| Oct 06, 2010 |
After an international search, Vered Stearns, M.D., has been named Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center's Breast Cancer Program. Stearns serves as Co-Director with Sara Sukumar, Ph.D., the Barbara B. Rubenstein Professor in Oncology... Read More
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| Oct 06, 2010 |
Each year, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month focuses our attention on the burden of breast cancer in our society and reminds us that there are things women can do to help detect this disease earlier, when it may be most treatable, and, possibly, to reduce the risk that it will occur in the first place... Read More
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| Oct 06, 2010 |
When compared with placebo and other drugs, long-term use of finasteride improves urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia, and reduces disease progression. This conclusion comes from combining the findings of 23 randomized clinical trials that evaluated almost 21,000 men, and is published this month in The Cochrane Library... Read More
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| Oct 06, 2010 |
Researchers at Immunocore Limited announced that IMCgp100, a targeted therapeutic for the treatment of advanced metastatic melanoma, has received regulatory and ethics approval and has opened enrolment for clinical trials in the UK and USA... Read More
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| Oct 05, 2010 |
A prototype device developed in Hong Kong will allow laboratory researchers to non-invasively test drugs for their ability to kill tumors by subjecting cancerous cells with different concentration gradients... Read More
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| Oct 05, 2010 |
To mark the start of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Los Angeles Times published a special section on breast cancer prevention, research and treatment. Articles in the series are summarized below... Read More
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| Oct 05, 2010 |
Cisplatin, an anticancer drug widely used for treating various types of tumor, can induce side effects in the short term. A team of scientists, mostly from CNRS and the Université de Nice has provided first in vitro evidence that this antitumor agent modifies the sensitivity of cellular pressure sensors... Read More
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| Oct 05, 2010 |
Ben Major, PhD, assistant professor of cell and developmental biology, has been awarded one of 33 National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Awards, one of the NIH's most prestigious grants. The $1... Read More
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| Oct 05, 2010 |
A set of proteins found in blood serum shows promise as a sensitive and accurate way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found as part of a statewide study... Read More
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| Oct 05, 2010 |
Babies whose mothers had relatively high levels of the chemical DDE in their blood were more likely to both grow rapidly during their first 6 months and to have a high body mass index (BMI) by 14 months, according to a team of scientists based in Barcelona, Spain. DDE, an endocrine disrupter, is a by-product of the pesticide DDT... Read More
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