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Discovery Explains How A Class Of Chemotherapy Drugs Works

By on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 | No Comments

The well-being of living cells requires specialized squads of proteins that maintain order. Degraders chew up worn-out proteins, recyclers wrap up damaged organelles, and-most importantly-DNA repair crews restitch anything that resembles a broken chromosome. If repair is impossible, the crew foreman calls in executioners to annihilate a cell…

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UC San Diego study identifies two cancer drugs that may target a form of glioblastoma:

By on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, in collaboration with colleagues in Boston and South Korea, say they have identified a novel gene mutation that causes at least one form of glioblastoma (GBM), the most common type of malignant brain tumor… Perhaps more importantly, the researchers found that two drugs already being used to treat other forms of cancer effectively prolonged the survival of mice modeling this particular form of GBM.

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The Mayor & Me: Countdown to the New York City Marathon

By on Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 | No Comments

… inspiration, a group run through the city and, most importantly, some fundraising for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). As I previously confessed (and told him to his face …

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BVES butts heads with colorectal cancer

By on Tuesday, September 13th, 2011 | No Comments

… Once a cancer gains the ability to invade local tissues … junctional protein BVES regulates EMT in human colon cancer cells. Importantly, the team found that …

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Progressive telomere shortening characterizes familial breast cancer patients

By on Friday, July 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Telomeres of peripheral blood cells are significantly shorter in patients with familial breast cancer than in the general population. Results of the study carried out by a Human Genetics Group, to be published in open-access journal PLoS Genetics on July 28, reflect that familial, but not sporadic, breast cancer cases are characterized by shorter telomeres. Importantly, they also provide evidence for telomere shortening as a mechanism of the successively earlier onset of cancer down generations.

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Targeting Stem Cells To Combat Deadly Brain Cancer

By on Friday, July 8th, 2011 | No Comments

Researchers have uncovered a new target that could stop the growth of glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer. In the July 8th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, a new study identifies an enzyme found in glioma stem cells that allows them to grow and seed tumors. Importantly, normal stem cells, including those in the brain, don’t appear to share that same dependency…

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Louise’s idea could revolutionise the sunscreen market

By on Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 | No Comments

… way we put on our sun cream and most importantly reduce the risk of skin cancer to holidaymakers. Louise Kerr (21), who attends the University of Strathclyde, has come up …

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Promising new target for stifling the growth and spread of cancer

By on Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 | No Comments

Cancer and chronic inflammation are partners in peril, with the latter increasing the likelihood that malignant tumors will develop, grow and spread. Researchers say they’ve identified a tumor inflammation trigger that is common to most, if not all, cancers. And using existing inhibitory drugs, the scientists were able to dramatically decrease primary tumor growth in animal studies and, more importantly, halt tumor progression and metastasis.

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Breast Enlightenment Presents Breast Angel, the First Home Care Breast Health System, to Prevent Breast Cancer (PRN)

By on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 | No Comments

… Breast Enlightenment Presents Breast Angel, the First Home … importantly, what is not. Your monthly breast self-exams no longer have to be a dreaded …

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B.C. device could revolutionize skin-cancer detection

By on Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 | No Comments

… to catch melanoma the type of skin cancer that has the highest risk of becoming … McLean. More importantly, he adds, fewer early-stage skin cancers would go unnoticed. He notes that older …

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