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Development Of Synthetic Platelets

Jun 01, 2012

Synthetic platelets have been developed by UC Santa Barbara researchers, in collaboration with researchers at Scripps Research Institute and Sanford-Burnham Institute in La Jolla, Calif. Their findings are published in the journal Advanced Materials in a paper titled "Platelet Mimetic Particles for Targeting Thrombi in Flowing Blood... Read More

Development Of Synthetic Platelets

Jun 01, 2012

Synthetic platelets have been developed by UC Santa Barbara researchers, in collaboration with researchers at Scripps Research Institute and Sanford-Burnham Institute in La Jolla, Calif. Their findings are published in the journal Advanced Materials in a paper titled "Platelet Mimetic Particles for Targeting Thrombi in Flowing Blood... Read More

Personalizing Exercise For People With Cancer

May 31, 2012

Exercise generally helps the nation's 12 million cancer survivors, and researchers are working toward being able to prove, with scientific certainty, that prescriptions for daily yoga or 20 minutes of walking will likely extend a patient's survival... Read More

Personalizing Exercise For People With Cancer

May 31, 2012

Exercise generally helps the nation's 12 million cancer survivors, and researchers are working toward being able to prove, with scientific certainty, that prescriptions for daily yoga or 20 minutes of walking will likely extend a patient's survival... Read More

The Same Gene That Makes Kids Grow Too Fast Can Also Cause Stunted Growth

May 31, 2012

UCLA geneticists have identified the mutation responsible for IMAGe syndrome, a rare disorder that stunts infants' growth. The twist? The mutation occurs on the same gene that causes Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, which makes cells grow too fast, leading to very large children... Read More

The Same Gene That Makes Kids Grow Too Fast Can Also Cause Stunted Growth

May 31, 2012

UCLA geneticists have identified the mutation responsible for IMAGe syndrome, a rare disorder that stunts infants' growth. The twist? The mutation occurs on the same gene that causes Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, which makes cells grow too fast, leading to very large children... Read More

Huge Childhood Cancer DNA Catalogue Released

May 31, 2012

By releasing a huge catalogue of complete DNA data on childhood cancers to the global scientific community, a team at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, in the US, hopes to speed up progress in finding causes and new treatments for cancer and other diseases. The catalogue contains whole genome sequences, essentially complete DNA maps, from 260 child cancer patients... Read More

Huge Childhood Cancer DNA Catalogue Released

May 31, 2012

By releasing a huge catalogue of complete DNA data on childhood cancers to the global scientific community, a team at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, in the US, hopes to speed up progress in finding causes and new treatments for cancer and other diseases. The catalogue contains whole genome sequences, essentially complete DNA maps, from 260 child cancer patients... Read More

Men With Metastatic Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer Benefit From Cabazitaxel When Docetaxel Is No Longer An Option

May 31, 2012

Cabazitaxel (trade name: Jevtana®) has been approved since March 2011 in men with metastatic prostate cancer who no longer respond to conventional therapy with hormone blockers and have already been pre-treated with the cytostatic drug docetaxel... Read More

Men With Metastatic Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer Benefit From Cabazitaxel When Docetaxel Is No Longer An Option

May 31, 2012

Cabazitaxel (trade name: Jevtana®) has been approved since March 2011 in men with metastatic prostate cancer who no longer respond to conventional therapy with hormone blockers and have already been pre-treated with the cytostatic drug docetaxel... Read More

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