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Researchers find a weak link in cancer cell armor

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created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Professor Robert Weiss has found that when two particular genes are inhibited, cancer cells are destroyed at a greater rate. The study is published in the Nov. 9 issue of PNAS.


Researchers 'notch' a victory toward new kind of cancer drug

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Scientists have devised an innovative way to disarm a key protein considered to be "undruggable," meaning that all previous efforts to develop a drug against it have failed. Their discovery, published in the November 12 issue ...


New mechanism explains how the body prevents formation of blood vessels

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Researchers at Uppsala University, in collaboration with colleagues in Sweden and abroad, have identified an entirely new mechanism by which a specific protein in the body inhibits formation of new blood vessels. Inhibiting ...


Australian bid to 'regrow' breasts after cancer surgery

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Australian scientists said Thursday they were to trial a revolutionary treatment which would allow women to regrow their breasts after cancer surgery.



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