The same property of thalidomide that caused birth defects when it was given to pregnant women—the inhibition of blood vessel formation (anti-angiogenesis)—has led to an interest in thalidomide's therapeutic utility in ...
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A groundbreaking study in the journal Nature Medicine suggests what could become the first effective treatment for a debilitating and fatal disease of the central nervous system called SCA1.
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Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a link between an enzyme tied to cancer formation and therapy resistance in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant non-small ...
Dec 10, 2018
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A pill has been shown to halve the risk of death from a certain type of lung cancer when taken daily after surgery to remove the tumor, according to clinical trial results presented on Sunday.
Jun 5, 2023
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The immune cells, called natural killer cells, hunt and destroy foreign cells in the body, including cancer cells that spread and form tumours.
Feb 26, 2016
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Eggshells can enhance the growth of new, strong bones needed in medical procedures, a team of UMass Lowell researchers has discovered.
Jul 8, 2019
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A breast cancer vaccine already shown to elicit a powerful immune response in women with varying levels of HER2 expression has the ability to improve recurrence rates and is well tolerated in an adjuvant setting, according ...
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Neuroscientists have long believed that scar tissue formed by glial cells—the cells that surround neurons in the central nervous system—impedes damaged nerve cells from regrowing after a brain or spinal cord injury. So ...
Mar 30, 2016
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Brown University researchers have traced a genetic deficiency implicated in autism in humans to specific molecular and cellular consequences that cause clear deficits in mice in how well neurons can grow the intricate branches ...
Sep 12, 2013
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After decades of research and two previous drug development attempts, things are looking promising for a team of University of Arizona researchers working on a less toxic treatment for a specific type of breast cancer.
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