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Raccoon Polyomavirus May Provide Cancer Clues
Dec 17, 2012
Rare brain tumors emerging among raccoons in Northern California and Oregon may be linked to a previously unidentified virus discovered by a team of researchers, led by scientists from the University of California, Davis. Their findings, published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, could lead to a better understanding of how viruses can cause cancer in animals and humans... Read More
Zinc A Likely Life-Saver In Victims Of Lethal Stings From The Australian Box Jellyfish
Dec 17, 2012
Box jellyfish of the Chironex species are among the most venomous animals in the world, capable of killing humans with their sting. Their venom, though, which kills by rapidly punching holes in human red blood cells, can be slowed down by administering zinc, according to research published in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Angel Yanagihara from the University of Hawaii and colleagues... Read More
Establishment Of New Blood Supply In Patients With Blood-Based Diseases Improved By Pre-Transplant Umbilical Cord Blood Expansion
Dec 17, 2012
Donated umbilical cord blood establishes a new blood supply in patients more quickly after transplantation when it is first expanded in the lab on a bed of cells that mimics conditions in the bone marrow, researchers report in the New England Journal of Medicine... Read More
Snack Attack: Eating Unhealthy Snack Foods May Affect Cancer Risk In Patients With Lynch Syndrome
Dec 17, 2012
A new analysis has found that loading up on snack foods may increase cancer risk in individuals with an inborn susceptibility to colorectal and other cancers... Read More
Drug Approved To Treat Rare Forms Of Leukemia
Dec 16, 2012
A new drug used to treat patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia chromosome positive acute leukemia (Ph+ ALL) has just received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration... Read More
Predicting Susceptibility To Burkitt Lymphoma
Dec 16, 2012
New research, presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), has identified important associations between Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria and endemic Burkitt Lymphoma (eBL) that may help researchers identify young children who are more susceptible to eBL... Read More
In Oncogene-Induced Senescence, Previously Unknown Mechanism Identified
Dec 16, 2012
Cell aging, or cellular senescence, has an important role in the natural physiological response to tumor development. Activated oncogenes are able to induce senescence, and recent findings have suggested that oncogene-induced senescence (OIS) could play a key role in future cancer therapy. Researchers have now identified a previously unknown mechanism in the regulation of OIS... Read More
Circulating Cancer Cell Capture Could Provide Insights Into Metastasis
Dec 16, 2012
A glass plate with a nanoscale roughness could be a simple way for scientists to capture and study the circulating tumor cells that carry cancer around the body through the bloodstream. Engineering and medical researchers at the University of Michigan have devised such a set-up, which they say takes advantage of cancer cells' stronger drive to settle and bind compared with normal blood cells... Read More
Large Study Identifies Risk Factors For Multiple Myeloma
Dec 15, 2012
Multiple myeloma is a type of leukaemia which affects B lymphocytes. There have been some indications that exposure to pesticides or chlorinated solvents increases the risk of developing this cancer... Read More
HPV In Older Women May Be Due To Reactivation Of Virus, Not New Infection
Dec 15, 2012
A new study suggests that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in women at or after menopause may represent an infection acquired years ago, and that HPV infections may exist below limits of detection after one to two years, similar to other viruses, such as varicella zoster, which can cause shingles... Read More
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