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How a tumor suppressor helps control changes in cell shape and motility that are central to metastasis
Oct 28, 2014
Ludwig Oxford researchers have discovered a key mechanism that governs how cells of the epithelia, the soft lining of inner body cavities, shift between a rigid, highly structured and immobile state... Read More
FDA approves new treatment for rare form of hemophilia
Oct 28, 2014
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Obizur [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant), Porcine Sequence] for the treatment of bleeding episodes in adults with acquired hemophilia A... Read More
New nanodevice to improve cancer treatment monitoring
Oct 28, 2014
In less than a minute, a miniature device developed at the University of Montreal can measure a patient's blood for methotrexate, a commonly used but potentially toxic cancer drug. Read More
In peripheral squamous cell carcinomas of the lung, prognostic factors identified
Oct 28, 2014
A better survival outcome is associated with low blood levels of squamous cell carcinoma antigen, or absence of tumor invasion either into the space between the lungs and chest wall or into blood... Read More
Mutation might make colorectal, endometrial tumors sensitive to new cancer drugs
Oct 28, 2014
Scientists say they have identified in about 20 percent of colorectal and endometrial cancers a genetic mutation that had been overlooked in recent large, comprehensive gene searches. Read More
How a tumor suppressor helps control changes in cell shape and motility that are central to metastasis
Oct 28, 2014
Ludwig Oxford researchers have discovered a key mechanism that governs how cells of the epithelia, the soft lining of inner body cavities, shift between a rigid, highly structured and immobile state... Read More
In peripheral squamous cell carcinomas of the lung, prognostic factors identified
Oct 28, 2014
A better survival outcome is associated with low blood levels of squamous cell carcinoma antigen, or absence of tumor invasion either into the space between the lungs and chest wall or into blood... Read More
Toxin-secreting stem cells engineered to treat brain tumors
Oct 28, 2014
Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have devised a new way to use stem cells in the fight against brain cancer. Read More
Mechanism uncovered for protein activator could play role in diagnosis and targeted therapy for colorectal cancer
Oct 27, 2014
Uncovering the mechanisms of a protein activator involved in promoting colorectal cancer, scientists from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey demonstrated that a small GTPase enzyme, known as... Read More
Dartmouth study measures breast cancer tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Oct 27, 2014
A Dartmouth study suggests that it may be possible to use Diffuse Optical Spectroscopic Tomographic imaging (DOST) to predict which patients will best respond to chemotherapy used to shrink breast... Read More
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