News tagged with b cell lymphoma

Scientists find new way to attack cancerous cells

Scripps Research Institute scientists have discovered a new way to target and destroy a type of cancerous cell. The findings may lead to the development of new therapies to treat lymphomas, leukemias, and related cancers.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protein complex key in avoiding DNA repair mistakes, cancer

As the body creates antibodies to fight invaders, a three-protein DNA repair complex called MRN is crucial for a normal gene-shuffling process to proceed properly, University of Michigan research shows.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study reveals how fusion protein triggers cancer

What happens when two proteins join together? In this case, they become like a power couple, where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Small molecule targets B cell lymphoma

Scientists are one step closer to developing a targeted therapy for lymphoma. New research, published by Cell Press in the April 13th issue of the journal Cancer Cell, identifies a specific small-molecule inhibitor that w ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Anti-inflammatory drugs may defeat a treatment-resistant type of cancer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Effective drugs for treating a chemotherapy-resistant form of lymphoma might already be on the market according to a study that has pieced together a chemical pathway involved in the disease.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gene linked to increasingly common type of blood cancer

California and Arizona researchers have identified a gene variant that carries nearly twice the risk of developing an increasingly common type of blood cancer, according to a study published online today by the science journal ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bcl6 gene sculpts helper T cell to boost antibody production

Expression of a single gene programs an immune system helper T cell that fuels rapid growth and diversification of antibodies in a cellular structure implicated in autoimmune diseases and development of B cell lymphoma, scientists ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0