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Study finds mutations linked to relapse of childhood leukemia

After an intensive three-year hunt through the genome, medical researchers have pinpointed mutations that leads to drug resistance and relapse in the most common type of childhood cancer—the first time anyone has linked ...

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Drug-resistant melanoma tumors shrink when therapy is interrupted

Researchers in California and Switzerland have discovered that melanomas that develop resistance to the anti-cancer drug vemurafenib (marketed as Zelboraf), also develop addiction to the drug, an observation ...

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Gene variations linked to lung cancer susceptibility in Asian women

An international group of scientists has identified three genetic regions that predispose Asian women who have never smoked to lung cancer. The finding provides further evidence that risk of lung cancer among ...

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Researchers quantify how many years of life are gained by being physically active

In a new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, researchers have quantified how many years of life are gained by being physically active at different ...

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New study links tanning beds to non-melanoma skin cancer

Indoor tanning beds can cause non-melanoma skin cancer – and the risk is greater the earlier one starts tanning, according to a new analysis led by UCSF.

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Reseach reveals genomic similarities between breast cancer, ovarian cancers

One subtype of breast cancer shares many genetic features with high-grade serous ovarian cancer, a cancer that is very difficult to treat, according to researchers supported by the National Institutes of ...

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New study finds chronic fatigue syndrome not linked to XMRV and pMLV viruses

The causes of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have long eluded scientists. In 2009, a paper in the journal Science linked the syndrome—sometimes called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)—to infection with a mouse retrovirus called ...

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Wnt5a protein critical to gut lining repair

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a protein essential to repairing the intestine's inner lining.

Medical research created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New nanoparticles that shut off cancer genes shrink tumors in mice

By sequencing cancer-cell genomes, scientists have discovered vast numbers of genes that are mutated, deleted or copied in cancer cells. This treasure trove is a boon for researchers seeking new drug targets, but it is nearly ...

Cancer created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study suggests new treatment target for glioblastoma multiforme

A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers published online today in Nature reveals new insight into why the most common, deadly kind of brain tumor in adults recurs and identifies a potential target ...

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Pioneering research shows drug can purge dormant HIV

Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have published pioneering research showing that a drug used to treat certain types of lymphoma was able to dislodge hidden virus in patients receiving treatment ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genomic study shows colon and rectal tumors constitute a single type of cancer

The pattern of genomic alterations in colon and rectal tissues is the same regardless of anatomic location or origin within the colon or the rectum, leading researchers to conclude that these two cancer types ...

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Scientists find that chromosomal abnormalities are associated with aging and cancer

(Medical Xpress) -- Two new studies have found that large structural abnormalities in chromosomes, some of which have been associated with increased risk of cancer, can be detected in a small fraction of people without a ...

Genetics created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physicists, biologists unite to expose how cancer spreads

(Medical Xpress)—Cancer cells that can break out of a tumor and invade other organs are more aggressive and nimble than nonmalignant cells, according to a new multi-institutional nationwide study. These ...

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Battery of tests on cancer cells shows them as 'squishy,' yet tactically strong

A team of student researchers and their professors from 20 laboratories around the country have gotten a new view of cancer cells. The work could shed light on the transforming physical properties of these cells as they metastasize, ...

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