News tagged with growth
Major clinical trial finds no link between genetic risk factors and 2 top wet AMD treatments
New findings from a landmark clinical trial show that although certain gene variants may predict whether a person is likely to develop age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a potentially blinding eye disease that afflicts ...
Ophthalmology
Feb 12, 2013 |
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New details on the molecular machinery of cancer
Researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley have provided important new details into the activation of the epidermal growth factor ...
Cancer
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Study suggests tightening up of criteria for definition of intrauterine growth restriction
In a study to be presented on February 14 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will report that the practice of using an arbitrary Estimated Fetal ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Researchers show how blood vessels regroup after stroke
Rice scientists simulate "robot" cells to study the development of microvascular systems in the brain. The goal is to find a way to direct the development of vessels that feed oxygen-starved cells in stroke ...
Medical research
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Female athletes overcome adversity
Elite female athletes often feel a sense of isolation and pressure to tackle personal and professional adversity on their own—even while struggling with issues such as bullying, eating disorders, depression ...
Health
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Reassuring evidence: Anticancer drug does not accelerate tumor growth after treatment ends
Studies in animals have raised concerns that tumors may grow faster after the anticancer drug sunitinib is discontinued. But oncologists and physicists who collaborated to analyze data from the largest study ...
Cancer
Feb 07, 2013 |
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Finding challenges accepted view of MS: Unexpectedly, damaged nerve fibers survive
(Medical Xpress)—Multiple sclerosis, a brain disease that affects over 400,000 Americans, causes movement difficulties and many neurologic symptoms. MS has two key elements: The nerves that direct muscular ...
Neuroscience
Feb 06, 2013 |
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Some cancer mutations slow tumor growth
A typical cancer cell has thousands of mutations scattered throughout its genome and hundreds of mutated genes. However, only a handful of those genes, known as drivers, are responsible for cancerous traits ...
Cancer
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Researchers reveal mechanism to halt cancer cell growth, discover potential therapy
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) researchers have uncovered a technique to halt the growth of cancer cells, a discovery that led them to a potential new anti-cancer therapy.
Cancer
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Bioelectric signals can be used to detect early cancer
Biologists at Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences have discovered a bioelectric signal that can identify cells that are likely to develop into tumors. The researchers also found that they could lower ...
Medical research
Feb 01, 2013 |
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Placental blood flow can influence malaria during pregnancy
Malaria in pregnancy causes a range of adverse effects, including abortions, stillbirths, premature delivery and low infant birth weight. Many of these effects are thought to derive from a placental inflammatory ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 31, 2013 |
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Better way to culture central nervous cells found
A protein associated with neuron damage in people with Alzheimer's disease is surprisingly useful in promoting neuron growth in the lab, according to a new study by engineering researchers at Brown University. ...
Medical research
Jan 29, 2013 |
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Preclinical study identifies 'master' proto-oncogene that regulates ovarian cancer metastasis
Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered the signaling pathway whereby a master regulator of cancer cell proteins – known as Src – leads to ovarian cancer progression when exposed ...
Cancer
Jan 29, 2013 |
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Messenger substance and signalling molecule influence the development of the skin's immune cells
A signalling molecule known as Axl has been discovered on immune cells of the epidermis. This recently published finding provides new insight into the development of important skin immune cells known as Langerhans ...
Medical research
Jan 29, 2013 |
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New discovery shows genetic causes of rare bone condition
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered two new genetic causes of craniosynostosis, a rare bone condition that can inhibit brain growth in children.
Genetics
Jan 29, 2013 |
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