News tagged with tumor growth

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Proteins in DNA damage response network targeted for new therapies, researchers say

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of South Florida; Duke University; Johns Hopkins University; the Brazilian National Cancer Institute; and the Rio de Janeiro Federal ...

Medical research created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Key driver of metastasis identified

Scientists at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia have identified a key mechanism of metastasis that could lead to blocking tumor growth if their findings are confirmed.

Cancer created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study finds that less is more for common cancer drug

University of Georgia scientists have found that smaller, less toxic amounts of chemotherapy medicine given frequently to mice with human prostate cancer noticeably slowed tumor growth. The mice suffered fewer ...

Cancer created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Body's ibuprofen, SPARC, reduces inflammation and thus bladder cancer development and metastasis

Cancer researchers are increasingly aware that in addition to genetic mutations in a cancer itself, characteristics of the surrounding tissue can promote or suppress tumor growth. One of these important tissue characteristics ...

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Stem cell finding could advance immunotherapy for lung cancer

A University of Cincinnati (UC) Cancer Institute lung cancer research team reports that lung cancer stem cells can be isolated—and then grown—in a preclinical model, offering a new avenue for investigating immunotherapy ...

Cancer created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protein that helps tumor blood vessels mature could make cancer drugs more effective

Since anti-cancer drugs are carried to tumors by the bloodstream, abnormal blood vessel development can hamper delivery. In a paper published Aug. 14 in Cancer Cell, researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medica ...

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Researchers reveal how Trop2 protein drives tumor growth in prostate, other epithelial cancers

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers led by Tanya Stoyanova and Dr. Owen Witte of UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have determined how a protein known as Trop2 drives the growth ...

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Protein that represses critical checkpoint protein for cellular growth helps drive tumor development

(Medical Xpress)—One of the hallmarks of cancer is unchecked cellular growth. Fortunately, our cells contain a number of tumor suppressor proteins, including the cell cycle regulator p21, to keep cell growth ...

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Study links carcinogens to cancer stem cells -- but spinach can help

Researchers at Oregon State University for the first time have traced the actions of a known carcinogen in cooked meat to its complex biological effects on microRNA and cancer stem cells.

Cancer created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A hijacking of healthy cellular circuits

Proteins that control cell growth are often mutated in cancer, and their aberrant signaling drives the wild proliferation of cells that gives rise to tumors. One such protein, the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), ...

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hedgehog pathway key in tamoxifen-resistant breast CA

(HealthDay)—Noncanonical Hedgehog (Hh) signaling is activated in tamoxifen-resistant tumors, and the phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor/protein kinase B (PI3K/AKT) pathway plays a key role protecting Hh ...

Cancer created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research: Lupus drugs carry no significant cancer risk for patients

People who take immunosuppressive drugs to treat lupus do not necessarily increase their cancer risk according to new research led by scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC). ...

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Metabolic protein wields phosphate group to activate cancer-promoting genes

A metabolic protein that nourishes cancer cells also activates tumor-promoting genes by loosening part of the packaging that entwines DNA to make up chromosomes, a team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson ...

Cancer created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Cell senescence does not stop tumor growth

Since cancer cells grow indefinitely, it is commonly believed that senescence could act as a barrier against tumor growth and potentially be used as a way to treat cancer. A collaboration between a cancer biologist from the ...

Cancer created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Arsenic turns stem cells cancerous, spurring tumor growth

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered how exposure to arsenic can turn normal stem cells into cancer stem cells and spur tumor growth. Inorganic arsenic, which affects the drinking water of millions ...

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