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Serendipity points to new potential target and therapy for melanoma
Dec. 20, 2012 A University of Colorado Cancer Center study in this month’s edition of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology describes a new target and potential treatment for melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. MicroRNA can decide which genes in a cell’s DNA are expressed and which stay silent.
Therapy with bone marrow-derived stem cells does not improve short-term recovery after heart attack
ScienceDaily (Nov. 5, 2012) Administering to patients stem cells derived from their own bone marrow either three or seven days after a heart attack is safe but does not improve heart function six months later, according to a clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health. The results of the trial, called Transplantation In Myocardial Infarction Evaluation (TIME), mirror a previous, related study, LateTIME, which found that such cells (called autologous stem cells) given two to three weeks after a heart attack did not improve heart function.
Cellular landscaping: Predicting how, and how fast, cells will change
ScienceDaily (Oct. 31, 2012) A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a model for making quantifiable predictions of how a group of cells will react and change in response to a given environment or stimulus — and how quickly
Protein levels could predict if bowel cancer patients will benefit from Avastin
ScienceDaily (Oct. 23, 2012) Comparing levels of specific proteins that the drug Avastin targets could identify patients with advanced bowel cancer who will benefit from the treatment, according to research published in Clinical Cancer Research on October 23.
Experts challenge super food claims: Healthy-giving properties of broccoli, blueberries, may not make it past the gut
ScienceDaily (Oct. 5, 2012) They have been the mainstay of the health industry for the best part of a decade, but now researchers at London’s Kingston University are using an approach that allows them to delve deeper into the effectiveness of health-promoting ‘super foods’ and their elixir-giving ilk. While there’s no doubt foods such as broccoli, blueberries and whole grains contain polyphenols – compounds that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties – the academic experts contend that little of these health-giving properties actually make it past the gut
Growing corn to treat rare disease
ScienceDaily (Sep. 21, 2012) The seeds of greenhouse-grown corn could hold the key to treating a rare, life-threatening childhood genetic disease, according to researchers from Simon Fraser University. SFU biologist Allison Kermode and her team have been carrying out multidisciplinary research toward developing enzyme therapeutics for lysosomal storage diseases — rare, but devastating childhood genetic diseases — for more than a decade
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