/channels/news_feeds/all/term/chemotherapy/rss en /channels/channels/news/ctv-news-mcgill-university-researchers-discover-way-fight-brain-tumours-resistance-therapy-323829 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>New findings out of 91ºÚÁÏÍø in Montreal have revealed a potential way to overcome aggressive brain tumours' resistance to therapy: by deleting a specific gene. Researchers have long been searching for ways to treat Glioblastomas – the most stubborn type of brain tumour – as they’re well known for their resistance to treatment. A few years back, they were able to confirm the key role a gene called the OSMR gene plays in the process of brain cancer growth.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">20 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:41:21 +0000 webfull 162624 at /channels /channels/channels/news/male-fertility-after-chemotherapy-new-questions-raised-311169 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A pilot study conducted by INRS and 91ºÚÁÏÍø researchers highlights the effect of chemotherapy on male fertility before and after puberty.</p> <p>"It is often thought that cancer treatments for prepubescent boys will have no effect on their fertility because their testicles would be "dormant". But in fact, the prepubertal testis are not immune to chemotherapy that affects dividing cells and it is now well recognized that there can be long-term effects," explains Géraldine Delbès, a professor at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Laval.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:31:05 +0000 webfull 157564 at /channels