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The Adaptive Nature Of The Immune System Revealed By Surprise Finding
Jul 17, 2013
Studies of patients with immunodeficiencies involving single gene mutations can reveal a great deal about our immune systems, especially when actual symptoms do not accord with clinical expectations. Australian scientists acknowledge such a gap between expectation and reality in a new study, which examines people with 'Autosomal Dominant Hyper IgE Syndrome'... Read More
Largest Data Set Of Cancer-Related Genetic Variations Generated
Jul 17, 2013
Scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have generated a data set of cancer-specific genetic variations and are making these data available to the research community, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. This will help cancer researchers better understand drug response and resistance to cancer treatments... Read More
How Breast And Ovarian Cancers Are Instigated By BRCA1 Mutation
Jul 17, 2013
Scientists led by Drs. Mona Gauthier and Tak Mak at The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have solved a key piece in the puzzle of how BRCA1 gene mutations specifically predispose women to breast and ovarian cancers. The answer, says Dr... Read More
The Global Burden Of Sickle Cell Anemia In Young Children Is Increasing
Jul 16, 2013
The global burden of sickle cell anemia (SCA), a hereditary blood disorder, is increasing, with almost half a million babies estimated to be born with the condition in 2050, according to a study published in this week's PLOS Medicine... Read More
Anti-Cancer Effects Found In Women Taking Every-Other-Day Aspirin
Jul 16, 2013
Taking an aspirin every other day may help healthy women ward off colon cancer according to a new long-term study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Tuesday... Read More
"Eat More Nuts" To Cut Risk Of Cancer And Heart Disease
Jul 16, 2013
Nut-eaters reduce their risk of death from cancer and cardiovascular disease, according to a study published in the journal BMC Medicine. Researchers, who conducted an analysis of a PREDIMED nutrition trial based in Spain, analyzed more than 7,000 people aged between 55 and 90 years... Read More
New Method To Produce Blood Cells From Stem Cells Could Yield A Purer, Safer Cell Therapy
Jul 16, 2013
A new protocol for reprogramming induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into mature blood cells, using just a small amount of the patient's own blood and a readily available cell type, is reported on in the current issue of STEM CELLS Translational Medicine... Read More
Extend HPV Jab To Young Gay Men, Say Sexual Health Experts
Jul 16, 2013
Young gay men should be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, because their risk of developing anal cancer is more than 15 times higher than it is in straight men, and it would be cost effective for the NHS, say sexual health experts writing in Sexually Transmitted Infections... Read More
Having Type 2 Diabetes Increases Risk For Some Cancers
Jul 16, 2013
A type of genetic abnormality linked to cancer is more common in people with type 2 diabetes than the rest of the population, a new study has found. People with type 2 diabetes are already known to have a higher risk of cancers, especially blood cancers like lymphoma and leukaemia... Read More
Cancer-Linked Fam190a Gene Found To Regulate Cell Division
Jul 16, 2013
Johns Hopkins cancer scientists have discovered that a little-described gene known as FAM190A plays a subtle but critical role in regulating the normal cell division process known as mitosis, and the scientists' research suggests that mutations in the gene may contribute to commonly found chromosomal instability in cancer... Read More
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