Oncology & Cancer
Scientists uncover key piece to cancer cell survival puzzle
A chance meeting between two leading UK and US scientists could have finally helped solve a key mystery in cancer research.
Aug 7, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover new markers for breast cancer that may aid diagnoses, point to new therapies
(Medical Xpress)—The fight against breast cancer is never-ending, but Virginia Tech researchers in the Medical Informatics and Systems Division at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have found additional diagnostic markers ...
Jul 8, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Potential breast cancer drug performs well in early clinical trials
(Medical Xpress)—A drug previously studied to improve chemotherapy may be effective in treating patients with cancers related to the BRCA 1 or 2 genetic mutations, as well as patients with BRCA-like breast cancers, according ...
Jun 3, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetic profile predicts which bladder cancer patients will benefit from early chemotherapy
Three genetic changes can predict whether a patient will benefit from chemotherapy before surgery to remove bladder cancer, according to new findings presented by Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers during the 50th Annual ...
May 30, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies enzymes that help fix cancer-causing DNA defects
(Medical Xpress)—Purdue University researchers have identified an important enzyme pathway that helps prevent new cells from receiving too many or too few chromosomes, a condition that has been directly linked to cancer ...
Apr 23, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Bacterial gut biome may guide colon cancer progression
Colorectal cancer develops in what is probably the most complex environment in the human body, a place where human cells cohabitate with a colony of approximately 10 trillion bacteria, most of which are unknown. At the 2014 ...
Apr 4, 2014
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Immunology
Researchers uncover a new function for an important player in the immune response
IRCM researchers led by Javier M. Di Noia, PhD, uncovered a new function of AID, a crucial enzyme for the immune response. The discovery, recently published by the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
Mar 27, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Certain genetic variants may put bladder cancer patients at increased risk of recurrence
In the Western world, bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men and the eighth most common in women, with many patients experiencing recurrence after treatment. A new study published in BJU International indicates ...
Mar 26, 2014
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Neuroscience
Unravelling nerve-cell death in rare children's disease
A team of scientists, led by Stuart Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., professor and director of the Neuroscience and Aging Research Center at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham), recently discovered why cerebellar ...
Mar 25, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Enhancement of chemotherapy by prevention of tumor cell repair
Chemotherapies are cancer treatments that work by inducing lesions in the DNA of tumour cells in order to inhibit their proliferation. However, the body naturally tries to repair these lesions, and thus reduces the efficacy ...
Feb 20, 2014
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