http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. An invasive cell that leads to fibrosis of the lungs may be stopped by cutting off its supply of sugar, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-lung-fibrosis.html Medical research Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:00:43 EST news228387613 Scientists have for years been puzzled by why drugs are sometimes effective in treating parasitic diseases, while other times they have little or no effect. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-potential-mechanisms-drug-resistance-toxoplasma.html Medical research Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:18:52 EST news227870307 A paper published online on June 13 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine identifies new gene mutations in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) -- a disease often associated with lack of response to chemotherapy and poor overall survival. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-decoding-chronic-lymphocytic-leukemia.html Cancer Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:12:24 EST news227189531 Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered a key molecule needed to kill the blood vessels that supply tumours. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-strategy-tumor-feeding-blood-vessels.html Medical research Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:02:20 EST news226573325 Scientists have discovered why some people may be protected from harmful parasitic worms naturally while others cannot in what could lead to new therapies for up to one billion people worldwide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-worm-discovery-billion-people-worldwide.html Medical research Thu, 05 May 2011 10:08:57 EST news223808899