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Team identifies novel biomarker for head and neck cancer and non-small cell lung cancer
Apr 04, 2014
A team led by a scientist from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has identified a new biomarker linked to better outcomes of patients with head and neck cancers and non-small cell lung cancer. The work could help scientists develop new diagnostics and therapies and help physicians determine the best long-term treatments for patients with these cancers. Read More
Melanoma-dependent immune dysfunction predicted by NOS1 expression
Apr 04, 2014
Individuals with cancer often exhibit dysfunctional immune signaling in response to interferon (IFN) stimulation. Furthermore, recent evidence indicates that pSTAT-1 levels, which are indicative of IFN responsiveness, in circulating immune cells are predictive of clinical outcome in melanoma patients. Read More
How zinc regulates a key enzyme involved in cell death
Apr 04, 2014
The study is featured on the cover of the April issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie's International Edition.The molecular details of how zinc, an essential trace element of human metabolism, interacts with the enzyme caspase-3, which is central to apoptosis or cell death, have been elucidated in a new study led by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University. Read More
Cell metabolism discovery could spawn treatments for cancer or common cold
Apr 03, 2014
Scientists at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have published the first study that explains how viruses reprogram the cells they invade to promote their continued growth within an organism. Read More
Researchers identify likely culprit in metastasis of colon cancer
Apr 03, 2014
While elevated PLAC8 levels were known to be associated with colon cancer, the researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville have now shown that the protein plays an active role in shifting normal cells lining the colon into a state that encourages metastasis. Read More
Colon cancer a much greater risk for obese individuals
Apr 03, 2014
Calorie control and frequent exercise are not only key to a healthy lifestyle, but a strategy to lower the risk for colon cancer, the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Obesity, rather than diet, causes changes in the colon that may lead to colorectal cancer, according to a study in mice by the National Institutes of Health. Paul Wade, Ph.D. Read More
Molecular function of the "hairless" gene may explain why mutations contribute to the pathogenesis of a rare form of hair loss
Apr 03, 2014
A new research report appearing in the April 2014 issue of The FASEB Journal explains why people with a rare balding condition called "atrichia with papular lesions" lose their hair, and it identifies a strategy for reversing this hair loss. Read More
Recall and biopsy rates reduced by digital mammography
Apr 03, 2014
According to a new study published online in the journal Radiology, population-based screening with full-field digital mammography (FFDM) is associated with lower recall and biopsy rates than screen film mammography (SFM), suggesting that FFDM may reduce the number of diagnostic workups and biopsies that do not lead to diagnosis of breast cancer. Read More
Fertility drugs may not increase breast cancer risk, say researchers
Apr 03, 2014
Past research has associated the use of fertility drugs with an increased risk of breast cancer. But a new study from the National Cancer Institute indicates that this may not be the case.The research was recently published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention - a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Read More
In the transition to adult care, new tool helps young adults with sickle cell disease
Apr 03, 2014
Child and adolescent hematologists at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have developed a tool to gauge how ready young adults with sickle cell disease are for a transition into adult care. Read More
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