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...strongly linked to thedevelopment of a potentially malignant disorder of the oral cavity and a highincidence of oral cancer in the Indian subcontinent and among Indian immigrants. They say that the nut has also been linked with cardiovascular disease,diabetes and asthma. Trivedy et al conclude that recent res...Wistar scientist awarded American Cancer Society grant for research on tumor killing cells
...t TALL-104 cells canrecognize and selectively kill malignant cells. Her research team has usedTALL-104 cells to treat pet dogs and cats with various terminal cancers thatwere unresponsive to conventional therapy. In many of these companion animals,the TALL-104 cells caused complete, long-lasting remissions. ...Less Toxic Bone Marrow Transplant Technique May Have More Powerful Anti-Cancer Effect
...laboratory to enhance the attack on therecipient's malignant blood cells. The TBRC-developed techniques for inducing mixed chimerism and exploiting theanti-cancer effects of donor immune system cells have been licensed toBioTransplant Incorporated (Nasdaq:BTRN) of Charlestown, which also hassupported much of......dwide. CLL is characterized by an accumulation of malignant lymphocytes(one subclass of white blood cells) in ...apy. CAMPATH appears to work in CLL by depleting malignant CLL cells, which bear theCD52 antigen. CAMPATH is a humanized monoclonal antibody which is directed......a small percentage of the rats developed a kind of malignant bone tumor known asosteogenic sarcoma when the ani... during the study according toArnaud. In addition, malignant bone tumors have been rarely if ever reported among thethousands of adults with excessive amounts of...Scientists use bacterial toxin to kill brain tumors
...hat causehamburger disease to completely eliminate malignant human brain tumors grown inmice. The research is p...tion because astrocytoma is the most commontype of malignant brain tumor and the prognosis is poor for patients with thisdiagnosis," explains HSC neurosurgeon Ja...Wake Forest first to apply innovative brain cancer treatment
...s 18,000 Americans will be diagnosedthis year with malignant brain tumors. Nearly all experience tumor regrowt...dies indicate survival for patients with recurrent malignant braintumors is approximately three months without therapeutic measures, five monthswith surgery alon...Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center adds new dimension in radiation treatment
...e and effective in treating avariety of benign and malignant tumors within the brain and along the spinalcord....Cancer tumors shown to consume large amounts of vitamin C
...s and vitamin C might function in cancer cells, as malignant cellsdevour more glucose than normal cells to obtain the energy they need to grow. Subsequently, their laboratory studies with myeloid leukemia cells showed thatthe cells accumulated high levels of vitamin C through their glucosetransporters. Buildi...A new ion channel involved in cell proliferation: evidence for its oncogenic potential
...ous system and/or out oftime is hence a marker for malignant transformation (cancer). In fact, severalcell lines derived from human tumors express the hEAG channel, whereas therespective normal tissue does not. Cells that have been genetically modified toexpress EAG proliferate in the absence of growth factors...New tests for blood clots, lung cancer use NIDCR patented technology
...d to help physiciansdistinguish between benign and malignant lung masses that are initially detectedby X-ray. ...ducedin the body. Somatostatin binds intensely to malignant lung tumors, whichoverexpress the somatostatin receptor, but does not bind to benign tumors. Toprodu...Hopkins gene therapy trial is first to activate entire human immune system against prostate cancer
...ll that survives surgery has the potential to turn malignant andbecome lethal to the patient. However, since the prostate is not a vital organ,the researchers say destruction of the prostate cells is safe and should notlead to incontinence or impotency as other therapies sometimes can. In fact,the therapy is...Estrogen-driven gene activates human pituitary tumors, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center researchers find
...hat estrogen is linked to its insidious trigger of malignant cell growth in those organs as well. Now researchers can begin to correlate expression of the gene with stages and lethality of various cancers, not just pituitary tumors, Dr. Melmed said. A deeper understanding of various forms of PTTG and their act...Protein predicts prognosis for breast cancer patients
...step in the long progression from normal to highly malignant tissue. The growth of new blood vessels tends to occur quite early for most cancers; even small tumors found via mammogram frequently have a high microvessel count (MVC). However, patients with high MVC combined with high protective levels of nm23 al...New cancer classification brings quicker treatment to some
... based largely on the appearance of the malignant cells under the microscope. Little additional information was available about the biology and course of the diseases. As a result, "many patients were lumped together who didn't ...Earlier detection for breast cancer in sight
...ery large differences in the diffraction data from malignant and non-malignant tissues. In other words we have the prospect of a new and extremely sensitive in-vivo diagnostic technique." This new structural information is available from the X-rays which are normally discarded from conventional mammograms ...'Smart scalpel' detects cancer cells in seconds
...ser, should help surgeons more accurately cut away malignant growths while minimizing the amount of healthy tis...rmal human brain cells called astrocytes and their malignant form, called glioblastomas, with excellent results. The brain is a particularly critical place to kn...Penn researchers announce results of Phase I trial using combretastatin drug
...a, PA) -- New approaches are needed to treat solid malignant tumors that cannot be removed surgically and are r...ts and reduces or destroys blood vessels supplying malignant tumors while sparing the vasculature of normal tissues. Vascular targeting agents like combretastati...Bexxar highly effective as first-line treatment for patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
...ace of the blood's B-cells, including those turned malignant in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients. The compound is believed to work through a combination of immune system activity involving the monoclonal antibody, and effects from the radiation released by the iodine 131. Through this targeted approach, the tum...New 'combination therapy' improves survival for malignant melanoma patients
...terleukin-2 (IL-2), improved survival for stage-IV malignant melanoma patients compared with those treated with...2 combination therapy allowed these advanced-stage malignant melanoma patients to take this treatment at home. "The patients in this study represented a group wi...