News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: August 25, 2011
8/26/2011
NEUROBIOLOGY: Support cells in the gut: an inefficient source of new nerves The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a subdivision of the nervous system that controls many of the functions of the gastrointestinal system, including the contraction and relaxation of the gut wall muscles that moves food through the gut...
Plants Could Pave The Way For New Ovarian Cancer Treatments
8/26/2011
Tropical plants may contain the basis of new and effective treatments for ovarian cancer, according to researchers at the Universities of Strathclyde and Portsmouth. The scientists are developing a programme for testing plant extracts for the ability to stop cells from ovarian tumours growing. In initial tests, several plant extracts killed the tumour samples, taken from cancer patients...
In light of today's report of the National Immunization Survey results, which underscores a relative stagnation in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates, the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) encourages increased efforts by clinicians to advocate for targeted vaccination of 11- and 12-year-old male and female patients, while recommending catch-up vaccinat...
Children's Names New Director Of Center For Cancer And Blood Disorders
8/26/2011
Children's Medical Center has named Dr. Stephen X. Skapek director of the hospital's nationally ranked Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. Skapek also becomes the director of UT Southwestern Medical Center's Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division, where he holds the Children's Cancer Fund Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Oncology Research...
Researchers Have Paved The Way For Functional Analysis Of Non-Protein-Coding Genes
8/26/2011
When investigating cancer cells, researchers discovered numerous peculiarities: Particular RNA molecules are present in large numbers, particular genes are overactive...
International Progress On Non-Communicable Disease Epidemic Jeopardized By UN Member States
8/26/2011
The fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and liver disease, is at grave risk, because of recent efforts by some countries to stall and weaken critical United Nations negotiations, the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) warns...
Life Expectancy Of Cancer Patients Can Be Predicted Using New Scoring System
8/25/2011
A study published on bmj.com today showed that a new scoring system can more accurately predict the remaining life expectancy of patients with advanced cancer in terms of "days", "weeks" or "months"...
Bone Marrow Transplantation May Increase Cancer Resistance In Patients
8/25/2011
Bone marrow transplantation with genetically modified cells may prolong the period of cancer-free survival, suggests a study led by Dr. Vivek Rangnekar, associate director of translational research for the Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky. Bone marrow, a spongy tissue inside bones, contains stem cells that produce blood cells, including leukocytes, erythrocytes and platelets...
Nanoparticles Can Hinder Intracellular Transport
8/25/2011
Scientists at the Centre of Cancer Biomedicine at the Norwegian Radium Hospital are the first to show that uptake and accumulation of nanoparticles in cells can disrupt important intracellular transport pathways...
In a joint research effort with researchers at St...