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Reducing Myc gene activity extends healthy lifespan in mice
Jan 26, 2015
A team of scientists based at Brown University has found that reducing expression of a fundamentally important gene called Myc significantly increased the healthy lifespan of laboratory mice, the... Read More
New animal models faithfully reproduce the tumor of each patient
Jan 26, 2015
The implementation of patient cancer cells in the same organ of mice can reproduce very accurately the tumor evolution and malignancy. Read More
Head and neck cancers in young adults are more likely to be a result of inherited factors
Jan 26, 2015
An article published online in the International Journal of Epidemiology pools data from 25 case-control studies and conducts separate analyses to show that head and neck cancers (HNC) in young... Read More
Noisy data facilitates Dartmouth investigation of breast cancer gene expression
Jan 26, 2015
Researchers from Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center, led by Casey S. Greene, PhD, reported in Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing on the use of denoising autoencoders (DAs) to effectively extract... Read More
High blood calcium linked with increased risk of premature death in dialysis patients
Jan 26, 2015
Elevated blood levels of calcium and phosphorus are linked with an increased risk of premature death in kidney disease patients on dialysis, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the... Read More
Key factor discovered in the formation of metastases in melanoma
Jan 26, 2015
Patients who visit the doctor because of malignant skin cancer often go too late - the aggressive cancer has already formed numerous metastases in their bodies. Read More
New animal models faithfully reproduce the tumor of each patient
Jan 26, 2015
The implementation of patient cancer cells in the same organ of mice can reproduce very accurately the tumor evolution and malignancy. Read More
Incidence of colorectal cancer increasing in young adults
Jan 26, 2015
The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) among young adults ages 20-39 years has increased during the past 20-30 years, despite declining rates of CRC for the U.S. population overall. Read More
Researchers find new way to combat resistant cancers
Jan 25, 2015
A team of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital has developed a new platform that can rapidly identify effective drug combinations for lung cancer patients whose tumors have stopped... Read More
Targeting DNA repair pathways could provide new treatment options for pediatric neuroblastoma
Jan 25, 2015
Researchers at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital have identified a promising new target for developing new therapies for kids with high-risk neuroblastoma, according to a new... Read More
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