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Lonza’s Cocoon will soon make dozens of stem cell therapies all at once

Cell therapy producer Lonza cultivates anti-cancer drugs on the Chemelot campus from the cells of patients' bodies. In five years time, automated factories in hospitals should be able to do this too.

Antidepressant Sertraline inhibits growth of breast cancer cells

Sertraline slows down the production of certain amino acids. This makes it possible to fight cancer without harming healthy cells.

Targeted administration of cancer drugs with magnetic bacteria

Scientists at ETH Zurich are researching how cancer drugs can be externally controlled with the aid of magnetic bacteria and thus be guided precisely through the bloodstream to target a tumor.

Early and fast detection of cancer with a new form of ‘liquid biopsy’

A new test can detect cancer at an early stage in bodily fluids. The test will be cheaper and more efficient than biopsies currently used in cancer diagnoses.

Magnetic marker makes breast surgeries more comfortable for patients

Dutch hospitals have a world premiere with the use of the revolutionary new localization technique 'Pintuition' from Sirius Medical.

Cancer treatment of the future will outsmart tumors

In this weekly section we follow up on one of our best-read stories. This week these were about innovations in the fight against cancer.

New cancer treatment: more effective than chemotherapy and no side effects

Swiss scientists at UNIGE and HUG have developed a new therapy technique for cancer that is more effective than chemotherapy and has no side effects.

This microchip mimics metastasis of tumors

This 'cancer-on-a-chip' offers insight into which factors influence the spread of cancer cells. The metastasis process can be examined and tracked with this microchip.

Dutch start-up Predica Diagnostics joins the fight against cervical cancer

Nijmegen start-up develops new test that not only measures the presence, but also the carcinogenic activity of the HPV virus

Researchers develop cheaper immunotherapy for blood and lymphatic cancer

In the fight against some forms of blood and lymphatic cancer, doctors have been achieving considerable successes with a new form of immunotherapy for some […]

Swarms of robots sweep the human body to fight cancer

Research carried out by the German Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) resembles films like Innerspace and the sci-fi classic Fantastic Voyage (after a book […]

Start-up of the week: This week’s innovative Egg of Columbus goes to …

”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week […]

University of Cambridge stumbles across treatment for heart patients

Anyone who has survived a heart attack will never be completely healthy again seeing that heart cells cannot be regenerated naturally. Scar tissue develops after […]

Start-up of the week: Brilliant, unique weapon aimed at rare diseases wins IO weekly trophy!

”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week […]

Start-up of the Day: app teaches cancer patients how to cope with fatigue

Door Vonk, co-founder and CCO of ‘Tired of Cancer‘ ran her own consultancy firm for many years. There, she raised funds for all kinds of […]

New blood test detects 50+ cancer types, inc. early stage pre-symptomatic

There is, in principle, only one method for early detection of cancer: regular check-ups. These are often unpleasant, e.g. mammograms or colonoscopies. Plus they are […]

3D tumor models for testing anti-cancer drugs

Three-dimensional imitation tumors can help to test anti-cancer drugs more accurately. The 3D models can mimic a micro-environment which encounters cancer cells present in the […]

Start-up of the Week: pocket-sized cancer treatment provider

”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week […]

Start-up of the Day: faster, better and cheaper monitoring of cancer treatment thanks to chip

The Twente start-up ECsens won the 4TU Impact Challenge at the beginning of this month. Students from the four technical universities in The Netherlands presented […]

EU research project aims to improve breast cancer therapy

Every year, around two million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer, which at 30.5 percent is still the most common cancer among women. According […]

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