http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. For the first time researchers have shown that by inhibiting the action of an enzyme called TAK-1, it is possible to make pancreatic cancer cells sensitive to chemotherapy, opening the way for the development of a new drug to treat the disease. http://www.physorg.com/news172992288.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:40:01 EST news172992288 The genes that may contribute to drug resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) can be predicted. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Cancer found good correlation between genes believed to be involved in drug sensitivity and resistance and actual in vitro chemosensitivity. http://www.physorg.com/news170536281.html Medicine & Health Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:20:01 EST news170536281 Every year, 42,000 Americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Few live very long, and less than 5% are still alive five years after diagnosis. http://www.physorg.com/news167310392.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:30:01 EST news167310392 A protein related to aggressive cancers can actually improve the efficacy of gemcitabine at treating pancreatic cancer, according to a Priority Report in Cancer Research, published by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University. http://www.physorg.com/news163331753.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:56:19 EST news163331753 Researchers at Amgen are testing a fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits the activity of insulin-like growth factors (IGF-1 and IGF-2) and appears to reduce pancreatic cancer cells in early testing, according to a report in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://www.physorg.com/news158936367.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:00:10 EST news158936367 Variations in mismatch repair genes can help predict treatment response and prognosis in patients with pancreatic cancer, according to research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center presented today in advance of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. http://www.physorg.com/news151141502.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:45:02 EST news151141502