Fish oil may hold key to leukaemia cure
December 23rd, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) A fish oil compound that targets leukaemia stem cells also holds the key to its cure.
Leukaemia refers to cancer of the blood or bone marrow ... Read more...
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Genetic change helps lung tumors spread to other parts of the body
April 7th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 7 (ANI): Scientists have identified a genetic change that makes lung tumors more likely to spread to other parts of the body.The findings offers new insight into how lung cancers ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
DNA damage can help protect the body from infection
April 1st, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 01(ANI): Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have offered the first evidence that DNA damage can lead to the regulation of inflammatory responses, the body's reaction to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Zebrafish model reveals skin cancer-promoting gene
March 24th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 24 (ANI): You might have never thought that the dark stripes on the tiny zebrafish hold a key clue for discovering a treatment for the deadly skin cancer melanoma. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
How broccoli fights cancer
January 27th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 27 (ANI): Scientists have discovered how broccoli and its veggie cousins fight cancer.They found for the first time that certain substances in the vegetables appear to target and block a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Small molecule drug may help treat hormone-accelerated breast cancer
January 29th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 29 (ANI): University of Missouri scientists in the United States say that a small molecule drug has the potential as a novel chemotherapeutic treatment for breast cancer accelerated by ... Read more...
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The cousin proteins that play crucial role in cancer identified
September 19th, 2008 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 19 (ANI): Scientists at Princess Margaret Hospital have uncovered the role of two variants of gene p53, which are crucial to the development of cancer.The two cousin proteins related ... Read more...
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Gene therapy improves survival in head and neck cancer patients
May 29th, 2008 - 4:06 pm ICT by admin
Washington , May 29 (ANI): Scientists have found that a gene therapy, invented at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, increases the rate of survival for patients having ... Read more...
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Blood pressure drugs may help prevent pancreatic cancer spread
April 15th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 15 (ANI): Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have found that a blood pressure-lowering drug called an angiotensin receptor blocker inhibits pancreatic cancer ... Read more...
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