News tagged with genetic lesions
Drug halts organ damage in inflammatory genetic disorder
A new study shows that Kineret (anakinra), a medication approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is effective in stopping the progression of organ damage in people with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease ...
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Feb 10, 2012 |
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Study pinpoints genetic variation that raises a risk linked to bisphosphonates
Researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine have identified a genetic variation that raises the risk of developing serious necrotic jaw bone lesions in patients who take bisphosphonates, a common class ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Tissue structure delays cancer development
Cancer growth normally follows a lengthy period of development. Over the course of time, genetic mutations often accumulate in cells, leading first to pre-cancerous conditions and ultimately to tumour growth. Using a mathematical ...
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Study of two sisters sheds light on lymphoma evolution
When a 41-year-old woman was diagnosed with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia, she received a bone marrow transplant and subsequent leukocyte infusion from her sister. These treatments controlled her leukemia, but seven ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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When inflexibility is counterproductive: Mechanism of UV-induced DNA Dewar lesion revealed
Excessive exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation of sunlight can result in skin damage and may even induce skin cancers. Irradiation with UV light causes mutations in the DNA, which can interfere with or even inhibit the ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Scientists discover link among spectrum of childhood diseases
An international collaboration of scientists, including researchers at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a part of the National Institutes of Health, has identified a genetic ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Different paths to drug resistance in Leishmania
Two remarkable discoveries were today revealed by researchers into genome analysis of Leishmania parasites. These results uncovered a surprising level of variation at the genome structure level.
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Scientists find method to probe genes of the most common bacterial STI
In a new study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, scientists describe successfully mutating specific genes of Chlamydia bacteria, which cause ...
Apr 11, 2011 |
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EPA's draft health assessment for formaldehyde needs improvement: report
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draft assessment of the potential health effects associated with formaldehyde exposure needs substantial revision, says a new report from the National Research Council, which recommends ...
Apr 11, 2011 |
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The evolution of melanoma diagnosis: 25 years beyond the ABCDs
Twenty-five years after publishing the mnemonic "ABCD" to facilitate the early diagnosis of melanoma, the group who came up with that moniker says early detection remains a key factor in lowering mortality from malignant ...
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Researchers identify early ovarian cancers
Ovarian cancer kills nearly 15,000 women in the United States each year, and fewer than half of the women diagnosed with the disease survive five years. A screening test that detects ovarian cancer early, when it is still ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Comprehensive look at rare leukemia finds relatively few genetic changes launch disease
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 ...
Jul 27, 2009 |
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New MRI technique could mean fewer breast biopsies in high-risk women
A University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineer and colleagues have developed a method that, applied in MRI scans of the breast, could spare some women with increased breast cancer risk the pain and stress of having ...
Jun 29, 2009 |
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New MR technique may help save women from unnecessary breast biopsies
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 ...
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Scientists develop mouse models of leukemia that predict response to chemotherapy
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 ...
Mar 31, 2009 |
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