Oncology & Cancer
Power behind 'master' gene for cancer discovered
It's hard to believe, but there are similarities between bean sprouts and human cancer.
Nov 19, 2014
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Immunology
Survival molecule helps cancer cells hide from the immune system
A molecule that helps cancer cells evade programmed self-destruction, an internal source of death, might also help malignant cells hide from the immune system, an external source of death.
Oct 7, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene linked to development of skin cancer in mice
(Medical Xpress)—New research on an enzyme linked to cancer development shows that 37 percent of mice that produce excessive quantities of the enzyme developed skin tumors within four to 12 months of birth, and many of ...
Sep 23, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
New regions of genetic material are involved in the development of colon cancer
Most research on human cancer genes have been focused on the regions of the coding genome (exons) that are to be translated in the form of amino acids thus proteins. But just before each gene, there is a regulatory region ...
Jul 23, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Gut microbes turn carbs into colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer has been linked to carbohydrate-rich western diets, but the underlying mechanisms have been unclear. A study published by Cell Press July 17th in the journal Cell shows that gut microbes metabolize carbohydrates ...
Jul 17, 2014
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Medical research
Protein's structural shift offers clues to tumor suppression and other key cell functions
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers have discovered how one segment of an important regulatory protein changes shape so it can fulfill multiple roles in the life of cells, including tumor suppression. St. Jude Children's Research ...
Jul 3, 2014
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Genetics
Newly identified brain cancer mutation will aid drug development
A collaborative effort between Duke Medicine researchers and neurosurgeons and scientists in China has produced new genetic insights into a rare and deadly form of childhood and young adult brain cancer called brainstem glioma.
Jun 1, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Fast, simple-to-use assay reveals the 'family tree' of cancer metastases
A Massachusetts General Hospital-based research team has developed a simple assay that can reveal the evolutionary relationships between primary tumors and metastases within a patient, information that may someday help with ...
Apr 21, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
For good and ill, immune response to cancer cuts both ways
The difference between an immune response that kills cancer cells and one that conversely stimulates tumor growth can be as narrow as a "double-edged sword," report researchers at the University of California, San Diego School ...
Apr 7, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer and the Goldilocks effect: Too much or too little of a single enzyme may promote cancer
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that too little or too much of an enzyme called SRPK1 promotes cancer by disrupting a regulatory event critical for many fundamental cellular ...
Apr 3, 2014
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