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Removing Brg1 gene from leukemia stem cells prevented them from dividing, surviving and making new tumors
Feb 17, 2014
A group of researchers at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of Universite de Montreal discovered a promising new approach to treating leukemia by disarming a gene that is responsible for tumor progression. That gene, known as Brg1 is a key regulator of leukemia stem cells that are the root cause of the disease, resistance to treatment and relapse. Read More
'Missing' genetic risk mystery
Feb 17, 2014
A new study could help to answer an important riddle in our understanding of genetics: why research to look for the genetic causes of common diseases has failed to explain more than a fraction of the heritable risk of developing them. Read More
Need for blood donations to maintain platelet supply may be eliminated by new stem cell method
Feb 17, 2014
Platelets, whose primary function is to prevent bleeding, are vital for treating various forms of trauma and blood diseases. However, they can only be obtained through blood donations at present. Read More
Removing Brg1 gene from leukemia stem cells prevented them from dividing, surviving and making new tumors
Feb 17, 2014
A group of researchers at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of Universite de Montreal discovered a promising new approach to treating leukemia by disarming a gene that is responsible for tumor progression. That gene, known as Brg1 is a key regulator of leukemia stem cells that are the root cause of the disease, resistance to treatment and relapse. Read More
Need for blood donations to maintain platelet supply may be eliminated by new stem cell method
Feb 17, 2014
Platelets, whose primary function is to prevent bleeding, are vital for treating various forms of trauma and blood diseases. However, they can only be obtained through blood donations at present. Read More
Chemotherapy side effects may be reduced by metal implants
Feb 16, 2014
Cancer patients could one day experience fewer side effects from chemotherapy following a discovery that opens the door for more targeted treatments.Researchers have identified a possible way of treating tumours that would see doctors place harmless metal implants at the cancer site. Read More
HPV not eradicated by popular disinfectants
Feb 15, 2014
Commonly used disinfectants do not kill human papillomavirus (HPV) that makes possible non-sexual transmission of the virus, thus creating a need for hospital policy changes, according to researchers from Penn State College of Medicine and Brigham Young University. Read More
Response to oxidation in live cells evaluated by new NIST method
Feb 15, 2014
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method for accurately measuring a key process governing a wide variety of cellular functions that may become the basis for a "health checkup" for living cells. Read More
Screening a library of FDA-approved anticancer drugs may lead to treatment of rare, drug-resistant cancer
Feb 15, 2014
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) scientists have shown that old drugs might be able to do new tricks. Read More
Lapse in infection control procedure led to rare bacteria outbreak in cancer clinic
Feb 15, 2014
Improper handling of intravenous saline at a West Virginia outpatient oncology clinic was linked with the first reported outbreak of Tsukamurella spp., gram-positive bacteria that rarely cause disease in humans, in a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read More
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