metastasis

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Lymphatic endothelial cells play a key role in orchestrating metastatic colonization of such organs as lymph nodes and lungs in breast cancer, Johns Hopkins researchers have found in their preclinical mouse research; they also identified FDA-approved drugs used for other indications (repurposed drugs) that could be used to inhibit or prevent metastasis. This is very… Read more »

Aleksander Popel: halting cancer’s spread

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Cancer is an invasive and insidious disease. The biochemical mysteries of how it occurs, grows and spreads are areas of intense study in cancer centers and bioscience labs across the world, but engineers also are applying their particular perspectives to understanding and stopping cancer in its tracks. Aleksander Popel, PhD, a professor of biomedical engineering… Read more »