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HRT treatment raises risk of ovarian cancer, says study
Women who undergo hormone replacement therapy have ‘significantly increased’ risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to major research Continue reading...
Women who undergo hormone replacement therapy have ‘significantly increased’ risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to major research Continue reading...
Health
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Friday, Feb 13, 2015, 7:25am
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Friday, Feb 13, 2015, 7:25am
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Scientists have found a way to ‘unboil’ eggs – and it could be a life-saver
It may not sound like the most useful of scientific endeavours, but the methods used to turn a hard-boiled egg back into its liquid state could bring major benefits to areas as diverse as cheese-making and cancer research
It may not sound like the most useful of scientific endeavours, but the methods used to turn a hard-boiled egg back into its liquid state could bring major benefits to areas as diverse as cheese-making and cancer research
Chemistry
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015, 9:02am
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015, 9:02am
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When tumours meet fashion
When a scientist and a fashion designer get together, they make cancer research tangible. Scientist Esther Baena and fashion designer Arielle Gogh from team Transmutation, Descience, talk about their experience
When a scientist and a fashion designer get together, they make cancer research tangible. Scientist Esther Baena and fashion designer Arielle Gogh from team Transmutation, Descience, talk about their experience
Cancer
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Monday, Oct 13, 2014, 7:51pm
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Monday, Oct 13, 2014, 7:51pm
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When Patients Set Science's Research Agenda, Who Loses?
Tired of waiting for a cure for breast cancer, a coalition of activists now leans hard on Congress to steer money to particular research projects. Critics say that approach may miss promising leads.
Tired of waiting for a cure for breast cancer, a coalition of activists now leans hard on Congress to steer money to particular research projects. Critics say that approach may miss promising leads.
Science Politics
Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Sep 17, 2014, 7:20am
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Sep 17, 2014, 7:20am
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Epigenetics 101, part 2: cancer, chaos and chemo
As explained in part 1, epigenetics chemical modifications to DNA and proteins can profoundly affect gene activity. But epigenetics also plays an important role in cancer, and research in this field may be opening up potential new treatment options Continue reading...
As explained in part 1, epigenetics chemical modifications to DNA and proteins can profoundly affect gene activity. But epigenetics also plays an important role in cancer, and research in this field may be opening up potential new treatment options Continue reading...
Genetics
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Friday, Jun 20, 2014, 8:15am
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Friday, Jun 20, 2014, 8:15am
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Cancer isn't the only disease that needs more research
Lots of serious disorders need extra funding but may lose out if cancer is singled out for special treatment
Lots of serious disorders need extra funding but may lose out if cancer is singled out for special treatment
Health
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014, 7:39am
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014, 7:39am
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Ovarian cancer: US trial boosts hope of early detection
US research suggests possibility of spotting common but hard-to-detect cancer in time to save lives
US research suggests possibility of spotting common but hard-to-detect cancer in time to save lives
Cancer
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Monday, Aug 26, 2013, 7:30am
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Monday, Aug 26, 2013, 7:30am
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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 metastatic spread in mouse models of prostate, breast and lung cancer. The findings suggest that a prosaposin-based drug could potentially block metastasis in a va
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 metastatic spread in mouse models of prostate, breast and lung cancer. The findings suggest that a prosaposin-based drug could potentially block metastasis in a va
Cancer
Source: Boston Children's Hospital
Posted on: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 1:00pm
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Source: Boston Children's Hospital
Posted on: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 1:00pm
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Researchers discover master regulator that drives majority of lymphoma
A soon-to-be-tested class of drug inhibitors were predicted to help a limited number of patients with B-cell lymphomas with mutations affecting the EZH2 protein. However, a research team, led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College, now report that these agents may, in fact, help a much broader cross section of lymphoma patients.
A soon-to-be-tested class of drug inhibitors were predicted to help a limited number of patients with B-cell lymphomas with mutations affecting the EZH2 protein. However, a research team, led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College, now report that these agents may, in fact, help a much broader cross section of lymphoma patients.
Cancer
Source: Weill Cornell Medical College
Posted on: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 12:15pm
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Source: Weill Cornell Medical College
Posted on: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 12:15pm
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Your immune system: On surveillance in the war against cancer
Predicting outcomes for cancer patients based on tumor-immune system interactions is an emerging clinical approach, and new research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is advancing the field when it comes to the most deadly types of breast cancer.
