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First Drug Targets Identified In Childhood Genetic Tumor Disorder

Two mutations central to the development of infantile myofibromatosis (IM) – a disorder characterized by multiple tumors involving the skin, bone, and soft tissue – may provide new therapeutic targets, according to researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai…

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First Drug Targets Identified In Childhood Genetic Tumor Disorder

Two mutations central to the development of infantile myofibromatosis (IM) – a disorder characterized by multiple tumors involving the skin, bone, and soft tissue – may provide new therapeutic targets, according to researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai…

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Two Gene Mutations Responsible For Infantile Myofibromatosis Identified

Researchers at Mount Sinai have identified two mutations responsible for the development of infantile myofibromatosis (IM) – a tumor disorder of the skin, bone, and tissue. The finding, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, is crucial for the development of treatment options for the disease, providing new therapeutic drug targets…

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Infantile myofibromatosis: First drug targets in childhood genetic tumor disorder

Two mutations central to the development of infantile myofibromatosis (IM) — a disorder characterized by multiple tumors involving the skin, bone, and soft tissue—may provide new therapeutic targets, according to researchers.

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Potential Therapeutic Target Discovered For Cushing’s Disease

Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a protein that drives the formation of pituitary tumors in Cushing’s disease, a development that may give clinicians a therapeutic target to treat this potentially life-threatening disorder…

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Using Microbubbles To Improve Cancer Therapy

Microbubbles decrease the time and acoustic power of ultrasound required to heat and destroy an embedded target, finds research in BioMed Central’s open access journal Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound. If these results can be replicated in the clinic, microbubbles could improve the efficiency of high intensity ultrasound treatment of solid tumors…

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New way to clear cholesterol from the blood

Researchers have identified a new potential therapeutic target for lowering cholesterol that could be an alternative or complementary therapy to statins.

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One specific microRNA promotes tumor growth and cancer spread

Researchers have determined that the overexpression of microRNA-155 (miR-155), a short, single strand of ribonucleic acid encoded by the miR-155 host gene, promotes the growth of blood vessels in tumors, tumor inflammation, and metastasis. As a therapeutic target, miR-155 could potentially provide a new avenue of treatment when targeted with drugs to suppress its activity.

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Creative project helps heal Valley cancer survivors

They’re participants in the California Oncology of the Central Valley’s Art of Life project, which links women who are survivors of cancer with Valley art instructors to co-create art that is therapeutic.

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Microscopy technique could be key to improving cancer treatments with targeted therapeutic drugs

For scientists to improve cancer treatments with targeted therapeutic drugs, they need to be able to see proteins prevalent in the cancer cells. This has been impossible, until now. Thanks to a new microscopy technique, medical researchers have now observed how clusters of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) — a protein abundant in lung and colon cancers, glioblastoma and others — malfunctions in cancer cells.

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