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Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Announces Recipients of 2009 Komen ...

By: patelashishme0932

Dallas – October 27, 2009 – Three researchers who have focused much of their careers on developing targeted therapies that both lower the risk of developing hormone-sensitive breast cancers and effectively treat the disease are this year’s winners of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Brinker Award for Scientific ...

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Curry Spice Could Kill Cancer Cells

By: jdangjenn

Eating Thai and Indian food might help people fight a painful kind of cancer. Irish scientists have found that turmeric a spice used in curries contains a chemical called curcumin that kills oeseophageal cancer cells in the laboratory. Curcumin started to kill the cancer cells within 24 hours of application, researchers at the University ...

26 days ago

Morphine might spread cancer: report

By: arboofti

Monday, November 23, 2009  BOSTON: Laboratory tests suggest morphine could in fact encourage the spread of cancer, for which it is routinely prescribed to relieve pain from surgery and tumours.US scientists say the opiate promotes the growth of new blood vessels, which deliver tumours oxygen and nutrients. Speaking at a ...

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Artificial Rabbit Penises: When the Burrow's a-Rockin', Don't Come a-...

By: antonianoel

  Rabbits everywhere who had suffered penile injuries squealed with joy when they heard the success of lab-created penises grown from their own tissues. Researchers were able to re-grow penile tissues by taking muscle and blood-vessel cells from individual male rabbits and grafting them back onto the bunnies. Eventually, these boy bunnies ...

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