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Possible Tumor-Supressant Gene Identified

Written on 19 Jun, 2009 at 21:36 in Brain Tumor, Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer | viewed 13,236 times | 0 Comments

A team of Austrian scientists of the Institute of Biochemistry and the Center for Molecular Biosciences of the University of Innsbruck might have found a way to suppress a powerful oncogene, a recent study shows. The oncogene in question is in... (Continue reading)

A New Approach in Understanding the Metastatic Process

Written on 19 Jun, 2009 at 21:34 in Brain Tumor, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 20,719 times | 0 Comments

In an effort of understanding the mechanisms of the metastasis, researchers at the Institute Curie in Paris came up with a theory that suggests that every biological tissue regulates to a preferred pressure called homeostatic pressure and that an increased... (Continue reading)

Metabolites – A New Piece in the Cancer Development Puzzle

Written on 24 May, 2009 at 20:41 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 9,055 times | 0 Comments

The human body contains and continuously synthesizes about 3000 metabolites, such as triglycerides or cholesterol. As results of screenings of blood or urine, they are markers of a series of diseases and Dr. Arun Sreekumar, a cancer researcher at the... (Continue reading)

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A More Effective Tumour Inhibiting Protein

Written on 25 Apr, 2009 at 0:54 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer | viewed 20,835 times | 0 Comments

Associated with aggressiveness in some of the most common types of cancer, HIF (the hypoxia-inducible factor) is produced by cells in tumors, in their regions that have low levels of oxygen and are said to be hypoxic due to poor... (Continue reading)

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Breast Cancer Metastasis Could be Predicted

Written on 12 Apr, 2009 at 21:03 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer | viewed 38,743 times | 2 Comments

In the US alone, 12,5% of women are diagnosed with breast cancer at some time in their life and this is the most common malignant disease of women living in the developed world, 10 to 15 percent of them having... (Continue reading)

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Genetic Predisposition for Blood Cancers Confirmed

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 21:09 in Brain Tumor, Cancer, Lymphoma | viewed 16,592 times | 0 Comments

Myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs) are a group of blood cancers characterized by the excess production of red and white blood cells, many cases of which being caused by a mutation in a gene called JAK2. A recent study carried out at... (Continue reading)

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A New Weapon Against Tumor Cells

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 16:57 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 32,750 times | 0 Comments

A new drug could prove to be more effective in cancer treatment as tests show that it is about 200 times more active in killing tumor cells. The active agent comes from a class of drugs called bisphosphonates and it... (Continue reading)

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Mechanisms of Src Regulation Revealed

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 9:38 in Brain Tumor, Cancer, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma, Ovarian Cancer | viewed 28,788 times | 0 Comments

Src is an enzyme from the family of protein tyrosine kinases and it was the first cancer-causing gene discovered at the beginning of the 20th century. It has control over cell metabolism, division and death and while its function is... (Continue reading)

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