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Potent metastasis inhibitor identified

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have isolated a potent inhibitor of tumor metastasis made by tumor cells, one that could potentially be harnessed as a cancer treatment. Their findings were published in the online ...


Genetically engineered MSCs kill metastatic lung cancer cells in mice

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers in London have demonstrated the ability of adult stem cells from bone marrow (mesenchymal stem cells, or MSCs) to deliver a cancer-killing protein to tumors.


Scientists identify gene in breast cancer pathway

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created May 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered how a gene crucial in triggering the spread of breast cancer is turned on and off. The findings could help predict whether breast tumors ...


New gene may provide breast cancer diagnostic marker

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

In a research article published in this week's PLoS Medicine, Ann Killary (from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) and colleagues describe a new gene called DEAR1 that is genetically altered by mutation and de ...


Instead of Fighting Breast Cancer, Immune Cell Promotes Its Spread

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center have new evidence that a type of immune system cell thought to be part of the first line of defense against breast cancer ...


Scientists can predict nano drug outcome

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Scientists including one from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston successfully predicted the outcome of a nano drug on breast tumors in a pre-clinical study. Their research could help determine which ...


Herbal menopause therapy a good fit for breast cancer patients?

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created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When it comes to understanding the effectiveness and safety of using herbal therapies with other drugs, much is unknown. Now, a University of Missouri researcher will study how black cohosh - an herbal supplement often used ...