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Faster Spinal Anesthesia For Cancer Patients At End Of Life
May 29, 2013
For patients with uncontrolled pain from terminal cancer, a new approach to calculating initial dosage may allow a quicker start of spinal analgesia - and less time in the hospital, according to a study in the June issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS)... Read More
First Drug Targets Identified In Childhood Genetic Tumor Disorder
May 28, 2013
Two mutations central to the development of infantile myofibromatosis (IM) - a disorder characterized by multiple tumors involving the skin, bone, and soft tissue - may provide new therapeutic targets, according to researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai... Read More
Combating Metastatic Cancer Through Immune System Modulation
May 28, 2013
Cancer cells spread and grow by avoiding detection and destruction by the immune system. Stimulation of the immune system can help to eliminate cancer cells; however, there are many factors that cause the immune system to ignore cancer cells. Regulatory T cells are immune cells that function to suppress the immune system response... Read More
Multicolor Fluorescence Labeling Method Offers Hope For Cancer Diagnosis
May 28, 2013
In recent years, microRNAs (miRNAs) and other non-coding RNAs are small molecules that help control the expression of specific proteins. In recent years they have emerged as disease biomarkers... Read More
Making Breast Cancer Cells More Responsive To Chemotherapy
May 28, 2013
Breast cancer characterized as "triple negative" carries a poor prognosis, with limited treatment options. In some cases, chemotherapy doesn't kill the cancer cells the way it's supposed to. New research from Western University explains why some cancer cells don't respond to chemotherapy, and identifies a mechanism to rectify that. Dr... Read More
Genomic Analysis Lends Insight Into Prostate Cancer
May 28, 2013
Mayo Clinic researchers have used next generation genomic analysis to determine that some of the more aggressive prostate cancer tumors have similar genetic origins, which may help in predicting cancer progression. The findings appear online in the journal Cancer Research... Read More
EGFR Prevents Maturation Of Cancer-Fighting MiRNAs When Oxygen Is Short
May 28, 2013
Even while being dragged to its destruction inside a cell, a cancer-promoting growth factor receptor fires away, sending signals that thwart the development of tumor-suppressing microRNAs (miRNAs) before it's dissolved, researchers reported in an early online publication at Nature... Read More
How Rapamycin Slows Cell Growth
May 28, 2013
University of Montreal researchers have discovered a novel molecular mechanism that can potentially slow the progression of some cancers and other diseases of abnormal growth. In the prestigious journal Cell, scientists from the University of Montreal explain how they found that the anti-cancer and anti-proliferative drug rapamycin slows down or prevents cells from dividing... Read More
Biophysicists Measure Mechanism That Determines Fate Of Living Cells
May 28, 2013
Cells in the human body do not function in isolation. Living cells rely on communication with their environment - neighboring cells and the surrounding matrix - to activate a wide range of cellular functions, including reproduction of new cells, differentiation of stem cells into distinct cell types, cell adhesion, and migration of white blood cells to fight bodily infections... Read More
Therapy Now Being Tested In Advanced Cancer Could Halt Progression Of Premalignant Cells
May 28, 2013
Scientists have uncovered a survival mechanism that occurs in breast cells that have just turned premalignant-cells on the cusp between normalcy and cancers-which may lead to new methods of stopping tumors... Read More
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