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By 'feeling' their surroundings, platelets can modulate clotting behavior
Sep 24, 2014
Platelets, the tiny cell fragments whose job it is to stop bleeding, are very simple. They don't have a cell nucleus. Read More
Lung cancer diagnosis test may be less effective in areas where infectious lung disease is more common
Sep 23, 2014
An analysis of 70 studies finds that use of the diagnostic imaging procedure of fludeoxyglucose F18 (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) combined with computed tomography (CT) may not reliably... Read More
Could a blood test predict schizophrenia risk?
Sep 23, 2014
A new study suggests a blood test could predict which patients are at risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of psychosis, meaning they could receive earlier treatment. Read More
Canine lymphoma: new hope for beloved family pets
Sep 23, 2014
Nearly one out of four dogs will develop cancer in their lifetime and 20 per cent of those will be lymphoma cases. Read More
Experimental therapy stopped the metastasis of breast and ovarian cancers in lab mice
Sep 23, 2014
A team of Stanford researchers has developed a protein therapy that disrupts the process that causes cancer cells to break away from original tumor sites, travel through the blood stream and start... Read More
Canine lymphoma: new hope for beloved family pets
Sep 23, 2014
Nearly one out of four dogs will develop cancer in their lifetime and 20 per cent of those will be lymphoma cases. Read More
Study strengthens evidence that breastfeeding can help prevent aggressive breast cancer in African-Americans
Sep 23, 2014
A large collaborative study provides new evidence that African-American women may be able to significantly reduce their risk of developing aggressive forms of breast cancer by breastfeeding. Read More
DNA in 'gene deserts' linked with breast cancer
Sep 23, 2014
Even long stretches of DNA that contain no genes at all can affect the risk of breast cancer, by physically interacting with genes elsewhere, a new study reports. Read More
New cancer drug target involving lipid chemical messengers
Sep 23, 2014
More than half of human cancers have abnormally upregulated chemical signals related to lipid metabolism, yet how these signals are controlled during tumor formation is not fully understood. Read More
Strong association discovered between telomere length and increased risk of melanoma
Sep 23, 2014
A leading Dartmouth researcher, working with The Melanoma Genetics Consortium, GenoMEL, an international research consortium, co-authored a paper published in the Journal of the National Cancer... Read More
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