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Researchers identify better laser for treating facial spider veins
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have concluded that the 940nm wavelength laser is superior for treating facial spider veins (telangiectasias) as compared to the 532nm wavelength ...
Researchers ID gene involved in pancreatic cancer
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a gene that is overexpressed in 90 percent of pancreatic cancers, the most deadly type of cancer.
Study shows how defective DNA repair triggers 2 neurological diseases
Jan 15, 2009 |
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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have teased apart the biological details distinguishing two related neurological diseases—ataxia telangiectasia-like disease (ATLD) and Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS).
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Molecular basis for neurodegeneration in Ataxia telangiectasia
Apr 14, 2008 |
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An upcoming paper from Dr. David Wassarman (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health) in the May 1 issue of G&D lends new insight into the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration in Ataxia telangiectasia.
Researchers report of a brain and spinal tumor following human fetal stem cell therapy
Feb 18, 2009 |
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A case report published in this week's issue of the open-access general medical journal, PLoS Medicine, describes a rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy. Ninette Amariglio and Gideon Rechavi from the Sheba Medica ...
Protein 'chatter' linked to cancer activation
Aug 13, 2007 |
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Scientists have found the existence of cross-talk between human chromosome ends and the protein complexes central to the stability of the entire human genome, a “chat” that contributes to cancer development.
You can teach an old dog new tricks: anti-malarial prevents cancer in mice
Dec 21, 2007 |
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New data generated by a team of researchers from St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, and Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, have indicated that the antimalarial drug chloroquine effectively prevents cancer in ...
New step in DNA damage response in neurons discovered
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Jan 18, 2009 |
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Researchers have identified a biochemical switch required for nerve cells to respond to DNA damage. The finding, scheduled for advance online publication in Nature Cell Biology, illuminates a connection between proteins involv ...
Stress makes your hair go gray
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Those pesky graying hairs that tend to crop up with age really are signs of stress, reveals a new report in the June 12 issue of Cell.
Protein's essential role in repairing damaged cells revealed
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Jan 06, 2009 |
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University of Michigan researchers have discovered that a key protein in cells plays a critical role in not one, but two processes affecting the development of cancer.
Study identifies two chemicals that could lead to new drugs for genetic disorders
Sep 28, 2009 |
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UCLA scientists have identified two chemicals that convince cells to ignore premature signals to stop producing important proteins. Published in the Sept. 28 edition of the Journal of Experimental Medicine, the findings could ...
A potential approach to treatment of hepatitis B virus infection
Sep 10, 2008 |
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Eukaryotic cells employ multiple strategies of checkpoint signaling and DNA repair mechanisms to monitor and repair damaged DNA. There are two branches in the checkpoint response pathway—ataxia telangiectasia-mutated (ATM) ...
Seemingly suicidal stunt is normal rite of passage for immune cells
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Oct 20, 2008 |
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Researchers have shown that self-induced breaks in the DNA of immune cells known as lymphocytes activate genes that cause the cells to travel from where they're made to where they help the body fight invaders.
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