Medical Xpess - epithelia

Cancer

Biomarkers may help predict progression of Barrett's esophagus to esophageal adenocarcinoma

A series of microRNA expression signatures that may help to define progression of the precancerous condition Barrett's esophagus into esophageal adenocarcinoma was reported recently in Cancer Prevention Research, a journa ...

Mar 06, 2013

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Cancer

Study uncovers mechanism by which tumor suppressor MIG6 triggers cell suicide

Death plays a big role in keeping things alive. Consider the tightly orchestrated suicide of cells—a phenomenon essential to everything from shaping an embryo to keeping it free of cancer later in life. ...

Sep 24, 2012

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Neuroscience

Neuroscientists find genetic trigger that makes stem cells differentiate in nose epithelia

University of California, Berkeley, neuroscientists have discovered a genetic trigger that makes the nose renew its smell sensors, providing hope for new therapies for people who have lost their sense of smell ...

Dec 07, 2011

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