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Researchers identify new strategy for discovering colorectal cancer drugs
3/30/2016
University of Florida pharmacy researchers have identified novel drug targets and a new screening method for drugs affecting the signaling pathways in colorectal cancer.
Study results: cost savings associated with robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
3/30/2016
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. has announced the published results of a new study led by Ashutosh Tewari, MBBS, MCh, Professor and System Chair of Urology at Mount Sinai Health System in New York...
Reminder letter encourages more people to take bowel scope screening test
3/30/2016
Jogging the memory with a reminder letter to those who don't respond to their bowel scope screening invitation could mean more people would take the test, according to a Cancer Research UK-funded...
Children with Cushing syndrome may have higher suicide risk
3/30/2016
NIH study finds that depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts increase after treatment.
Nanoparticles deliver anticancer cluster bombs
3/30/2016
Triple-stage vehicles for platinum-based drugs.Scientists have devised a triple-stage "cluster bomb" system for delivering the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, via tiny nanoparticles designed to...
Stressed out: SLU scientist details cells' response to lesions
3/30/2016
In a recent review paper published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, SLU scientist Alessandro Vindigni, Ph.D.
Mimicking a blood vessel to create a 'bridge' to better medicine and precision treatment
3/30/2016
New technology enables real-time microscopic analysis of cell to cell interaction in environment that closely mimics human body; ideal for developing targeted drugs and testing precision treatments.
Blood clot risk lower for estrogen-only, transdermal, and vaginal estrogen at menopause
3/30/2016
A Swedish population study is helping answer lingering questions about hormone therapy safety.
UCLA researcher advances PET imaging technology to improve patient's response to cancer treatment
3/29/2016
New method could lead to better therapies for many deadly cancers.A promising new discovery by UCLA scientists could lead to a new method of identifying cancer patients that express high levels...
The sun, the main cause of occupational cancer for almost 14.5 million European workers
3/29/2016
There are almost 14.5 million workers in Europe, who spend at least 75% of their working time under the sun.