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Study gives clues to how adrenal cancer forms
Jun 04, 2009 |
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At the ends of chromosome are special pieces of DNA called telomeres. Think of it as the little tip that caps off a shoelace. The telomeres send signals to the cells to let them know it's the end point, not ...
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Revolutionary drug could be new hope for adrenal cancer patients
Sep 22, 2009 |
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TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Healthcare today announced the start of a clinical trial for a drug designed to combat adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), a rare but deadly cancer that attacks the ...
Lincoln may have had rare genetic disease
Nov 26, 2007 |
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A California doctor who studies rare ailments said Abraham Lincoln was probably dying of cancer from a rare genetic syndrome at the time he was assassinated.
Scientists find protein potential drug target for treatment-resistant prostate cancer
Dec 31, 2007 |
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Scientists at Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia have found that a signaling protein that is key to prostate cancer cell growth is turned on in nearly all recurrent prostate cancers that are resistant to hormone ...
Stress may help cancer cells resist treatment, research shows
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Scientists from Wake Forest University School of Medicine are the first to report that the stress hormone epinephrine causes changes in prostate and breast cancer cells that may make them resistant to cell death.
Hormones found to affect gene activity
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Intermittent signaling by steroid hormones can affect the way genes are expressed in rodents, according to research by scientists at the University of Bristol and the National Cancer Institute ...
Scientists find novel use for old compound in cancer treatment
Jan 15, 2009 |
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The compound, α-difluoromethylornithine or DFMO, targets the activity of a specific enzyme and, even in very limited doses, is effective in protecting against the malignancy in animal models. The study was published ...
Cancer cells 'reprogram' energy needs to grow and spread, study suggests
May 07, 2007 |
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Studying a rare inherited syndrome, researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that cancer cells can reprogram themselves to turn down their own energy-making machinery and use less oxygen, and that these changes might help ...
Study estimates radiation dose, cancer risk from coronary artery calcium screening
Jul 13, 2009 |
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A study based on computer modeling of radiation risk suggests that widespread screening for the buildup of calcium in the arteries using computed tomography scans would lead to an estimated 42 additional radiation-induced ...
Hormone inhibitor promising for hard-to-treat prostate cancer
Jul 08, 2007 |
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For prostate cancer patients whose tumors have continued to grow despite medical or surgical castration, a new drug candidate that inhibits production of male hormones anywhere in the body is showing promise in early trials.
Getting down to details: Scientist builds imager that identifies, locates individual cancer cells
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Dave Wilson was dissatisfied with blurry, low-sensitivity optical images of diseased tissues. So, four years ago he set out to create a better imager.
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