The invention described herein provides antibodies or antigen-binding fragment thereof specific for an epitope within the variant exon v6 or v9 of the CD44 gene (CD44v6 or CD44v9), antibody-drug-conjugate (ADC) thereof, and other derivative comprising the antibodies or antigen-binding fragment thereof. The invention also provides nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, and methods of making the same. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and the use of the same in treating diseases or in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of the diseases, such as cancer.

The present invention to a method, a kit, etc., for predicting the response BNCT using a BSH-related medicine-containing boron preparation and a BPA-containing boron preparation, the method and kit being characterized by examining the expression of CD44, a translation-related factor and/or LAT1 in cancer cells of a sample. When the expression of the CD44 or translation-related factor in the cancer cells of the sample is high, it can be predicted that the BNCT using the BSSH-related medicine-containing boron preparation is likely to be responsive. When the expression of the LAT1 in the cancer cells of the sample is high, it can be predicted that the BNCT using the BPA-containing boron preparation is likely to be responsive.

A method of prognosing and predicting breast cancer recurrence stratifies early stage ER+/PR+ and Her2 breast cancer patients with invasive ductal/lobular carcinoma of the breast into low risk or high risk for breast cancer recurrence by employing an IHC based assay which assesses or measures expression of a combination of 5 biomarkers and by employing a histopathological analysis which assesses 3 clinical prognostic parameters.

The methods described herein allow for the classification of patients into groups for receiving optimized radiation treatment based on patient specific biomarker signature. The biomarker signature includes markers that have been shown to correlate with TGF-B expression and to be associated with tumor aggressiveness, radioresistance and poor prognosis. The markers play a key role in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. The methods described herein provide the dual benefits of anti-tumor efficacy plus normal tissue protection when combining TGF-B inhibitors with ionizing radiation to treat cancer patients.

Disclosed are compositions and methods for modulating cancer stem cells. More particularly, the present invention discloses the use of lysine demethylase (LSD) inhibitors and protein kinase C theta inhibitors (PKC-) for inhibiting the growth of LSD- and/or PKC--overexpressing cells including cancer stem cells, for enhancing the biological effects of chemotherapeutic drugs or irradiation on cancer cells, for treating cancer, including non-metastatic and metastatic cancer and/or for preventing cancer recurrence.

Methods for treating, preventing and predicting a subject's risk of developing breast cancer are provided.

A system and method for capturing and analyzing a set of cells, comprising: an array including a set of parallel pores, each pore including a chamber including a chamber inlet and a chamber outlet, and configured to hold a single cell, and a pore channel fluidly connected to the chamber outlet; an inlet channel fluidly connected to each chamber inlet of the set of parallel pores; an outlet channel fluidly connected to each pore channel of the set of parallel pores; a set of electrophoresis channels fluidly coupled to the outlet channel, configured to receive a sieving matrix for electrophoretic separation; and a set of electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the set of electrodes is configured to provide an electric field that facilitates electrophoretic analysis of the set of cells.

The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions which can modulate the globoseries glycosphingolipid synthesis. Particularly, the present disclosure is directed to glycoenzyme inhibitor compound and compositions and methods of use thereof that can modulate the synthesis of globoseries glycosphingolipid SSEA-3/SSEA-4/GloboH in the biosynthetic pathway; particularly, the glycoenzyme inhibitors target the alpha-4GalT; beta-4GalNAcT-I; or beta-3GalT-V enzymes in the globoseries synthetic pathway. Additionally, the present disclosure is also directed to vaccines, antibodies, and/or immunogenic conjugate compositions targeting the SSEA-3/SSEA-4/GLOBO H associated epitopes (natural and modified) which elicit antibodies and/or binding fragment production useful for modulating the globoseries glycosphingolipid synthesis. Moreover, the present disclosure is also directed to the method of using the compositions described herein for the treatment or detection of hyperproliferative diseases and/or conditions. Furthermore, the instant disclosure also relates to cancer stem cell biomarkers for diagnostic and therapeutic uses.

Methods for treating tumors by administering ionizing radiation and an immune modulator to a patient with cancer are disclosed. The methods provide the dual benefits of anti-tumor efficacy plus normal tissue protection when combining immune modulators with ionizing radiation to treat cancer patients. The methods described herein also allow for the classification of patients into groups for receiving optimized radiation treatment in combination with an immune modulator based on patient-specific biomarker signatures.

The present invention relates to a protein which binds to the domain encoded by exon 9 of human CD44 (CD44ex9), to fusion proteins and conjugates of said protein and especially to nanoparticles conjugated to said protein. The invention further relates to a method of production for the protein and the respective conjugated nanoparticles and the use of the protein of the invention for treatment and diagnosis of cancer diseases.