News tagged with growth
Study offers new targets for stroke treatments
New research from the University of Georgia identifies the mechanisms responsible for regenerating blood vessels in the brain.
Medical research
Dec 20, 2012 |
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Working toward stronger bones with exercise
If you're going to fall and break something, you should at least have a good story to tell.
Health
Dec 18, 2012 |
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Global rates of infertility remain unchanged over past two decades
In 2010, almost 50 million couples worldwide were unable to have a child after five years of trying. Infertility rates have hardly changed over the past 20 years, according to a study by international researchers published ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Dec 18, 2012 |
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Cancer cells co-opt immune response to escape destruction
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that tumor cells use stress signals to subvert responding immune cells, exploiting them to actually boost conditions beneficial ...
Cancer
Dec 18, 2012 |
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Changes in progenitor cell population in breast may be overlooked factor in breast cancer
The DNA mutations that accumulate over time as women age are not the sole contributor to the higher frequency of breast cancer in women over 50, Mark LaBarge, PhD, a researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) ...
Cancer
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Study unmasks regulator of healthy life span
A new series of studies in mouse models by Mayo Clinic researchers uncovered that the aging process is characterized by high rates of whole-chromosome losses and gains in various organs, including heart, muscle, kidney and ...
Medical research
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Study unravels biological pathway that controls the leakiness of blood vessels
(Medical Xpress)—A research team led by scientists at Mayo Clinic in Florida have decoded the entire pathway that regulates leakiness of blood vessels—a condition that promotes a wide number of disorders, such as heart ...
Medical research
Dec 17, 2012 |
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PR+ cells add prognostic value in luminal A breast cancer
(HealthDay)—Semiquantitative immunohistochemical expression of progesterone receptor-positive tumor cells improves prediction of survival within luminal A breast cancers, according to a study published ...
Cancer
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Study uncovers mechanism used by BRCA1 to suppress tumors
A new study by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers reveals how a well-known tumor suppressor gene may be functioning to stop cancer cell growth.
Cancer
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Scientists identify a new layer of complexity within colon cancer
Cancer scientists led by Dr. John Dick at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have found a way to follow single tumour cells and observe their growth over time. By using special immune-deficient mice to propagate human colorectal ...
Cancer
Dec 13, 2012 |
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'Two-faced' cells discovered in colon cancer: Immune cells can suppress or promote tumor growth
Northwestern Medicine researchers have discovered a "two-faced" group of cells at work in human colon cancer, with opposing functions that can suppress or promote tumor growth. These cells are a subset of T-regulatory (Treg) ...
Cancer
Dec 13, 2012 |
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MicroRNA-218 targets medulloblastoma, most aggressive childhood brain cancer
Between the blueprint of the genome and the products of its expression lie microRNAs, which can boost or lower the rate at which genes become stuff. In fact, many cancers use microRNA to magnify the expression of faulty genes ...
Cancer
Dec 13, 2012 |
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Researchers say effective immunotherapy for melanoma hinges on blocking suppressive factors
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Center have found that delayed tumor growth and enhanced survival of mice bearing melanoma were possible by blocking the reconstitution of myeloid-derived suppressor cells ...
Immunology
Dec 11, 2012 |
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Novel drug therapy targets aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and the seventh most frequently diagnosed cancer. The most chemotherapy resistant form of DLBCL, called activated B-cell – DLBCL ...
Cancer
Dec 10, 2012 |
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SABCS: no benefit in extending trastuzumab in HER2 breast CA
(HealthDay)—For patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive early-stage breast cancer, one year of adjuvant trastuzumab should remain the standard of care, according to a study ...
Cancer
Dec 07, 2012 |
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