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New Evidence Could Tip The Balance In Aspirin Cancer Prevention Care
Apr 11, 2012
A new report by American Cancer Society scientists says new data showing aspirin's potential role in reducing the risk of cancer death bring us considerably closer to the time when cancer prevention can be included in clinical guidelines for the use of aspirin in preventative care... Read More
Survivors Of Breast Cancer Suffer Treatment-Related Side Effects Long After Completing Care
Apr 11, 2012
More than 60 percent of breast cancer survivors report at least one treatment-related complication even six years after their diagnosis, according to a new study led by a researcher from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania... Read More
Genes Identified That May Help In Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis And Prognosis
Apr 11, 2012
Scientists from Duke University Medical Center have determined that genes acting as molecular "on/off" switches can define clinically relevant molecular subtypes of ovarian cancer, providing ideal potential targets for use in clinical prognostic and diagnostic testing. These bimodal genes can define tumor subtypes that have different overall prognoses and respond to different therapeutic regimens... Read More
Anti-Leukemic Effect Of Novel Compound Demonstrated In Zebrafish, Shows Promise For Human Treatment
Apr 11, 2012
A novel anti-leukemia compound with little toxicity successfully treated zebrafish with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), suggesting its potential to become a new highly targeted therapy for humans - even those resistant to conventional therapies - according to results from a study published online in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH)... Read More
Nano-Factories Could Make Drugs At Tumor Sites
Apr 11, 2012
A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US has designed nanoparticles that produce proteins when utraviolet (UV) light shines on them: they suggest the idea could be used to create "nano-factories" that make protein-based drugs at tumor sites to fight cancer... Read More
Risky Treatments With Larger Rewards Preferable To 'Safe Bets' For Cancer Patients
Apr 11, 2012
A new analysis provides a closer look at how much cancer patients value hope - with important implications for how insurers value treatment, particularly in end-of-life care... Read More
Targeting Single-Cell Cancer With 'Nanobubbles' Plus Chemotherapy
Apr 11, 2012
Using light-harvesting nanoparticles to convert laser energy into "plasmonic nanobubbles," researchers at Rice University, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) are developing new methods to inject drugs and genetic payloads directly into cancer cells... Read More
New Insight Into Cell Motility
Apr 11, 2012
Cells on the move reach forward with lamellipodia and filopodia, cytoplasmic sheets and rods supported by branched networks or tight bundles of actin filaments. Cells without functional lamellipodia are still highly motile but lose their ability to stay on track, report researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in the online issue of the Journal of Cell Biology... Read More
Improving The Delivery Of Standard Chemotherapy Drugs By Normalizing Tumor Blood Vessels
Apr 11, 2012
Combining two strategies designed to improve the results of cancer treatment - antiangiogenesis drugs and nanomedicines - may only be successful if the smallest nanomedicines are used... Read More
River Blindness Causing Black Flies May Aid In Treatment Of Heart Attacks
Apr 11, 2012
Black flies drink blood and spread disease such as river blindness - creating misery with their presence. A University of Georgia study, however, proves that the pesky insects can be useful. Don Champagne, an entomology professor with the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, discovered a way to use the black fly's blood-sucking tactics for medical advancement... Read More
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