News tagged with heterogeneous disease
Breast cancer etiology may vary by subtype
May 21, 2009 |
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Women's reproductive and lifestyle characteristics can be linked to different invasive breast cancer subtypes. Data on 2544 breast cancer cases, presented in the open access journal Breast Cancer Research, suggests that t ...
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Potential for malaria transmission higher than previously thought
Feb 20, 2007 |
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Each year, malaria results in more than a million deaths. Controlling this disease involves understanding its transmission, and understanding its transmission means understanding its basic reproductive number, R0. For all ...
Researchers develop model that may help identify cancer stem cells
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, on a quest to find lung cancer stem cells, have developed a unique model to allow further investigation into the cells that many believe may be at the root of all ...
Developing depression after a heart attack increases one's risk of death or readmission
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Science has found many links between depression and other serious medical illnesses, such as cancer, stroke, diabetes, and heart disease. For example, people who develop depression following a heart attack (myocardial infarction) ...
Cancer signatures uncovered
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Aug 15, 2008 |
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A new systematic analysis of the relationship between the neoplastic and developmental transcriptome provides an outline of trends in cancer gene expression. The research, published recently in BioMed Central's open access ...
More findings on gene involved in childhood asthma
Sep 15, 2008 |
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Asthma researchers have found that a gene variant known to raise the risk of childhood asthma in European children plays a similar role in white American children, but not in African American children.
Limiting social contacts limits flu spread
Jun 05, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists have developed a mathematical model to track the progression of an influenza outbreak.
Combining medical knowledge to save lives
Jul 09, 2008 |
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European researchers hope to gain more insight into cardiovascular disease by combining clinical, laboratory and metabolic records with genomic data. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the biggest killer among chronic diseases, cla ...
MicroRNAs Provide New Insight in Study of Autism
Jul 01, 2008 |
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MicroRNAs may play an important role in the development of autism spectrum disorder, according to a new paper by University of California, Santa Barbara professor Kenneth S. Kosik.
Genetic signature predicts outcome of pediatric liver cancer
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Scientists have identified a genetic signature that is remarkably effective at predicting the prognosis of an aggressive liver cancer in children. The research, published by Cell Press in the December issue of the journal ...
A new molecular marker of gastric cancer
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignancies in the world with a high incidence and death rate. TNM staging system is used worldwide to predict prognosis and direct therapeutic decisions of patients with GC. ...
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