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Comprehensive look at rare leukemia finds relatively few genetic changes launch disease
Jul 27, 2009 |
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The most comprehensive analysis yet of the genome of childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML) found only a few mistakes in the genetic blueprint, suggesting the cancer arises from just a handful of missteps, according to new ...
Scientists develop mouse models of leukemia that predict response to chemotherapy
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Being able to accurately predict how a given cancer will respond to chemotherapy would spare patients with non-responsive tumors the burden of undergoing toxic and ultimately unhelpful treatment. Just as important, knowing ...
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New MR technique may help save women from unnecessary breast biopsies
Apr 23, 2009 |
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A new MR procedure that uses diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) to determine whether or not a breast lesion is malignant or benign may help reduce unnecessary breast biopsies, according to a study performed at the National ...
Brain lesions more common than previously thought
Mar 31, 2008 |
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New research shows cerebral microbleeds, which are lesions in the brain, are more common in people over 60 than previously thought. The study is published in the April 1, 2008, issue of Neurology.
What's the clonality status and allelotype of focal nodular hyperplasia?
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is a lesion found in an otherwise normal liver, and is considered to be parenchyma overgrowth responsive to increased blood flow secondary to vascular malformations. While its clinical outcomes ...
Study firms up promise of potential new cervical cancer screening tool
May 21, 2008 |
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New research into the causes of cervical cancer appears to lend weight to the promise of a potential early detection method that could help prevent the disease.
Mutant gene identified as villain in hardening of the arteries
Dec 18, 2007 |
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A genetic mutation expands lesions in the aorta and promotes coronary atherosclerosis, more commonly known as hardening of the arteries, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine in Cell Metabolism.
Genetic variants of USF1 are associated with the increased risk for cardiovascular disease
Apr 07, 2008 |
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Several interacting environmental, biochemical, and genetic risk factors can increase disease susceptibility. While some of the genes ...
Mouse model for mesothelioma reproduces human disease
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Scientists have established a mouse model for human malignant mesothelioma (MM) that will provide valuable insight into cancer development and progression along with new directions for design of therapeutic strategies. The ...
New Method Offers Insight into Radiation Damage to DNA
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Mar 21, 2008 |
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A new technique for assessing the damage radiation causes to DNA indicates that the spatial arrangement of damaged sites, or lesions, is more important than the number of lesions in determining the severity ...
Non-polypoid colon lesions associated with colorectal cancer
Mar 04, 2008 |
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Flat, non-polypoid colorectal neoplasms (NP-CRNs), which may be difficult to detect, appear to be relatively common and may have a greater association with cancer compared with the more routinely diagnosed type of colorectal ...
Is endotoxin receptor CD14 rs2569190/C-159T gene correlated with chronic hepatitis C?
Aug 26, 2009 |
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It is still unknown why the natural history of chronic disease caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV), which currently infects 3% of the world's population, varies from mild in some patients to rapidly progressing in others.
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