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Worse side effects from chemotherapy experienced when biological rhythms interrupted
May 23, 2014
Patients receiving chemical treatment for cancer often suffer fatigue and body weight loss, two of the most worrying effects of this therapy linked to the alteration of their circadian rhythms. Read More
Tumor modeling predicts most effective drugs targeting brain cancer
May 23, 2014
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have used computer simulations of cancer cells - cancer avatars - to identify drugs most likely to kill... Read More
Height hormone offers target for fighting cancer and diabetes
May 22, 2014
After discovering which part of the growth hormone molecule switches on its receptor, researchers say it offers a target for drugs to fight cancer and diabetes. Read More
Scientists find new way to combat drug resistance in skin cancer
May 22, 2014
Rapid Resistance to vemurafenib - a treatment for a type of advanced melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer - could be prevented by blocking a druggable family of proteins, according to... Read More
Cholesterol plays a key role in cell migration
May 22, 2014
University of Barcelona's researchers led by Professor Carles Enrich, from the Department of Cell Biology, Immunology and Neurosciences of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Barcelona... Read More
Potentially viable drug from pine bark for the treatment of melanoma
May 22, 2014
A substance that comes from pine bark is a potential source for a new treatment of melanoma, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. Read More
How streptococcal bacteria can be used to fight colon cancer
May 22, 2014
Researchers at Western University (London, Canada) have shown how the bacteria primarily responsible for causing strep throat can be used to fight colon cancer. Read More
Double mastectomy 'not necessary' for most women, study says
May 22, 2014
Research from the University of Michigan finds that 70% of women who had both breasts removed following breast cancer diagnosis could have had a lumpectomy instead. Read More
Early steps of totipotency in sperm precursors uncovered
May 22, 2014
In the body, a skin cell will always be skin, and a heart cell will always be heart. Read More
Double mastectomy 'not necessary' for most women who receive one
May 22, 2014
Research from the University of Michigan finds that 70% of women who had both breasts removed following breast cancer diagnosis could have had a lumpectomy instead. Read More
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