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Serotonin Made in Breast Cancer Cells, Researchers Show

Serotonin Made in Breast Cancer Cells, Researchers Show

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have documented that the brain hormone serotonin is made in human breast cancer cells and functions abnormally, contributing to malignant growth.


Study provides insights into the molecular basis of tumor cell behavior

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study by a team of researchers led by Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, sheds light on the molecular basis by which tumor cells modulate their surroundings ...


Study Shows How Normal Cells Influence Tumor Growth

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- It was once thought that the two communities of cells within a cancerous breast tumor - fast-growing malignant cells and the normal cells that surround them - existed independently, without interaction. Then ...


Researchers discover new targets for treatment of invasive breast cancer

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created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research led by Suresh Alahari, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has shown for the first time that a tiny piece of RNA appears to play a major role ...


Nanoparticles Image Breast Cancer

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Current methods of detecting breast cancer suffer from low sensitivity, limited spatial resolution, or the need to use complicated and expensive radioisotope-based technologies. A new report from investigators at the Emory-Georgia ...


Scientists link elevated insulin to increased breast cancer risk

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

Elevated insulin levels in the blood appear to raise the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Their findings are published in ...


Ready for relapse: Molecule helps breast cancer cells to survive in the bone marrow

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created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients who survive an initial diagnosis of breast cancer often succumb to the disease years later when the cancer shows up in a different part of the body. Now, scientists have identified key signals that support the long ...


Newly appreciated membrane estrogen receptor important therapeutic target for breast cancer

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research at Rhode Island Hospital has uncovered the biological effects of a novel membrane estrogen receptor, a finding that has potential implications for hormonal therapy for breast cancer. The study is published in ...


Gene helps protect tumor suppressor in breast cancer

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created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a gene that protects PTEN, a major tumor-suppressor that is reduced but rarely mutated in about half of all breast cancers.


Light Reveals Breast Tumor Oxygen Status

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created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Light directed at a breast tumor through a needle can tell pathologists how much oxygen the tumor is consuming, and help oncologists choose treatment options that would be most effective for an individual ...