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Cell Division Studies Hint At Future Cancer Therapy

Cell Division Studies Hint At Future Cancer Therapy

Quansheng Du wants to make sure both offspring do well. He's dissecting the complex, continuous and amazing process that enables one cell to become two.When all goes well, cell division, or mitosis, helps repopulate a damaged organ or reple [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Cell Division Studies Hint At Future Cancer Therapy

Cell Division Studies Hint At Future Cancer Therapy

Quansheng Du wants to make sure both offspring do well. He's dissecting the complex, continuous and amazing process that enables one cell to become two.When all goes well, cell division, or mitosis, helps repopulate a damaged organ or reple [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Anthrax toxin as cancer killer?

Researchers have developed a mutated anthrax toxin, which may have implications as an effective cancer therapy. Researchers at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology created a mutated anthrax toxin, which could kill tum [...]

Posted On : Jan, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Discovery may aid cancer treatments

 In a development that could greatly enhance doctors' ability to tailor cancer treatment to those who need it most, researchers have identified a tiny molecule that makes breast cancer cells spread to other organs.More than 200,000 U.S [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2007 | Comments : 0

Is there a link between prostate cancer and lacking male children?

Is there a link between prostate cancer and lacking male chi...

One possible cause of prostate cancer may be a damaged Y chromosome: the same chromosome that makes a person male rather than female. Now, a study led by Susan Harlap of Columbia University's School of Public Health has found new support [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2007 | Comments : 0

Paper in Cancer Biology & Therapy Confirms In Vitro Cytotoxic Effect of Alfacell's ONCONASE(R)

Paper in Cancer Biology & Therapy Confirms In Vitro Cytotoxi...

PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alfacell Corporation today announced that a paper published in Cancer Biology & Therapy (2007; Vol. 6, Issue 8) further confirms previous in vitro research that the cytotoxic effects of ONCONASE results from its [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2007 | Comments : 0

Genetic 'Gang of 4' Drives Spread Of Breast Cancer

Genetic 'Gang of 4' Drives Spread Of Breast Cancer

Studies of human tumor cells implanted in mice have shown that the abnormal activation of four genes drives the spread of breast cancer to the lungs. The new studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers reveal that the aberrant ge [...]

Posted On : Apr, 13 2007 | Comments : 0

'Genetic Shield' May Beat Cancer

DNA offers hope of altering path of evolution, say pioneers. Humans could be close to deliberately altering their evolutionary "destiny" and one day even introducing a natural cancer vaccine into their inheritance, claimed the gia [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2007 | Comments : 0

Personalized Diets may relief to Cancer Patients

Personalized Diets may relief to Cancer Patients

It is well known that cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy often experience nausea and loss of appetite. But until now, researchers have looked into why this happens and what can be done to ensure that cancer patien [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2007 | Comments : 0

Particle physics on the cancer ward

Particle physics on the cancer ward

Techniques developed by atomic physicists are being used to develop the first of what promises to be a new generation of cancer treatments in place of conventional radiotherapy. One day doctors could even be using anti-matter. Recent annou [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

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