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Blood clots may complicate aortic valve replacements
10/06/2015
New study in New England Journal of Medicine shows anti-coagulation medicine successful and fast in resolving clots that could impair valve motionHeart valve replacements made from tissue...
Predictive model could help guide choices for breast cancer therapies
10/06/2015
Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a proof-of-principle technique that could give women and their oncologists more personalized information to help them choose options for treating breast cancer.
Identifying cancer's food sensors may help to halt tumor growth
10/06/2015
Protein used by tumors to help them detect food supplies could be targeted to restrict cancerous cells' ability to growOxford University researchers have identified a protein used by tumours to...
Protein that helps cancer cells source food may offer new treatment target
10/06/2015
A preliminary study suggests targeting a protein that helps cancer cells beat other types of cell to find and use food supplies could restrict tumor growth.
Study reveals key structure in telomerase enzyme, a target for cancer drugs
10/06/2015
Over-activation of telomerase in 90 percent of malignant tumors has made the unusual enzyme a prime target for drug development effortsNew findings revealed a molecular "tug of war" that plays...
Predictive model could help guide choices for breast cancer therapies
10/06/2015
Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a proof-of-principle technique that could give women and their oncologists more personalized information to help them choose options for treating breast cancer.
1. Should women have an annual pelvic exam? Depends on who you ask.Annals of Internal Medicine and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center go "Beyond the Guidelines" to discuss differing opinions on...
Drinking trends across Europe increasing bowel cancer risk
10/05/2015
It has been estimated that around one in 10 cases of bowel cancer can be linked to alcohol consumption1 and the risk increases the more alcohol you drink2.
FDA approves Keytruda for advanced non-small cell lung cancer
10/05/2015
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease has...
Drinking trends across Europe increasing bowel cancer risk
10/05/2015
It has been estimated that around one in 10 cases of bowel cancer can be linked to alcohol consumption1 and the risk increases the more alcohol you drink2.