Predicting outcomes for cancer patients based on tumor-immune system interactions is an emerging clinical approach, and new research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is advancing the field when it comes to the most deadly types of breast cancer.
Cancer
Source: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Posted on: Monday, May 13, 2013, 11:30am
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Source: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Posted on: Monday, May 13, 2013, 11:30am
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Mapping the embryonic epigenome
A large, multi-institutional research team involved in the NIH Epigenome Roadmap Project has published a sweeping analysis in the current issue of the journal Cell of how genes are turned on and off to direct early human development. Led by Bing Ren of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Joseph Ecker of The Salk Institute for Biological St
A large, multi-institutional research team involved in the NIH Epigenome Roadmap Project has published a sweeping analysis in the current issue of the journal Cell of how genes are turned on and off to direct early human development. Led by Bing Ren of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Joseph Ecker of The Salk Institute for Biological St
Genetics
Source: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Posted on: Monday, May 13, 2013, 10:30am
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Source: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Posted on: Monday, May 13, 2013, 10:30am
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Exercise-related changes in estrogen metabolism may lower breast cancer risk
Changes in estrogen breakdown, or metabolism, may be one of the mechanisms by which aerobic exercise lowers a woman's breast cancer risk, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Changes in estrogen breakdown, or metabolism, may be one of the mechanisms by which aerobic exercise lowers a woman's breast cancer risk, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Cancer
Source: American Association for Cancer Research
Posted on: Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 4:45pm
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Source: American Association for Cancer Research
Posted on: Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 4:45pm
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Scripps Research Institute scientists find dissimilar proteins evolved similar 7-part shape
Solving the structure of a critical human molecule involved in cancer, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found what they call a good example of structural conservation—dissimilar genes that keep very similar shapes.
Solving the structure of a critical human molecule involved in cancer, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found what they call a good example of structural conservation—dissimilar genes that keep very similar shapes.
Evolution
Source: Scripps Research Institute
Posted on: Thursday, May 02, 2013, 1:00pm
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Source: Scripps Research Institute
Posted on: Thursday, May 02, 2013, 1:00pm
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A shift in endometrial cancer
A study from the Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, led by the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute, report that mutations discovered in endometrial cancer genes may directly impact treatment plans for women with aggressive endometrial cancer, as well as the classification of endometrial cancer tumors.
A study from the Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, led by the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute, report that mutations discovered in endometrial cancer genes may directly impact treatment plans for women with aggressive endometrial cancer, as well as the classification of endometrial cancer tumors.
Cancer
Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Posted on: Thursday, May 02, 2013, 11:30am
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Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Posted on: Thursday, May 02, 2013, 11:30am
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How does pregnancy reduce breast cancer risk?
Being pregnant while young is known to protect a women against breast cancer. But why? Research in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research finds that Wnt/Notch signalling ratio is decreased in the breast tissue of mice which have given birth, compared to virgin mice of the same age.
Being pregnant while young is known to protect a women against breast cancer. But why? Research in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research finds that Wnt/Notch signalling ratio is decreased in the breast tissue of mice which have given birth, compared to virgin mice of the same age.
Cancer
Source: BioMed Central
Posted on: Monday, Apr 29, 2013, 11:30am
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Source: BioMed Central
Posted on: Monday, Apr 29, 2013, 11:30am
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Gene sequencing project finds new mutations to blame for a majority of brain tumor subtype
The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified mutations responsible for more than half of a subtype of childhood brain tumor that takes a high toll on patients. Researchers also found evidence the tumors are susceptible to drugs already in development.
The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified mutations responsible for more than half of a subtype of childhood brain tumor that takes a high toll on patients. Researchers also found evidence the tumors are susceptible to drugs already in development.
