News tagged with regression
New cancer target for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Nov 22, 2009 |
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Physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a molecular mechanism that may prove to be a powerful target for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects lymphocytes, ...
Nano-Scale Drug Delivery For Chemotherapy
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Going smaller could bring better results, especially when it comes to cancer-fighting drugs.
Study shows that elderly women sleep better than they think, men sleep worse
Oct 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Oct.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that elderly women sleep better than elderly men even though women consistently report that their sleep is shorter and poorer.
Scientists Discover A New Protein Partnership That Leads To Pediatric Tumor Regression
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why are some pediatric cancers able to spontaneously regress? Prof. Michael Fainzilber and his team of the Weizmann Institute's Biological Chemistry Department seem to have unexpectedly found part of the ...
Scientists improve delivery of cancer-fighting molecules
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Small interfering RNA (siRNA), a type of genetic material, can block potentially harmful activity in cells, such as tumor cell growth. But delivering siRNA successfully to specific cells without adversely ...
GPS helps locate soil erosion pathways
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Grassed waterways are placed in agricultural fields where runoff water tends to concentrate because they can substantially reduce soil erosion. Mapping techniques that help identify where erosion channels will likely form ...
Glucose metabolism and recidivism of severe violent crimes in alcohol intoxications
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 01, 2009 |
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It is commonly known that alcoholism and alcohol intoxications are connected with severe violent crimes such as homicides. For instance, in Finland even 80 per cent of these crimes happen in alcohol intoxications. It has ...
When it's more than the 'terrible twos'
Dec 09, 2008 |
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We all know how infants can act up during their terrible twos, but when these behaviors are accompanied by developmental setbacks, they could point to something more serious.
2 drugs are better than 1 at targeting tumors with B-RAF mutations
Oct 24, 2008 |
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In a proportion of human solid tumors, in particular melanomas (a form of skin cancer that is often resistant to chemotherapy), inappropriate activation of the MEK/ERK signaling pathway as a result of mutations in the B-RAF ...
