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...ntially life-saving insights into diseases such as breast cancer, in which chromosomal rearrangements are im...) picture of the genomic architecture of a complex breast cancer genome. Human cancer cells frequently possess chromosomal aberrations (such as missing an arm...NIH told regular and moderate exposure to sunlight is the key to preventing chronic disease
...nces such as hundreds of thousands of new cases of breast cancer, colon cancer, heart disease, high blood pr...nd bone health and involve chronic disease such as breast and colon cancer and high blood pressure. There is a mountain of well conducted, validated science ...Temple study identifies molecular mechanisms that may assist gene in blocking lung cancer
... compared with other cancers types, such as colon, breast and prostate cancers....Chemical change may help predict seriousness and course of some cancer
...on profiles of RASSF1A genes taken from 37 primary breast tumors, seven breast-cancer cell lines and 10 samples of normal breast tissue. Specifically, they measured methylation levels at 19 sites spanning two adjoining regions of...Thorough, searchable database of human proteins unveiled
...t proteins involved in diseases, such as so-called breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2, and proteins in key pathways, such as families of enzymes that modify other proteins. It includes only experimentally proven or widely accepted facts about the proteins, without mixing in computer-generated predictions t...JCI Table of Contents, 1 October, 2003
...g/press/19962.pdf The two faces of TGF-beta in breast cancer progression The growth factor TGF-beta plays a complex role in the progression of breast cancer. It has long been believed that during the early stages of breast cancer, TGF-beta acts as a ...'Injectable' tissue implant could repair ravages of breast cancer surgery
...lant that could be used to repair damage caused by breast cancer surgeries. The work is headed by Karen Bu...e: An estimated 74,000-plus American women undergo breast reconstructions each year to repair damage from invasive procedures such as lumpectomies and mastect...New method could aid in prostate and breast cancer diagnosis
...following surgery and to detect the early signs of breast cancer. Prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in women are the second leading causes of cancer deaths in the United States. (Only lung canc...Weizmann scientists invention moves forward: Cancer diagnosis technique gets FDA clearance
...received FDA clearance for use in the detection of breast and prostate cancer, and is slated for distributio...e 3TP), and then creates a colored likeness of the breast or prostate area based on the resulting data. A preponderance of red in the picture indicates malign...Some forms of cancer behave in an unexpected way
...h node involvement and disease progression in some breast cancers, according to investigators at the Researc...tre (MUHC). Their findings show that some types of breast tumors do not "play by the rules" and possibly, are more dangerous than previously believed. "We hav...Powerful new method helps reveal genetic basis of cancer
... using ROMA to compare the DNA of normal cells and breast cancer cells, the researchers have uncovered a str...s that are likely to be involved in some aspect of breast cancer (see http://roma.cshl.org, password available on request). Some of the DNA amplifications and...Diabetes drug may be new tool in treating breast cancer
...he first time a direct link between a gene causing breast and other cancers and a gene linked to diabetes an...t cell development. They are respectively found in breast cancer tissue and normal breast tissue. When PPAR is "turned on" by glitazones, tumor growth is inhi...Genetic clues may show which women face breast cancer risk from HRT
... certain women who would face an increased risk of breast cancer from using hormone replacement therapy, acc...that those with a genetic variant developed denser breast tissue after using estrogen and progestin therapy than women without the variant. Mammographic dens...Genetic differences revealed by SNPS play a role in risk, prevention and outcome for cancer
...e include genetic predictors for: mammographic breast density, which may have implications for breast cancer risk as well as breast cancer screening. In this study, scientists at the Keck School of Medi...Study finds simple way to reduce HIV transmission from mom to baby
...ntly became infected with HIV, most likely through breast feeding, but the nevirapine group still had about ...the virus during gestation or birth or by drinking breast milk, according to UNAIDS and the World Health Organization. More than 90 percent of these babies ar...Drug developed for rare disease may help millions more as treatment for cancer, autoimmune diseases
...n began exploring treatments for cancer, including breast cancer, kidney cancer and liver cancer. Currently,...s an anti-angiogenesis drug. He began working with breast cancer researchers, particularly Sofia Merajver, M.D., at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center. In 20...Telltale prostate cancer protein key to breast cancer, too
... prostate cancer is now being implicated in lethal breast cancer. And it may soon help doctors tell cancer p...kes it crucial for aggressive, metastatic forms of breast and prostate cancers, both of which are regulated by steroid hormones. But like many killers who get...Study finds potential way to improve cancer immunotherapy
...Hodgkin's lymphoma and trastuzumab (Herceptin) for breast cancer. People do not normally have these antibodies in their system. The cancer-fighting versions are based on natural antibodies and designed to react with cancer cells, Weiner said. With cancers, the immune system fails to recognize tumors as inv...Researchers try to determine why cancer cells don't commit suicide
... grants totaling nearly $1.2 million to study both breast cancer and prostate cancer cells to determine what... The researchers at Wake Forest will use normal breast and prostate cells that were converted to cancer cells by the controlled introduction of a few mutan...