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September, 2009

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Individual Trials on Mice Lead to Breakthrough Discovery in Breast Cancer

The mutations of the tumors involved in breast cancer are unique for each person suffering from this disease. Considering the fact that these suffering are similar in the case of mice and humans, scientists from the Duke University Institute for... (Continue reading)

Alzheimer Patients Aided by a Cancer Drug

The Journal of Alzheimer`s Disease September issue presented a research regarding the effects of a drug given to cancer suffering patients in treating the memory loss in the case of Alzheimer disease. This study was supervised by a team of... (Continue reading)

Quality of Life May Predict Life Span of Lung Cancer Patients

In September 2009, the Journal of Thoracic Oncology published a study concerned with the fact that people`s pretreatment life quality can predict how much they can survive with their ordeal. The research focused on patients suffering from non-small cell lung... (Continue reading)

A New Treatment For Ovarian Cancer

A partnership research study made by the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital discovered that women suffering from metastatic ovarian cancer can be treated with a revolutionary medicine. A radioactive substance with no harmful side-effects... (Continue reading)

Problems with Genetic Testing For Intestinal Cancer Due to Insurance Implications

Australian researchers discovered that more than half of the persons with the genetic threat of developing bowel cancer refused to take part in scientific tests due to the belief that their insurance will be later rejected. As Dr. Louise Keogh,... (Continue reading)

New Molecular Switch Causes The Development of Cancerous Cells

A study conducted by a team of researchers from Syracuse University found out that a molecule that can be reversibly shifted between two or more states which is part of the Mixed Lineage Leukemia protein complex can be used in... (Continue reading)

Australian Research: HPV Vaccination to Prevent Breast Cancer

The human papilloma virus (HPV) represents the main cause for various forms of breast cancer. As an Australian study shows, the negative effects against the human body can be counteracted by a vaccine against HPV. This vaccination can help save... (Continue reading)

Lowering radiation toxicity by inhibiting Nf-kappa B protein. Study on Zebra-fish

Research conducted by the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson University on embryos of zebra fish showed that inhibiting in a direct manner of the activity of an important protein which intermediates the process of inflammation, the negative, toxic effects of... (Continue reading)

RNA Helps Suppressing the Spread of Aggressive Breast Cancer

According to researchers at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, a low cellular level of a tiny fragment of RNA appears to increase the spread of breast cancer. Their study was published in the June 12 issue of Cell, and describes... (Continue reading)

Predicting Fatal Fungal Infections in HIV-related Death

Researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University identified in a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, cells in blood that predict which HIV-positive individuals are most likely to develop deadly fungal meningitis, a major cause... (Continue reading)

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