News tagged with prostate cancer cells
Tumor-initiating Cells Detected in Pten Null Prostate Cancer Model
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New findings published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, advance the current understanding of the role of stem/progenitor cells on the initiation and progression of pro ...
New Synthetic Molecules Trigger Immune Response to HIV and Prostate Cancer
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Yale University have developed synthetic molecules capable of enhancing the body’s immune response to HIV and HIV-infected cells, as well as to prostate cancer cells. Their ...
Study uncovers key to how 'triggering event' in cancer occurs
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered what leads to two genes fusing together, a phenomenon that has been shown to cause prostate cancer to develop.
Preventing Prostate Cancer to Bone Metastasis
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In new research on prostate cancer to bone metastasis, Dr. Phillip Trackman of Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine explains that the lysyl oxidase pro-peptide (LOX-PP) inhibits prostate ...
Prostate cancer vaccine extends survival in study
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- An experimental treatment added four months to the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer, doctors reported Tuesday in a study that tested an entirely new approach to fighting the disease.
Fresh Pot of Tea Strikes Anticancer Gold
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Missouri-Columbia report in the Journal of Materials Chemistry that chemicals in tea are the best yet discovered to make consistent, biologically safe gold nanoparticles. More i ...
3-D research model tackles prostate cancer spread
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Shirly Sieh, a PhD student at IHBI, is studying the way cancer cells escape from the prostate through the bloodstream to form tumour colonies, most often in the spine and long bones.
'Smart bomb' drug delivery may increase effectiveness
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Researchers may have found a way to combine imaging with chemotherapy in a single agent for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting ...
Agent Orange exposure increases veterans' risk of aggressive recurrence of prostate cancer
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Veterans exposed to Agent Orange are at increased risk of aggressive recurrence of prostate cancer, researchers report.
Pioneering medical nanotechnology offers new cancer breakthrough hope
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 17, 2009 |
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A multi-disciplinary team of scientists from the University of Leicester could be potentially paving the way for the development of a powerful new strategy for both the early diagnosis and treatment of prostate ...
A potential new target for treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer
Apr 06, 2009 |
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A new study identifies a protein that modifies the androgen receptor (AR) and influences its ability to regulate target genes linked with the progression of prostate cancer. The research, published by Cell Press in the April ...
New treatment hope for prostate cancer
Feb 06, 2009 |
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Scientists at Melbourne's Burnet Institute have developed a potential new treatment for patients with prostate cancer. An article, which described the invention, has recently been published in the prestigious international ...
Preventing prostate cancer the complex way
Feb 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Blocking a specific protein complex prevents the formation of tumors in mice genetically predisposed to develop prostate cancer, researchers at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research ...
Hair on a man's head offers clues about prostate cancer
Aug 21, 2008 |
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Some of the drugs given to many men during their fight against prostate cancer can actually spur some cancer cells to grow, researchers have found. The findings were published online this week in a pair of papers in the Proceedings of ...