Genetics
Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Posted on: Monday, Apr 15, 2013, 1:30pm
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Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Posted on: Monday, Apr 15, 2013, 1:30pm
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Study reveals that chemotherapy works in an unexpected way
It's generally thought that anticancer chemotherapies work like antibiotics do, by directly killing off what's harmful. But new research published online on April 4 in the Cell Press journal Immunity shows that effective chemotherapies actually work by mobilizing the body's own immune cells to fight cancer. Researchers found that chemo-treated dying tumors secrete a factor that attracts cer
It's generally thought that anticancer chemotherapies work like antibiotics do, by directly killing off what's harmful. But new research published online on April 4 in the Cell Press journal Immunity shows that effective chemotherapies actually work by mobilizing the body's own immune cells to fight cancer. Researchers found that chemo-treated dying tumors secrete a factor that attracts cer
Cancer
Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Friday, Apr 05, 2013, 11:30am
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Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Friday, Apr 05, 2013, 11:30am
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Mechanism of mutant histone protein in childhood brain cancer revealed
Most cancer treatments are blunt. In an attempt to eradicate tumors, oncologists often turn to radiation or chemotherapy, which can damage healthy tissue along with the cancerous growths. New research from C. David Allis' laboratory at Rockefeller University may bring scientists closer to designing cancer therapeutics that can target tumors with pinpoint accuracy.
Most cancer treatments are blunt. In an attempt to eradicate tumors, oncologists often turn to radiation or chemotherapy, which can damage healthy tissue along with the cancerous growths. New research from C. David Allis' laboratory at Rockefeller University may bring scientists closer to designing cancer therapeutics that can target tumors with pinpoint accuracy.
Molecular Biology
Source: Rockefeller University
Posted on: Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013, 11:00am
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Source: Rockefeller University
Posted on: Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013, 11:00am
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Compounds found that alter cell signaling, could lead to new breast cancer treatments
Using a broad spectrum of analytical tools, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered a class of novel compounds that can alter cell signaling activity, resulting in a variety of responses including a strong anti-inflammatory effect. These findings could lead to new strategies for treating diseases such as breast cancer
Using a broad spectrum of analytical tools, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered a class of novel compounds that can alter cell signaling activity, resulting in a variety of responses including a strong anti-inflammatory effect. These findings could lead to new strategies for treating diseases such as breast cancer
Molecular Biology
Source: Scripps Research Institute
Posted on: Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013, 8:45am
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Source: Scripps Research Institute
Posted on: Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013, 8:45am
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New lung cancer study takes page from Google's playbook
The same sort of mathematical model used to predict which websites people are most apt to visit is now showing promise in helping map how lung cancer spreads in the human body, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer Research.
The same sort of mathematical model used to predict which websites people are most apt to visit is now showing promise in helping map how lung cancer spreads in the human body, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer Research.
Cancer
Source: University of Southern California
Posted on: Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013, 11:30am
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Source: University of Southern California
Posted on: Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013, 11:30am
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Researchers identify fish protein that may inhibit cancer metastasis
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified a peptide, or protein, derived from Pacific cod that may inhibit prostate cancer and possibly other cancers from spreading, according to preclinical research published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified a peptide, or protein, derived from Pacific cod that may inhibit prostate cancer and possibly other cancers from spreading, according to preclinical research published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Cancer
Source: University of Maryland Medical Center
Posted on: Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013, 1:15pm
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Source: University of Maryland Medical Center
Posted on: Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013, 1:15pm
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Tenfold boost in ability to pinpoint proteins in cancer cells
Better diagnosis and treatment of cancer could hinge on the ability to better understand a single cell at its molecular level. New research offers a more comprehensive way of analyzing one cell's unique behavior, using an array of colors to show patterns that could indicate why a cell will or won't become cancerous.
Better diagnosis and treatment of cancer could hinge on the ability to better understand a single cell at its molecular level. New research offers a more comprehensive way of analyzing one cell's unique behavior, using an array of colors to show patterns that could indicate why a cell will or won't become cancerous.
Cancer
Source: University of Washington
Posted on: Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013, 10:45am
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Source: University of Washington
Posted on: Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013, 10:45am
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Gene profile may help identify risk for hormone-sensitive, hormone-insensitive breast cancer
The overexpression or underexpression of a newly identified set of genes related to lipid metabolism may help physicians identify whether or not a woman is at risk for hormone receptor-positive or hormone receptor-negative breast cancer and to subsequently tailor prevention strategies appropriately, according to data published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the A
The overexpression or underexpression of a newly identified set of genes related to lipid metabolism may help physicians identify whether or not a woman is at risk for hormone receptor-positive or hormone receptor-negative breast cancer and to subsequently tailor prevention strategies appropriately, according to data published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the A
Genetics
Source: American Association for Cancer Research
Posted on: Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013, 10:15am
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Source: American Association for Cancer Research
Posted on: Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013, 10:15am
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Immortality gene mutation identifies brain tumors and other cancers
Newly identified mutations in a gene that makes cells immortal appear to play a pivotal role in three of the most common types of brain tumors, as well as cancers of the liver, tongue and urinary tract, according to research led by Duke Cancer Institute.
