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Links Between Nutrients, Genes And Cancer Spread
Aug 28, 2012
More than 40 plant-based compounds can turn on genes that slow the spread of cancer, according to a first-of-its-kind study by a Washington State University researcher. Gary Meadows, WSU professor and associate dean for graduate education and scholarship in the College of Pharmacy, says he is encouraged by his findings because the spread of cancer is most often what makes the disease fatal... Read More
Research May Provide Tool To Study Cancer Metabolism
Aug 28, 2012
Scientists have known for decades that cancer cells use more glucose than healthy cells, feeding the growth of some types of tumors... Read More
Genomic Variant Discovered That Increases Risk Of Brain Tumors
Aug 28, 2012
People who carry a "G" instead of an "A" at a specific spot in their genetic code have roughly a six-fold higher risk of developing certain types of brain tumors, a Mayo Clinic and University of California, San Francisco study has found... Read More
Increased Risk Of Recurrence Of Most Common Type Of Breast Cancer In Overweight And Obese Women
Aug 28, 2012
Extra pounds - even within the overweight but not obese range - are linked to a higher risk of recurrence of the most common type of breast cancer despite optimal cancer treatment, according to a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society... Read More
Genetic Markers Discovered That Could Signal Colon Cancer Development
Aug 28, 2012
University of Minnesota Medical School and Masonic Cancer Center researchers have partnered with geneticists from Genentech, Inc., to discover how some proteins may cause the development of some forms of colon cancers. The proteins - part of R-spondin family - normally help activate cell proliferation during embryonic development... Read More
Genetic Markers Discovered That Could Signal Colon Cancer Development
Aug 28, 2012
University of Minnesota Medical School and Masonic Cancer Center researchers have partnered with geneticists from Genentech, Inc., to discover how some proteins may cause the development of some forms of colon cancers. The proteins - part of R-spondin family - normally help activate cell proliferation during embryonic development... Read More
When Malignant Brain Tumors Appear At Multiple Sites, Length Of Survival Affected
Aug 28, 2012
When aggressive, malignant tumors appear in more than one location in the brain, patient survival tends to be significantly shorter than when the disease starts as a single tumor, even though patients in both groups undergo virtually identical treatments, according to research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Research Institute... Read More
New Molecular Interactions Behind The Inhibition Of TGF Beta-Signaling Described
Aug 28, 2012
Researchers headed by Maria Macias an ICREA researcher at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and Joan Massague, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York, have identified a new molecular mechanism that plays a crucial role in the control of the activation of certain genes associated with cancer... Read More
Whispering Gallery Inspires Virus Detector
Aug 28, 2012
By affixing nanoscale gold spheres onto a microscopic bead of glass, researchers have created a super-sensor that can detect even single samples of the smallest known viruses. The sensor uses a peculiar behavior of light known as "whispering gallery mode," named after the famous circular gallery in St. Paul's Cathedral in London, where a whisper near the wall can be heard around the gallery... Read More
New Computer Simulation Models Metastasis
Aug 28, 2012
Cancer metastasis, the escape and spread of primary tumor cells, is a common cause of cancer-related deaths. But metastasis remains poorly understood. Studies indicate that when a primary tumor breaks through a blood vessel wall, blood's "stickiness" tears off tumor cells the way a piece of tape tears wrapping paper... Read More
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