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Why Does Promising Anti-Cancer Therapy Suddenly Stop Working?
Jun 24, 2013
Why does anti-cancer therapy stop working at a specific stage? Scientists in Israel and the USA believe they have made a breakthrough in understanding why a hopeful anti-cancer therapy fails to destroy tumor cells successfully... Read More
Tumour "Tweets" Influence Other Cells
Jun 24, 2013
Groundbreaking research from Australia reveals that brain tumours release small bits of information, rather like "tweets", that interact with blood vessel cells in a way that causes them to undergo significant changes. The researchers believe the discovery may lead to new treatments... Read More
UPMC'S 'Big Data' Technology Shows Promise In Breast Cancer Research
Jun 24, 2013
Only eight months into its $100 million, five-year enterprise analytics effort, UPMC and its research partners at the University of Pittsburgh are starting to see the potential of this "big data" technology for accelerating scientific discoveries and the promise of personalized medicine... Read More
Herding Cancer Cells To Their Death
Jun 24, 2013
An advanced tumor is a complex ecosystem. Though derived from a single cell, it evolves as it grows until it contains several subspecies of cells that vary dramatically in their genetic traits and behaviors. This cellular heterogeneity is what makes advanced tumors so difficult to treat... Read More
Virus Combination Effective Against Deadly Brain Tumor, Moffitt Cancer Center Study Shows
Jun 24, 2013
A combination of the myxoma virus and the immune suppressant rapamycin can kill glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and deadliest malignant brain tumor, according to Moffitt Cancer Center research. Peter A. Forsyth, M.D... Read More
Outcome Of Experimental Chlamydia Infections Points Towards Cancer
Jun 24, 2013
Chlamydia trachomatis is a human pathogen that is the leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted disease worldwide with more than 90 million new cases of genital infections occurring each year. About 70 percent of women infected with Chlamydia remain asymptomatic and these bacteria can establish chronic infections for months, or even years... Read More
Researchers Discover How A Mutated Protein Outwits Evolution And Fuels Leukemia
Jun 24, 2013
Scientists have discovered the survival secret to a genetic mutation that stokes leukemia cells, solving an evolutionary riddle and paving the way to a highly targeted therapy for leukemia. In a paper published in Cell, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center describe how a mutated protein, called Fbxw7, behaves differently when expressed in cancer cells versus healthy cells... Read More
Three Important Studies Published In The June Issue Of Neurosurgery
Jun 24, 2013
The results of three important studies have been published in the June issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health... Read More
Light And Nanoprobes Detect Early Signs Of Infection
Jun 24, 2013
Duke University biomedical engineers and genome researchers have developed a proof-of-principle approach using light to detect infections before patients show symptoms. The approach was demonstrated in human samples, and researchers are now developing the technique for placement on a chip, which could provide fast, simple and reliable information about a patient... Read More
Genetic Variants Identified That Predict Aggressive Prostate Cancers
Jun 23, 2013
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at Louisiana State University have developed a method for identifying aggressive prostate cancers that require immediate therapy. It relies on understanding the genetic interaction between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The goal is to better predict a prostate cancer's aggressiveness to avoid unnecessary radical treatment... Read More
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