Legend has it that Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." University of Missouri researchers are doing just that, but instead of building mousetraps, the scientists are targeting cancer drugs...
A drug originally developed to stop cancerous tumors may hold the potential to prevent abnormal brain cell growth and learning disabilities in some children, if they can be diagnosed early enough, a new animal study suggests...
Controlling Diabetes After Pancreas Removal
8/31/2012
Removing the entire pancreas in patients with cancer or precancerous cysts in part of the organ does not result in unmanageable diabetes - as many physicians previously believed, research at Mayo Clinic in Florida has found. The study, published online in the journal HPB Surgery, evaluates how well patients who had their entire pancreas removed could control their resulting diabetes...
Break apart a couple worm-like chromosomes and they may reconnect with mismatched tips and tails - such is the case of the EML4-ALK fusion gene that creates 2-7 percent of lung cancers. Almost exactly a year ago, the FDA approved the drug crizotinib to treat these ALK+ lung cancer patients, who were likely never smokers...
Exercise Can Help Cancer Patients, But Few Oncologists Suggest It
8/31/2012
Numerous studies have shown the powerful effect that exercise can have on cancer care and recovery. For patients who have gone through breast or colon cancer treatment, regular exercise has been found to reduce recurrence of the disease by up to 50 percent...
Unique Mouse Model Created For The Study Of Aplastic Anaemia
8/31/2012
Maria Blasco's Telomere and Telomerase Group at the CNIO elucidates the link between telomeres and bone marrow failure in aplastic anaemia by means of a new mouse model. Aplastic anaemia is characterised by a reduction in the number of the bone marrow cells that go on to form the different cell types present in blood (essentially red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets)...
For Patients With Lacunar Stroke, Aspirin-Clopidogrel Is No Better Than Aspirin Alone
8/31/2012
Aspirin combined with the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel is no better than aspirin alone for stroke prevention in people with a history of lacunar strokes, and the combination carries a greater risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, according to results of a trial funded by the National Institutes of Health...
Study Of Malaysian Tribe Could Help Find East Asian Skin Color Genes
8/30/2012
Genetic investigation of a Malaysian tribe may tell scientists why East Asians have light skin but lower skin cancer rates than Europeans, according to a team of international researchers. Understanding the differences could lead to a better way to protect people from skin cancer...
Researchers Connect New Genetic Signature To Leukemia
8/30/2012
University of Rochester Medical Center scientists believe they are the first to identify genes that underlie the growth of primitive leukemia stem cells; and then to use the new genetic signature to identify currently available drugs that selectively target the rogue cells...
Regulation Of Red Blood Cell Size And Number By Newly Identified Protein
8/30/2012
The adult human circulatory system contains between 20 and 30 trillion red blood cells (RBCs), the precise size and number of which can vary from person to person. Some people may have fewer, but larger RBCs, while others may have a larger number of smaller RBCs...