News tagged with pancreatic
Use of 3-D imaging on patients with pancreatic carcinoma
Dec 22, 2009 |
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In the field of hepatic imaging in the context of living liver donors and before complex partial liver resections, three-dimensional imaging of the liver, hepatic vessels and bile ducts has managed to become established in ...
In a first, key pancreatic cells inserted in wounded airman's liver
Dec 17, 2009 |
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In what medical officials say is a first, the bullet-scarred pancreas from a service member who was shot in Afghanistan was flown from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington to the University of Miami, where insulin-producing ...
Pancreatic tumors are marked for immunotherapy
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Pancreatic tumors can be identified by a readily detectable marker that shows promise as a basis for immune therapy against the disease, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Genetic mutations identified that suggest link between type 1 diabetes and common viral infection
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Scientists from Cambridge University have discovered four rare mutations of a gene associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D) that reduce the risk of developing the disease. Their findings, published today in the journal Science Expres ...
'Personalized' genome sequencing reveals coding error in gene for inherited pancreatic cancer
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Scientists at the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have used "personalized genome" sequencing on an individual with a hereditary form of pancreatic cancer to locate a ...
The utility of EUS and CEH-EUS in the diagnosis of small pancreatic tumors
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is a highly sensitive diagnostic method for the detection of small pancreatic carcinomas. Recently, there have been some reports describing the utility of contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS (CEH-EUS) ...
Possible origins of pancreatic cancer revealed
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT cancer biologists have identified a subpopulation of cells that can give rise to pancreatic cancer. They also found that tumors can form in other, more mature pancreatic cell types, but ...
Team reveals molecular mechanism underlying a form of diabetes
Sep 08, 2009 |
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By investigating a rare and severe form of diabetes in children, University of Iowa researchers have discovered a new molecular mechanism that regulates specialized pancreatic cells and insulin secretion. The mechanism involves ...
Revealing cancers' weak spots: Researchers exploit genetic 'co-dependence' to kill treatment-resistant tumor cells
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer cells fueled by the mutant KRAS oncogene, which makes them notoriously difficult to treat, can be killed by blocking a more vulnerable genetic partner of KRAS, report scientists at ...
Malignant signature may help identify patients likely to respond to therapy
Sep 06, 2009 |
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A molecular signature that helps account for the aggressive behavior of a variety of cancers such as pancreatic, breast and melanoma may also predict the likelihood of successful treatment with a particular anti-cancer drug. ...
Determining risk for pancreatic cancer
Feb 24, 2009 |
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In the latest clinical trial for a technique to detect pancreatic cancer, researchers found they could differentiate cells that are cancerous from those that are benign, pre-cancerous, or even early stage ...
An herbal extract inhibits the development of pancreatic cancer
Apr 19, 2009 |
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An herb recently found to kill pancreatic cancer cells also appears to inhibit development of pancreatic cancer as a result of its anti-inflammatory properties, according to researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson. ...
Popular diabetes treatment could trigger pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer
Apr 30, 2009 |
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A drug widely used to treat Type 2 diabetes may have unintended effects on the pancreas that could lead to a form of low-grade pancreatitis in some patients and a greater risk of pancreatic cancer in long-term users, UCLA ...
Charred meat may increase risk of pancreatic cancer
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Meat cooked at high temperatures to the point of burning and charring may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting 2009.
Nanoscopic changes to pancreatic cells reveal cancer
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 13, 2009 |
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A team of researchers in Chicago has developed a way to examine cell biopsies and detect never-before-seen signs of early-stage pancreatic cancer, according to a new paper in the Optical Society (OSA) journal Optics Letters. Though ...
