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A new target for lymphoma therapy

A new target for lymphoma therapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the Immune Disease Institute at Children's Hospital Boston (PCMM/IDI) have found a link between a common mutation that can lead to cancer and ...


Scientists identify possible therapy target for aggressive cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that a naturally occurring protein -- transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-ß1) -- which normally suppresses the growth of cancer cells, causes a rebound effect after ...


Approved Lymphoma Drug Shows Promise in Early Tests Against Bone Cancer

Approved Lymphoma Drug Shows Promise in Early Tests Against Bone Cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A drug already approved for the treatment of lymphoma may also slow the growth of the most deadly bone cancer in children and teens, according to an early-stage study published online today ...


Melanoma treatment options one step closer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A targeted chemotherapy for the treatment of skin cancer is one step closer, after a team of University of Alberta researchers successfully synthesized a natural substance that shows exceptional potential to specifically ...


Study reveals 2/3 of prostate cancer patients do not need treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In the largest study of its kind, the international team of pathologists studied an initial 4,000 prostate cancer patients over a period of 15 years to further understanding into the natural progression of the disease and ...


New research strategy for understanding drug resistance in leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UCSF researchers have developed a new approach to identify specific genes that influence how cancer cells respond to drugs and how they become resistant. This strategy, which involves producing diverse genetic mutations that ...


Researchers identify new method to selectively kill metastatic melanoma cells

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created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of researchers has identified a new method for selectively killing metastatic melanoma cells, which may lead to new areas for drug development in melanoma - a cancer that is highly resistant ...


Study in mice shows mechanisms behind immune responses to brain tumors

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Findings from a study conducted in mice, published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine next week, provide new insights into how an effective immune response to brain tumors could potentially be brought about in humans ...