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Anderson Cancer Center Researchers have discovered and mapped the signaling network between two previously unconnected proteins, exposing a link that, if broken, could cut off cancer cell growth at its starting point. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-scientists-egfr-crucial-message-cancer-promoting.html Cancer Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:20:19 EST news290791210 MET protein levels correlate strongly with epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) phenotype, a treatment-resistant type of colorectal cancer and may be used as a surrogate biomarker, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-met-protein-biomarker-aggressive-colon.html Cancer Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:26:26 EST news289549579 The angiogenesis inhibitor bevacizumab (Avastin) failed to increase overall survival (OS) or statistically significant progression-free survival (PFS) for glioblastoma patients in the frontline setting, according to research led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-bevacizumab-benefit-newly-glioblastoma.html Cancer Sun, 02 Jun 2013 06:30:01 EST news289371734 A new test may help identify newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients more likely to benefit from bevacizumab (Avastin), according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-glioblastoma-patients-benefit-bevacizumab.html Cancer Sun, 02 Jun 2013 06:20:01 EST news289371711 Many glioblastoma patients treated with bevacizumab (Avastin) have significant deterioration in neurocognitive function, symptoms and quality of life. Not only that, the changes often predict treatment outcomes, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-glioblastoma-patients-bevacizumab-cognitive-function.html Cancer Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:01 EST news289223085 Even while being dragged to its destruction inside a cell, a cancer-promoting growth factor receptor fires away, sending signals that thwart the development of tumor-suppressing microRNAs (miRNAs) before it's dissolved, researchers reported in an early online publication at Nature. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-oxygen-short-egfr-maturation-cancer-fighting.html Cancer Thu, 23 May 2013 16:30:07 EST news288544056 African-American adults living closer to a fast food restaurant had a higher body mass index (BMI) than those who lived further away from fast food, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and this association was particularly strong among those with a lower income. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-body-mass-index-income-african-americans.html Health Thu, 16 May 2013 16:14:37 EST news287939667 Scientists have identified an influential link in a chain of events that leads to autoimmune inflammation of the central nervous system in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-key-protein-central-nervous-inflammation.html Medical research Thu, 02 May 2013 09:41:12 EST news286706459 Tumor suppression, the family business of the sibling genes p53, p63 and p73, is undermined from within by the split personalities of p63 and p73, which each produce protein forms that not only block the work of the other two genes but also shut down its own cancer-stifling fraternal twin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-key-back-up-tumor-fighter-p53.html Cancer Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:00:01 EST news284644382 Elevated levels of bilirubin in the blood get attention in the clinic because they often indicate that something has gone wrong with the liver. Now researchers have found that male smokers with low levels of the yellow-tinged chemical are at higher risk for lung cancer and dying from the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-serum-bilirubin-higher-lung-cancer.html Cancer Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:00:06 EST news284554793 Smokers have a higher probability of quitting smoking and a better overall cessation experience when taking varenicline compared to bupropion and to placebo – unmedicated assisted smoking cessation –according to a study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-varenicline-depressive-mood-craving-reward.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:00:04 EST news283614777 Endometrial cancer survivors are more likely to complete physical activity, and for longer durations, when their daily self-efficacy is higher, according to a study published online in the journal Health Psychology – a publication of the American Psychology Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-confidence-habits-cancer-survivors.html Cancer Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:52:12 EST news281976712 Cancer vaccines that attempt to stimulate an immune system assault fail because the killer T cells aimed at tumors instead find the vaccination site a more inviting target, scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report in Nature Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-cancer-vaccines-self-sabotage-channel-immune.html Medical research Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:00:06 EST news281520955 Researchers have identified a pivotal protein in a cellular transformation that makes a cancer cell more resistant to treatment and more capable of growing and spreading, making it an inviting new target for drug development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-protein-central-cancer-stem-cell.html Cancer Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:30:01 EST news279987024 Scientists who built a synthetic gene circuit that allowed for the precise tuning of a gene's expression in yeast have now refined this new research tool to work in human cells, according to research published online in Nature Communications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-synthetic-circuit-dialing-gene-human.html Genetics Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:33:09 EST news279883976