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How interferon beta proteins bind to cells and activate an immune response
Jul 24, 2013
Monash University researchers have gained new insight into the early stages of our immune response, providing novel pathways to develop treatments for diseases from multiple sclerosis to cancer... Read More
Genetics and live cell imaging illuminate molecular mechanisms that position the cell division machinery in growing tissues
Jul 24, 2013
Constructing a body is like building a house - if you compromise structural integrity, the edifice can collapse. Nowhere is that clearer on a cellular level than in the case of epithelial sheets, single layers of cells that line every body cavity from the gut to mammary glands... Read More
Two-drug combination, under certain circumstances, can theoretically eliminate cancer
Jul 24, 2013
New research conducted by Harvard scientists is laying out a road map to one of the holy grails of modern medicine: a cure for cancer... Read More
Should cancer screening be stopped as dementia progresses?
Jul 24, 2013
Research from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center for Aging Research has found that many family caregivers of older adults with dementia are willing to consider stopping cancer screening of the elderly individual; they are also relieved when the older adult's physician brings it up... Read More
Discovery of new target for breast cancer drugs
Jul 24, 2013
Scientists have identified higher levels of a receptor protein found on the surface of human breast tumour cells that may serve as a new drug target for the treatment of breast cancer... Read More
Tranexamic acid treatment for trauma being ignored by global health bodies, argue experts
Jul 23, 2013
A cheap treatment for a disease that kills more people each year than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined is being largely ignored by global health organisations, argue researchers on bmj.com... Read More
Difference in breast cancer survival between black and white women has not changed substantially
Jul 23, 2013
In an analysis of 5-year survival rates among black and white women diagnosed with breast cancer between 1991 and 2005, black women continued to have a lower rate of survival, with most of the difference related to factors including poorer health of black patients at diagnosis and more advanced disease, rather than treatment differences, according to a study in the July 24/31 issue of JAMA... Read More
Research on cell-based therapy and cancer furthered by stem cell discovery
Jul 23, 2013
Stem-cell researchers at UC San Francisco have found a key role for a protein called BMI1 that may help scientists direct the development of tissues to replace damaged organs in the human body... Read More
Missing piece of pediatric cancer puzzle uncovered
Jul 23, 2013
Most of the time, it takes decades of accumulating genetic errors for a tumor to develop. While this explains the general occurrence of cancer in adults, it leaves a gap in understanding of the cause of pediatric tumors. In a study published in the July issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found a missing piece of the pediatric cancer puzzle... Read More
New drug treatment strategy may be effective in the deadliest cancers
Jul 23, 2013
UC San Francisco researchers have found a way to knock down cancers caused by a tumor-driving protein called "myc," paving the way for patients with myc-driven cancers to enroll in clinical trials for experimental treatments. Myc acts somewhat like a master switch within cells to foster uncontrolled growth. Until now, it has been impossible to target with drugs... Read More
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