Cancerous tumors are voracious. Once they have consumed all the oxygen and nutrients in the original tumor site, the cancer cells travel to other parts of the body (metastasize) to find more nourishment.
Feb 8, 2017
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Oxygen deprivation, or hypoxia, has been identified by A*STAR researchers as a key factor in switching the function of major cancer genes from tumor-promoting to tumor-suppressing in a breast cancer subtype, suggesting the ...
Jan 4, 2017
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An important parcel must be delivered to the correct place. It is so important that it can be a question of life or death. However, uneven streets and missing railings risk to bring it off the road and leave it undelivered. ...
Dec 12, 2016
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A single bout of sleep apnea impacts the human body's ability to regulate blood pressure.
Nov 17, 2016
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New insights into the potential for new classes of HIF inhibitors to restore control of the hypoxia response—representing the potential foundation of a new cancer-fighting strategy—are the focus of recently published ...
Sep 13, 2016
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The theory that weight gain is partly predetermined by our DNA, and not just a result of adult habits, has gained traction among obesity researchers. Now, scientists at A*STAR have discovered that epigenetic variations at ...
Dec 2, 2015
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Ethiopians have lived at high altitudes for thousands of years, providing a natural experiment for studying human adaptations to low oxygen, a condition known as hypoxia. One factor that may enable Ethiopians to tolerate ...
Aug 3, 2015
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A group of researchers from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, in collaboration with their Irish colleagues from the University College Cork, has studied the early response of cells to ischemia, which is a restriction ...
May 6, 2015
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Drugs that target insulin pathways to slow or stop the growth of brain tumors are going in the right direction but appear to be on the wrong track, according to new research at Rice University.
Apr 20, 2015
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Kidney cancer is the eighth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, with a five-year survival rate of 72.4 percent. At first glance, these survival rates compare advantageously to other seemingly deadlier cancers ...
Apr 6, 2015
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