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Study questions health benefits attributed to red wine compound
May 13, 2014
Despite several previous studies stating the contrary, a new study suggests resveratrol - an antioxidant found in red wine - does not decreases chances of developing CVD or cancer. Read More
Metastasis of ovarian cancer cells is more aggressive on soft tissues
May 13, 2014
When ovarian cancer spreads from the ovaries it almost always does so to a layer of fatty tissue that lines the gut. Read More
Some immune cells produce steroids
May 13, 2014
Researchers at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered that some immune cells turn themselves off by producing a steroid. Read More
Tumors shrank or disappeared in some pediatric patients with advanced neuroblastoma in a Phase I study
May 13, 2014
Tumors shrank or disappeared and disease progression was temporarily halted in 15 children with advanced neuroblastoma enrolled in a safety study of an experimental antibody produced at St. Read More
Drug delivery method sneaks drugs into cancer cells before triggering release
May 13, 2014
Biomedical engineering researchers have developed an anti-cancer drug delivery method that essentially smuggles the drug into a cancer cell before triggering its release. Read More
Genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer often not received by high-risk women
May 13, 2014
Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes account for nearly 25 percent of hereditary breast cancers and most hereditary ovarian cancers, yet a study by cancer prevention and control researchers at... Read More
Important insights into carcinoma-associated fibroblasts
May 13, 2014
A new paper by a team of researchers led by Zachary T. Schafer, Coleman Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, offers... Read More
Preventive health screening for low-income women: better or worse under new health care reform?
May 13, 2014
When Massachusetts enacted its own statewide health insurance reform in 2006, low-income women transitioned from receiving free, federally subsidized screening for breast and cervical cancer and... Read More
During surgery, recycling a patient's lost blood is better than using banked blood
May 13, 2014
Patients whose own red blood cells are recycled and given back to them during heart surgery have healthier blood cells better able to carry oxygen where it is most needed compared to those who get... Read More
Scientists identify 'high-priority' chemicals that may cause breast cancer
May 12, 2014
Researchers from the Silent Spring Institute in Massachusetts have identified 17 'high-priority' chemicals that they say women should avoid to reduce the risk of breast cancer. Read More
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