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Two Men HIV-Free After Bone Marrow Transplants
Jul 04, 2013
Two HIV-positive men no longer have detectable virus in their blood after receiving bone-marrow transplants to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma... Read More
Scientists Determine Novel Regulation Of Metabolic Pathways In Cancer
Jul 04, 2013
Cancer cells have alterations in metabolic pathways as a result of oncogenes that promote tumor growth. NRF2 (nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2-related factor 2) works as a "master gene" that turns on stress response by increasing numerous antioxidants and pollutant-detoxifying genes to protect the lungs from variety of air pollutants such as diesel exhaust and cigarette smoke... Read More
Ubiquitin's Potential For Treating Diseases
Jul 04, 2013
A tiny protein called ubiquitin - so named because it is present in every cell of living things as dissimilar as hollyhocks and humans - may hold the key to treatment for a variety of diseases from Parkinson's to diabetes. The protein, found in all eukaryotes (organisms with membranous cells), was considered unimportant when it was described in 1975... Read More
Diagnostic Test Identifies Most Leading Causes Of Bacterial Blood Stream Infection Accurately And Swiftly
Jul 04, 2013
A new automated diagnostic test can quickly and accurately identify most leading causes of Gram-positive bacterial blood stream infections and the presence of three antibiotic resistance genes, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine... Read More
Tests Continue Trend In Personalized Medicine For Lung Cancer Patients
Jul 04, 2013
The implementation of personalized health care in cancer relies on the identification and characterization of cancer biomarkers and the availability of accurate detection systems and therapies for those biomarkers. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), a tyrosine kinase, is a more recently characterized cancer biomarker in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)... Read More
Data Collected From 582 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Who Underwent Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
Jul 04, 2013
Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is considered the treatment of choice for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) if patients are inoperable because of additional medical conditions. This is based on several prospective phase II trials, which reported consistently high rates of local tumor control... Read More
US Plastic Surgeons Commonly Use Fat Grafting Techniques For Breast Reconstruction
Jul 04, 2013
Seventy percent of U.S. plastic surgeons have used fat grafting techniques for breast operations, but they are more likely to use it for breast reconstruction rather than cosmetic breast surgery, reports a survey study in the July issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)... Read More
Breast Cancer Drug Responsiveness Predicted In Human Tumors
Jul 04, 2013
It's a GEMM of a system. Genetically engineered mouse models that is. Using them allows scientists to study cancer in a way that more naturally mimics how human tumors exist within the complex environment of the body. UNC scientists used GEMMs to develop biomarkers for challenging molecular subtypes of human breast cancer, those for which there are fewer targets and therapies... Read More
Simple Test Could Use Sound Waves For Diagnosing Blood-Related Diseases
Jul 04, 2013
New research reveals that when red blood cells are hit with laser light, they produce high frequency sound waves that contain a great deal of information... Read More
Study Confirms Adding Chemotherapy To Surgery Improves Survival In Advanced Gastric Cancer
Jul 03, 2013
For patients with advanced gastric cancer, treatment with chemotherapy after surgery can reduce the risk of cancer related death by 34% over five years compared to surgery alone, researchers said at the 15th ESMO World Congress in Gastrointestinal Cancer... Read More
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