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Figitumumab has anti-tumor activity in Ewing's sarcoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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A preliminary study of the anticancer drug figitumumab has found that it has antitumour activity in Ewing's sarcoma—a cancer which affects mainly teenage boys. The results have led to the drug's progression to a Phase 2 trial ...


Knockdown of E2F1 reduces invasive potential of melanoma cells

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Inhibition of transcription factor E2F1 reduced epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression and reduced the invasive potential but not proliferation of metastatic melanoma cells, according to a brief communication ...


Compound Halts Common Type of Drug-resistant Lung Cancer

Research yields new agent for some drug-resistant non-small cell lung cancers

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The ability to make, test, and map the atomic structure of new anti-cancer agents has enabled a team of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists to discover a compound capable of halting a common type of drug-resistant ...


Broken genomes behind breast cancers

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The first detailed search of breast cancer genomes to uncover genomic rearrangements is published today. The team characterised the ways in which the human genome is broken and put back together in 24 cases of breast cancer.


Adverse consequences of obesity may be greater than previously thought

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

The link between obesity and cardiovascular mortality may be substantially underestimated, while some of the adverse consequences of being underweight may be overstated, concludes a study published in the British Medical ...


High risk of colorectal, endometrial and Lynch syndrome cancers for MSH6 mutation carriers

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created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People carrying the germ-line MSH6 mutation are at high risk by age 80 years for colorectal and endometrial cancers and any cancer associated with Lynch syndrome, according to a new study published online December 22 in the ...


New human reproductive hormone could lead to novel contraceptives

New human reproductive hormone could lead to novel contraceptives

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly 10 years after the discovery that birds make a hormone that suppresses reproduction, University of California, Berkeley, neuroscientists have established that humans make it too, opening ...


Chicago Cancer Genome Project studies genetics of 1,000 tumors

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

No two tumors are alike, but analyzing the genetics of cancers from different parts of the body may reveal surprising details useful for treatment and prevention.


Enzyme necessary for development of healthy immune system

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mice without the deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) enzyme have defects in their adaptive immune system, producing very low levels of both T and B lymphocytes, the major players involved in immune response, according to a study by ...


Relatives of boys with sexual birth defects not at risk for testicular germ cell cancer

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created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Boys with the sexual birth defects known as hypospadias and cryptorchidism are at risk for developing testicular germ cell cancer, but their relatives are not, according to a new study published online December 21 in the ...



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