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Delirium in hospitalized adults: Situation critical, no relief available
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Every year as many as seven million adults in the United States experience delirium during hospitalization. In a systematic review of the scientific literature on delirium prevention and treatment, investigators from Indiana ...
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Radiation seeds effectively cure prostate cancer in young men
Oct 29, 2007 |
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Radiation seed implants (brachytherapy) are just as effective at curing prostate cancer in younger men (aged 60 and younger) as they are in older men, according to a study presented at a scientific session on October 31, ...
Could therapeutic vaccines treat hard to beat breast cancers?
Jul 27, 2009 |
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A comprehensive analysis of nearly 1,600 tumor samples has found that CT-X genes are expressed in nearly half the breast cancers that lack the estrogen receptor (ER). CT-X gene products are the targets of therapeutic cancer ...
Major breakthrough may pave the way for therapeutic vaccines
Dec 17, 2009 |
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It should be possible to use therapeutic vaccines to create both cheap and effective drugs for diseases like cancer and allergies. One problem in developing such vaccines has previously been the lack of adjuvants, substances ...
A new therapeutic option for human hepatocyte cancer
Sep 23, 2008 |
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p53-impaired tumors may be particularly suitable to parvovirus H-1-induced therapy. Although the p53 deficiency in tumors may induce resistance to chemotherapeutic agents, this will not affect the tumor cell susceptibility ...
Researchers find gene that could lead to new therapies for bone marrow disease
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) researchers are one step closer to finding new ways to treat Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), a bone marrow disease that strikes up to 15,000 people each year in the United States, and ...
Possible drug target found for one of the most aggressive breast cancers
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) investigators have identified a gene that could be an important therapeutic target in the treatment of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer. Currently, patients with these cancers ...
Prescribing sunshine for multiple sclerosis?
May 26, 2009 |
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Could a holiday in the sun reduce the risk of developing multiple sclerosis? In a recent review for F1000 Medicine Reports, Bridget Bagert and Dennis Bourdette highlight recent advances in potential treatments.
Cornell makes cancer vaccine for clinical use
Aug 20, 2009 |
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The Bioproduction Facility at Cornell University has produced the first batch of NY-ESO-1 recombinant protein—a cancer vaccine—that will be used in clinical trials for patients facing either ovarian cancer or melanoma. The ...
Newly identified role for 'power plants' in human cells could lead to targeted therapies
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Scientists have determined that human cells are able to shift important gene products into their own mitochondria, considered the power plants of cells. The finding could eventually lead to therapies for dozens of diseases.
Blocking protein kills prostate cancer cells, inhibits tumor growth
Feb 28, 2008 |
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Researchers at Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia have shown that they can effectively kill prostate cancer cells in both the laboratory and in experimental animal models by blocking a signaling protein that ...
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