Oncology & Cancer
Small bits of genetic material fight cancer's spread
(Medical Xpress)—A class of molecules called microRNAs may offer cancer patients two ways to combat their disease.
Oct 15, 2013
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News tagged with bone metastasis
Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals promising therapeutic approach for prostate cancer bone metastasis
In a study published in the journal Genes & Diseases, researchers from Army Medical University and Shenzhen University investigated the pivotal role of miR-18a-5p, a microRNA, in the development and progression of osteoblastic ...
Oct 9, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Changing cancer's environment to halt its spread
By studying the roles two proteins, thrombospondin-1 and prosaposin, play in discouraging cancer metastasis, a trans-Atlantic research team has identified a five-amino acid fragment of prosaposin that significantly reduces ...
May 21, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
How deep can a cell sense
National University of Singapore researchers discovered that mechanical cues from the porous microenvironment of the bone matrix could affect the proliferation of cancer cells.
Sep 20, 2017
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Medical research
MicroRNA that blocks bone destruction could offer new therapeutic target for osteoporosis
UT Southwestern cancer researchers have identified a promising molecule that blocks bone destruction and, therefore, could provide a potential therapeutic target for osteoporosis and bone metastases of cancer.
Jun 25, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
'Jekyll and Hyde'protein both prevents and spreads cancer
Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson tapped into primal fears when he penned "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," a 19th century novel about a sinister physician, raising the question, "Can evil and good exist in the same person?"
Feb 9, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Stress may switch on bone 'mets'
Stress stimulates the formation of blood vessels in bone and may help breast cancer cells to invade this organ.
Aug 10, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
New model can predict therapy outcomes in prostate cancer with bone metastasis
A new computational model that simulates bone metastasis of prostate cancer has the potential to rapidly assess experimental therapy outcomes and help develop personalized medicine for patients with this disease, according ...
May 1, 2014
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