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1930s drug slows tumor growth

November 6, 2009

Drugs sometimes have beneficial side effects. A glaucoma treatment causes luscious eyelashes. A blood pressure drug also aids those with a rare genetic disease.

SNM applauds House action to build medical isotopes reactor in the US

November 6, 2009

Reston, Va. -- SNM applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for its passage of H.R. 3276 -- the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009.

Carnegie Mellon researchers link health-care debate to risk of dying in US and Europe

November 6, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- The current health care debate in the United States is complicated.

Alternative Therapy for Conventional Cancer

November 6, 2009

The main focus of this blog has been to discuss the scientific progress being made in the field of BHD Syndrome, whether that is in basic cell biology, to understand the mechanism(s) of pathogenesis i

First use of antibody and stem cell transplantation to successfully treat advanced leukemia

November 5, 2009

SEATTLE -- For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have reported the use of a radiolabeled antibody to deliver targeted doses of radiation, followed by a stem ce

Does prostate-specific antigen velocity help in early detection prostate cancer?

November 5, 2009

Arnhem, November 2009 -- The November issue of European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, features an article focussing on prostate specific antigen (PSA

Researcher: 'Optical biopsy' for breast cancer increasingly accurate

November 5, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer.

Researchers explore new ways to prevent spinal cord damage using a vitamin B3 precursor

November 5, 2009

NEW YORK (November 5, 2009) -- Substances naturally produced by the human body may one day help prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medical C

Researchers explore new ways to prevent spinal cord damage using a vitamin B3 precursor

November 5, 2009

NEW YORK (November 5, 2009) -- Substances naturally produced by the human body may one day help prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medical C

New Notre Dame study provides insights into the molecular basis of tumor cell behavior

November 5, 2009

A new study by a team of researchers led by Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, sheds light on the molecular basis by which tumor c

Does green tea prevent cancer? Evidence continues to brew, but questions remain

November 5, 2009

PHILADELPHIA -- Although scientists are reluctant to officially endorse green tea as a cancer prevention method, evidence continues to grow about its protective effects, including results of a new

Green tea shows promise as chemoprevention agent for oral cancer, M. D. Anderson study finds

November 5, 2009

HOUSTON - Green tea extract has shown promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer in patients with a pre-malignant condition known as oral leukoplakia, according to researchers at The Univer

Taking aim at mysterious DNA structures in the battle against cancer

November 4, 2009

Designers of anti-cancer drugs are aiming their arrows at mysterious chunks of the genetic material DNA that may play a key role in preventing the growth and spread of cancer cells, according to an



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