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Effects of stress on brain cells offer clues to new anti-depressant drugs
Research from King's College London reveals the detailed mechanism behind how stress hormones reduce the number of new brain cells - a process considered to be linked to depression. The researchers identified a key protein ...
Neuroscience
May 06, 2013 |
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Breakthrough cancer-killing treatment has no side-effects, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Cancer painfully ends more than 500,000 lives in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The scientific crusade against cancer recently ...
Cancer
Apr 03, 2013 |
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Gene associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis identified
Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan have identified the first gene to be associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (also called AIS) across Asian and Caucasian ...
Genetics
May 12, 2013 |
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Discovery pinpoints cause of two types of leukemia, providing insights into new treatment approach
(Medical Xpress)—Patients with two forms of leukemia, who currently have no viable treatment options, may benefit from existing drugs developed for different types of cancer, according to a study conducted by researchers ...
Cancer
May 10, 2013 |
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Exercise could reduce bone tumor growth
(Medical Xpress)—Weight-bearing exercise, often prescribed to combat bone loss, might have anti-cancer effects. Cornell biomedical researchers report that mechanical stimulation of cancerous bone, in making ...
Cancer
May 07, 2013 |
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Scientists assemble genetic playbook for acute leukemia
A team of researchers led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified virtually all of the major mutations that drive acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a fast-growing blood cancer ...
Cancer
May 01, 2013 |
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Disrupting cell signals may lead to new cancer treatments
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have taken a major step towards developing new treatments for certain cancers by disrupting the internal cellular signals that lead to the uncontrolled growth of cancerous cells.
Cancer
Apr 29, 2013 |
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Gene clues point to Cambodia for resistant malaria
Gene analysis of malaria parasites has pinpointed western Cambodia as the hotspot of strains that are dangerously resistant to artesiminin, the frontline drug against the disease, scientists said on Sunday.
Genetics
Apr 28, 2013 |
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Team deploys hundreds of tiny untethered surgical tools in first animal biopsies
(Medical Xpress)—By using swarms of untethered grippers, each as small as a speck of dust, Johns Hopkins engineers and physicians say they have devised a new way to perform biopsies that could provide a ...
Medical research
Apr 23, 2013 |
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Deficiency in p53 anti-tumor protein delays DNA repair after radiation
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have found that a deficiency in an important anti-tumor protein, p53, can slow or delay DNA repair after radiation treatment. They suggest that this is because p53 regulates the expression ...
Cancer
Apr 23, 2013 |
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Radioactive bacteria targets metastatic pancreatic cancer
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a therapy for pancreatic cancer that uses Listeria bacteria to selectively infect tumor cells and deliver radioisotopes into them. The ex ...
Cancer
Apr 22, 2013 |
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Discovery opens door for breast, prostate cancer treatments
(Medical Xpress)—A team of Western Australian cancer researchers interested in the strong link between hormones and cancer have discovered three new molecules that may have an important role to play in ...
Cancer
Apr 22, 2013 |
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Mathematical models out-perform doctors in predicting cancer patients' responses to treatment
Mathematical prediction models are better than doctors at predicting the outcomes and responses of lung cancer patients to treatment, according to new research presented today (Saturday) at the 2nd Forum of the European Society ...
Cancer
Apr 20, 2013 |
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High levels of glutamate in brain may kick-start schizophrenia
An excess of the brain neurotransmitter glutamate may cause a transition to psychosis in people who are at risk for schizophrenia, reports a study from investigators at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) published ...
Neuroscience
Apr 18, 2013 |
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Researchers abuzz over caffeine as cancer-cell killer
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Alberta are abuzz after using fruit flies to find new ways of taking advantage of caffeine's lethal effects on cancer cells—results that could one day ...
Cancer
Apr 18, 2013 |
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