Researchers from Kanazawa University retrospectively analyzed children with refractory or relapsed high-risk neuroblastoma who were treated with high-dose 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine at Kanazawa University Hospital. They ...
Jun 19, 2020
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One of the main functions of the liver is to detoxify compounds including drugs and toxicants to reduce toxic actions and to eliminate them from the human body, requiring a molecular interplay within a network of proteins. ...
Jun 10, 2020
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Understanding the genetic mutations and protein changes that take place in the progression of cancer is key to its treatment. Mutations in the gene TP53 and concomitant mutant p53 proteins in cancer cells have become notorious ...
May 18, 2020
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Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is an acute viral infection that usually affects infants and children of less than five years. In a study published in Scientific Reports in January 2020, an international research team ...
Apr 9, 2020
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Ependymoma is a rare form of brain cancer that implicates children and is often tricky to diagnose. Since effective treatment options can be initiated only after a well-formed diagnosis, there is a dire need among the medical ...
Mar 26, 2020
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During neuroendoscopic surgery of, for example, brain tumors, the characteristics of the operating space, usually narrower than that of other endoscopic surgeries, are determined by visual inspection through the endoscope. ...
Feb 19, 2020
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Researchers at Kanazawa University report in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology a promising novel approach for a combined treatment of the most common type of lung cancer and associated secondary cancers in the central nervous ...
Feb 7, 2020
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Although less often the focus of cancer research, recent studies have hinted at the possible importance of a type of protein known as nuclear transport receptors. Now researchers at Kanazawa University and collaborating institutions ...
Dec 17, 2019
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Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are multipotent cells that can develop into every type of blood cell in the body. They can also be used in medical research to understand and treat blood-based diseases. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) ...
Dec 2, 2019
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Contrary to popular belief, there may be more than one mechanism involved in microbial airway protection. Researchers from Japan and China have found an alternative mechanism that may be involved in fighting microbial infections.
Sep 25, 2019
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