Many lung cancers are driven by mutations in the epidermal growth-factor receptor (EGFR), and so it makes sense that many successful modern treatments block EGFR activity. Unfortunately, cancers inevitably evolve around EGFR ...
Jun 29, 2012
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers based out of Harvard and Brigham Young Women’s Hospital have found compelling evidence that suggests “retrotransposon movement in somatic cells” - DNA sequences that jump (make ...
Jun 29, 2012
When an elderly Indian patient came to Dr V. Seetharaman with persistent pain in his eye, what the surgeon found was reminiscent of a far-fetched alien movie plot: a live, 13 centimetre-long worm.
Jun 29, 2012
(Medical Xpress) -- Elderly patients having gallbladder surgery may be more at risk depending on where they are treated.
Jun 29, 2012
(Medical Xpress) -- Patients who receive early treatment for their psychoses recover more quickly and become healthier in the long run. Ten years on, twice as many of these patients are leading healthy lives compared with ...
Jun 29, 2012
(Medical Xpress) -- The discovery of a new drug for liver cancer by researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and local medical practitioner has born fruit. After completing clinical trials locally, the ...
Jun 29, 2012
(Medical Xpress) -- Australian scientists have overcome one of the most pressing problems facing the pharmaceutical industry – how to create antibodies that are stable enough to meet stringent requirements necessary ...
Jun 29, 2012
(Medical Xpress) -- Behavioral problems in preschoolers may mirror the intensity and frequency of their parents’ marital conflict and signal possible child maltreatment, suggests a new study co-written by Jun Sung Hong, ...
Jun 29, 2012
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