News tagged with biomarkers
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Cohort study indicates that selenium may be protective against advanced prostate cancer
A greater level of toenail selenium was associated with a significant decrease in the risk for advanced prostate cancer, according to data presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10.
Cancer
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Genetic biomarker may help identify neuroblastomas vulnerable to novel class of drugs
An irregularity within many neuroblastoma cells may indicate whether a neuroblastoma tumor, a difficult-to-treat, early childhood cancer, is vulnerable to a new class of anti-cancer drugs known as BET bromodomain inhibitors, ...
Cancer
Apr 09, 2013 |
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Possible predictive biomarker for patients who may respond to autophagy inhibitors
Autophagy, the process by which cells that are starved for food resort to chewing up their own damaged proteins and membranes and recycling them into fuel, has emerged as a key pathway that cancer cells use to survive in ...
Cancer
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Biomarkers discovered that may help predict response to drugs targeting KRAS-mutated NSCLC
Scientists have identified biomarkers that may help predict whether patients with KRAS-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will respond to concurrent treatment with an MEK inhibitor and a PI3 kinase inhibitor, a drug ...
Cancer
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Discovery could speed up heart failure and pneumonia diagnosis
(Medical Xpress)—University of Otago researchers have discovered a potential new tool to help doctors in emergency departments quickly and accurately diagnose patients with heart failure and pneumonia.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 03, 2013 |
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Cisplatin-resistant cancer cells sensitive to experimental anticancer drugs, PARP inhibitors
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors may be a novel treatment strategy for patients with cancer that has become resistant to the commonly used chemotherapy drug cisplatin, according to data from a preclinical study published ...
Cancer
Apr 03, 2013 |
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People with depression may not reap full benefits of healthy behaviors
Depression may inhibit the anti-inflammatory effects typically associated with physical activity and light-to-moderate alcohol consumption, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 26, 2013 |
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Office workers carry biomarker of potentially harmful flame retardant, study finds
A flame retardant removed from children's pajamas 30 years ago but now used in polyurethane foam is prevalent in office environments, especially in older buildings, where urine testing of workers turned up widespread evidence ...
Health
Mar 25, 2013 |
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Optimal ESR and CRP cut-off values based on new criteria for periprosthetic joint infection
Infections, as the news has shown time and again, can be deadly. Periprothesthetic joint infection (PJI) is the infection of grave concern to the orthopedic community, especially in its growingly common antibiotic-resistant ...
Surgery
Mar 21, 2013 |
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Scientists find promising new target for aggressive breast cancer
Women with triple-negative breast cancer are more likely to have high levels of the MET biomarker in their tumours, making it a good new target for cancer drugs according to research published in the British Jo ...
Cancer
Mar 20, 2013 |
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Aristolochic acid nephropathy, a global health problem
(HealthDay)—Although the first description of a rapidly progressive nephropathy associated with the consumption of aristolochic acid (AA) found in Chinese herbs was first reported 20 years ago, AA-induced ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 19, 2013 |
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How some prostate tumors resist treatment—and how it might be fixed
Hormonal therapies can help control advanced prostate cancer for a time. However, for most men, at some point their prostate cancer eventually stops responding to further hormonal treatment. This stage of ...
Cancer
Mar 18, 2013 |
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Blood levels of fat cell hormone may predict severity of migraines
In a small, preliminary study of regular migraine sufferers, scientists have found that measuring a fat-derived protein called adiponectin (ADP) before and after migraine treatment can accurately reveal which headache victims ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 18, 2013 |
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Epigenetic changes play a key role in development of chemo resistance in BCa
At the 28th Annual EAU Congress currently ongoing in Milan until Tuesday, W. Tan and colleagues presented their study on neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy which showed that epigenetic changes are potential key drivers ...
Cancer
Mar 18, 2013 |
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Recovery in motion: Post-discharge activity level linked to risk of hospital readmission in elderly
A new study has found a link between the activity levels of elderly people who have just been released from the hospital and the risk that they will require readmission within 30 days.
Health
Mar 13, 2013 |
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