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Tufts Medical Center researchers find new functions of blood cell protein in transplantation
8/11/2016
Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University scientists have found exciting, new functions of the protein angiogenin (ANG) that play a significant role in the regulation of blood cell formation...
Effects of chemotherapy on developing ovaries in female fetuses
8/11/2016
The chemotherapy drug etoposide may have adverse effects on the developing ovaries of female fetuses, according to a study in mouse cells published in the open access journal BMC Cancer.
Boron carrier for targeted tumour therapy
8/11/2016
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a boron carrier for use in targeted radiation treatment for cancerous tumours.
New study shows breast tumors evolve in response to hormone therapy
8/11/2016
Analysis of single tumor sample inadequate to provide best treatment.Many breast tumors grow in response to female hormones, especially estrogen.
Colorectal tumors exacerbated by mouth microbes
8/10/2016
Bacteria commonly found in the mouth can travel through the bloodstream and use a sugar-binding protein to stick to and worsen colorectal tumors.
Epigenetics: The keeper of the code
8/10/2016
The code stored in our DNA is no longer the whole story. The field of epigenetics is teaching us that the packaging is just as important as the contents.
Why is breast cancer common but heart cancer rare?
8/10/2016
Malignant cancers strike certain organs, such as the colon or breast, more often than others.
Radical treatment and examination combined can halve mortality from prostate cancer
8/10/2016
Men with very high-risk prostate cancer, who are treated at hospitals with a high proportion of administered radical local treatment (radiotherapy or prostatectomy), only have half of the mortality...
New drug class gives hope for better treatments for incurable myeloma
8/10/2016
Australian researchers have discovered that a new class of anti-cancer agents may be effective in treating multiple myeloma, an incurable bone marrow cancer.
Thyroid tumour: It takes two to tango
8/09/2016
Autonomous adenomas are the most common benign tumours of the thyroid gland. Mutations in two genes account for around 70 percent of the cases.