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Researchers find possible way to block the spread of deadly brain tumors

Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) may have found a way to stop the often-rapid spread of deadly brain tumors.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists identify chemical compound that may stop deadly brain tumors

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified a compound that could be modified to treat one of the most deadly types of cancer, and discovered how a particular gene mutation ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Spurious switching points in traded stock dynamics

Physicists have rebuffed the existence of power laws governing the dynamics of traded stock volatility, volume and intertrade times at times of stock price extrema. They did this by demonstrating that what appeared as "switching ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers to track tumor DNA through bloodstream

Medical scientists know this about glioblastoma multiforme: the malignant brain tumor is aggressive, it is elusive, and it appears in different permutations.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New insights for a therapeutic approach in glioblastoma

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have identified a new and important molecular player in glioblastoma. The amount of the MNK1 kinase is not only dramatically ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Oncometabolite' linked with widespread alterations in gene expression

A new study finds that a metabolite commonly elevated in brain cancer and leukemia may promote tumorigenesis by altering the expression of a large number of genes. New research, published by Cell Press in ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High-energy surprises found in 'constant' Crab Nebula (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The combined data from several NASA satellites has astonished astronomers by revealing unexpected changes in X-ray emission from the Crab Nebula, once thought to be the steadiest high-energy ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Thunderstorms hurling antimatter into space caught by Fermi (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (23) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

New vaccine extends survival for patients with deadly brain cancers

A new vaccine added to standard therapy appears to offer a survival advantage for patients suffering from glioblastoma (GBM), the most deadly form of brain cancer, according to a study from researchers at Duke University ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A lethal brain tumor's strength may be a weakness as well

Malignant gliomas are the most common subtype of primary brain tumor - and one of the deadliest. Even as doctors make steady progress treating other types of solid tumor cancers, from breast to prostate, the most aggressive ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 14, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Shining Light on Brain Tumours

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Canadian Cancer Society estimates that 2600 new cases of brain cancer will be diagnosed in 2010. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive and malignant form of brain cancer, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists develop 'designer protein,' opening new door in cancer research

A major breakthrough in how to target and destroy the most malignant and aggressive brain cancer cells has been made by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast


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