News tagged with tumor formation
Researchers find ways to encourage spinal cord regeneration after injury
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Animal research is suggesting new ways to aid recovery after spinal cord injury. New studies demonstrate that diet affects recovery rate and show how to make stem cell therapies safer for spinal injury patients. The findings ...
Research isolates liver cancer stem cells prior to tumor formation
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Penn State College of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Southern California, have taken an important step in understanding the role of stem cells in development of liver cancer. Using ...
Scientists illuminate how microRNAs drive tumor progression
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UCSF researchers have identified collections of tiny molecules known as microRNAs that affect distinct processes critical for the progression of cancer. The findings, they say, expand researchers' understanding ...
Single host gene may hold key to treating both ebola and anthrax infections
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Research published by Army scientists indicates that a minor reduction in levels of one particular gene, known as CD45, can provide protection against two divergent microbes: the virus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever ...
New metabolic safeguards against tumor cells revealed
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cells don't like to be alone. In the early stages of tumor formation, a cell might be pushed out of its normal home environment due to excessive growth. But a cell normally responds to this ...
STAT3 gene regulates cancer stem cells in brain cancer
Aug 10, 2009 |
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In a study published online in advance of print in Stem Cells, Tufts researchers report that the STAT3 gene regulates cancer stem cells in brain cancer. Cancer stem cells have many characteristics of stem c ...
Researchers identify gene that regulates tumors in neuroblastoma
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified a gene that may play a key role in regulating tumor progression in neuroblastoma, a form of cancer usually found in young children. Scientists hope the finding ...
Neutralizing tumor growth in embryonic stem cell therapy
May 06, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered a method to potentially eliminate the tumor-risk factor in utilizing human embryonic stem cells.