Newly identified mutations in a gene that makes cells immortal appear to play a pivotal role in three of the most common types of brain tumors, as well as cancers of the liver, tongue and urinary tract, according to research led by Duke Cancer Institute.
Neuroscience
Source: Duke University Medical Center
Posted on: Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013, 10:00am
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Source: Duke University Medical Center
Posted on: Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013, 10:00am
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Hope for threatened Tasmanian devils
New research paves the way for the development of a vaccine for the Tasmanian devil, currently on the brink of extinction because of a contagious cancer.
New research paves the way for the development of a vaccine for the Tasmanian devil, currently on the brink of extinction because of a contagious cancer.
Cancer
Source: University of Cambridge
Posted on: Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013, 12:15pm
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Source: University of Cambridge
Posted on: Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013, 12:15pm
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Visceral fat causally linked to intestinal cancer
Visceral fat, or fat stored deep in the abdominal cavity, is directly linked to an increased risk for colon cancer, according to data from a mouse study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Visceral fat, or fat stored deep in the abdominal cavity, is directly linked to an increased risk for colon cancer, according to data from a mouse study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Cancer
Source: American Association for Cancer Research
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 07, 2013, 11:15am
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Source: American Association for Cancer Research
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 07, 2013, 11:15am
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Tumors deliberately create conditions that inhibit body's best immune response
New research in the Journal of Clinical Investigationreveals that tumours in melanoma patients deliberately create conditions that knock out the body's 'premier' immune defence and instead attract a weaker immune response unable to kill off the tumour's cancerous cells.
New research in the Journal of Clinical Investigationreveals that tumours in melanoma patients deliberately create conditions that knock out the body's 'premier' immune defence and instead attract a weaker immune response unable to kill off the tumour's cancerous cells.
Cancer
Source: King's College London
Posted on: Monday, Mar 04, 2013, 11:15am
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Source: King's College London
Posted on: Monday, Mar 04, 2013, 11:15am
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Nearly 1 in 4 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer
A study by researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, has found that nearly one in four women (23 percent) newly diagnosed with breast cancer reported symptoms consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) shortly after diagnosis, with increased risk among black and Asian women. The research has been e-p
A study by researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, has found that nearly one in four women (23 percent) newly diagnosed with breast cancer reported symptoms consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) shortly after diagnosis, with increased risk among black and Asian women. The research has been e-p
Cancer
Source: Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Posted on: Friday, Mar 01, 2013, 4:45pm
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Source: Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Posted on: Friday, Mar 01, 2013, 4:45pm
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Researchers explore PKC role in lung disease
New research examines the role of PKC in airway smooth muscle contraction and raises the possibility that this enzyme could be a therapeutic target for treating asthma, COPD, and other lung diseases.
New research examines the role of PKC in airway smooth muscle contraction and raises the possibility that this enzyme could be a therapeutic target for treating asthma, COPD, and other lung diseases.
Cancer
Source: Rockefeller University Press
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013, 1:15pm
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Source: Rockefeller University Press
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013, 1:15pm
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Researchers discover 'Achilles' heel' for lymphoid leukemia
An international research team coordinated at the IRCM in Montréal found a possible alternative treatment for lymphoid leukemia. Led by Dr. Tarik Möröy, the IRCM's President and Scientific Director, the team discovered a molecule that represents the disease's "Achilles' heel" and could be targeted to develop a new approach that would reduce the adverse effects of current treatments such as chemoth
An international research team coordinated at the IRCM in Montréal found a possible alternative treatment for lymphoid leukemia. Led by Dr. Tarik Möröy, the IRCM's President and Scientific Director, the team discovered a molecule that represents the disease's "Achilles' heel" and could be targeted to develop a new approach that would reduce the adverse effects of current treatments such as chemoth
Cancer
Source: Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013, 2:00pm
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Source: Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013, 2:00pm
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