Medical Xpess - uncontrolled cell division

Genetics

New genetic link found between normal fetal growth and cancer

Two researchers at the National Institutes of Health discovered a new genetic link between the rapid growth of healthy fetuses and the uncontrolled cell division in cancer. The findings shed light on normal development and ...

Apr 09, 2013

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Cancer

Team finds general mechanism that accelerates tumor development

ICREA professor Raúl Méndez publishes a study in Nature describing how the CPBE1 protein "takes the brakes off" the production of proteins associated with the cell switch from being healthy to tumorous. ...

Feb 24, 2013

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Cancer

Plant flavonoid luteolin blocks cell signaling pathways in colon cancer cells

Jan 23, 2012

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Cancer

Scientists find 'brake-override' proteins that enable development of some cancers

Scripps Research Institute scientists have discovered a basic mechanism that can enable developing cancer cells to sustain abnormal growth. The finding is expected to lead to the targeting of this mechanism with drugs and ...

Jul 07, 2011

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