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Weak link in cancer cell armour identified
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 11 days ago
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Using a mouse model, senior author Robert Weiss, associate professor of molecular genetics, first author and graduate student Stephanie Yazinski and colleagues explored how cells respond when both genes are inhibited. When they inactivated the Hus1 gene...
Tags: cancerous cells, Robert Weiss, weak link, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Apoptosis, P53, Cancer, DNA repair, Carcinogenesis, Oncology, Tumor suppressor genes, Proteins, Health Medical Pharma
Israeli scientists find stroke drug could help cure cancer
Jerusalem :: Israel | 19 days ago
Credibility Israeli scientists have identified a substance that can kill cancerous cells without harming healthy ones, paving the way for more effective cancer treatment. The findings by researchers at Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, were...
Tags: cancerous cells
Virus linked to most aggressive form of prostate cancer
London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
Credibility Scientists working on prostate cancer have found evidence that the most aggressive forms of the disease may be caused by a virus. A team of US researchers found traces of virus inside fast-growing prostate tumours, suggesting it could play a role in the...
Tags: prostates cancerous, Dr Ila Singh, prostates tumours, cause prostates, cancerous cells, human prostates
Novartis drug combo cuts pancreatic tumour size
Oxford :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
Credibility Afinitor is one of Novartis's most important new drugs and is being tested for use against several different types of cancer, which could help it achieve sales of more than $1 billion annually. It works by blocking a protein known as mTOR and disrupting...
Tags: cancerous drugs, cancerous cells
Michael Jackson cancer fears
London :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
Credibility There are fears for pop superstar Michael Jackson's health after reports that he has skin cancer. Newspaper reports said doctors have discovered potentially cancerous cells on the superstar's face. The 50-year-old has also apparently been spotted at a...
WebMD: Marijuana Chemical May Fight Brain Cancer
Madrid :: Spain | 7 months ago
Credibility Guillermo Velasco and colleagues at Complutense University in Spain have found that the active ingredient in marijuana, THC, causes brain cancer cells to undergo a process called autophagy. Autophagy is the breakdown of a cell that occurs when the cell...
Tags: THC, brain cancerous, active ingredient, tumors growth, cancerous cells
Genetic changes outside nuclear DNA may trigger half of all cancers
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 8 months ago
Credibility Already, it is known that a process known as hypermethylation, which is a buildup of chemical bonds on certain cancer-promoting genes, can render cells cancerous by disrupting biological brakes on runaway growth...One potential consequence of the new...
Tags: cancerous cells
Grape seed extract treats blood cancer?
Louisville :: KY :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility American researchers believe that grape seed extract can treat hematological (blood) malignancies by destroying cancerous tissue. According to a study published in Clinical Cancer Research , grape seed extract can stimulate the apoptosis (self-destruction)...
Tags: grape seed, seed extract, cancerous cells, leukemia cells, leukaemia cells, destroying cancerous
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