December 12, 2017
Zebrafish are rapidly becoming the ‘go-to’ animals in cancer research. Small and translucent, they breed rapidly, and take up little room. But most important; they grow transplanted cancer tumors in their little bodies very quickly. This gives doctors a clear view of why some cancers metastasize and recur. Eventually, this research will yield treatment for […]
December 8, 2017
Zebrafish are rapidly becoming the ‘go-to’ animals in cancer research. Small and translucent, they breed rapidly and take up little room. And they grow transplanted cancer tumors in their little bodies very quickly. This gives doctors a clear view of why some cancers metastasize and recur. Eventually, this research will yield treatment for these recurrent […]
October 9, 2017
Kennedie Bailey celebrated her 11th birthday in May with a sleepover, but she can’t remember much about the details because, shortly after, she was shocked to learn that she had a rare cancer. Aggressive rhabdomyosarcoma develops from connective tissues in the body, including muscles, bones, joints, and fat. It’s not uncommon for it to recur after […]
August 10, 2017
The key to finding a better way to treat a deadly form of childhood cancer may lie in a tiny fish. An unlikely animal model at UT Health San Antonio is helping scientists figure out how to tackle muscle tumors. Inside a fish lab at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, rows and rows of glass tanks […]
August 10, 2017
The key to finding a better way to treat a deadly form of childhood cancer may lie in a tiny fish. An unlikely animal model at UT Health San Antonio is helping scientists figure out how to tackle muscle tumors. Inside a fish lab at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, rows and rows of glass tanks are […]
July 21, 2017
UT Health San Antonio researchers are learning how stem cell biology causes 30 percent of children who have a rare muscle cancer to relapse and not respond to treatment. To do this, the lab of Myron Ignatius, PhD, at UT Health’s Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, is using zebrafish. These fish have the unusual trait […]
July 21, 2017
SAN ANTONIO (July 21, 2017) ― UT Health San Antonio researchers are learning how stem cell biology causes 30 percent of children who have a rare muscle cancer to relapse and not respond to treatment. To do this, the lab of Myron Ignatius, PhD, at UT Health’s Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, is using zebrafish. These fish […]
June 13, 2017
Myron S Ignatius 1, Madeline N Hayes 2, Riadh Lobbardi 2, Eleanor Y Chen 3, Karin M McCarthy 4, Prethish Sreenivas 5, Zainab Motala 6, Adam D Durbin 7, Aleksey Molodtsov 4, Sophia Reeder 4, Alexander Jin 4, Sivasish Sindiri 8, Brian C Beleyea 9, Deepak Bhere 10, Matthew S Alexander 11, Khalid Shah 9, Charles Keller 12, Corinne M Linardic 8, Petur G Nielsen 13, David Malkin 6, Javed Khan 8, David M Langenau 14 Abstract Tumor-propagating cells (TPCs) share self-renewal properties with normal stem cells and drive continued tumor growth. However, mechanisms regulating TPC self-renewal are […]
June 17, 2016
SAN ANTONIO – The doctors, staff and patients at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute are celebrating its latest grant, a $10.9 million donation from Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
June 3, 2016
The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas has awarded nearly $11 million to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in its latest funding round. That award includes $5 million to help establish the Texas Pediatric Patient-Derived Xenograft Facility. Peter Houghton, director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at the […]