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Jarid2 may break the Polycomb silence

Historically, fly and human Polycomb proteins were considered textbook exemplars of transcriptional repressors, or proteins that silence the process by which DNA gives rise to new proteins. Now, work by a ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

PRINTed nanoparticles deliver multiple punches to treat prostate cancer

Using technologies common to the semiconductor industry, a team of investigators at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Liquidia Technologies has created a polymer nanoparticle that can encapsulate large loads ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanotechnology researchers develop new strategy to deliver chemotherapy to prostate cancer cells

Honing chemotherapy delivery to cancer cells is a challenge for many researchers. Getting the cancer cells to take the chemotherapy "bait" is a greater challenge. But perhaps such a challenge has not been met with greater ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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Finnish researchers discover regulator of human cell activity

The research teams headed by Prof. Johanna Ivaska (University of Turku and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland) and Prof. Marko Salmi (University of Turku and the National Institute for Health and Welfare) have discovered ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research promises better collection of prostate cancer cells

At the Oct. 2-6 microTAS 2011 conference, the premier international event for reporting research in microfluidics, nanotechnology and detection technologies for life science and chemistry, University of Cincinnati ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Gene may be good target for tough-to-kill prostate cancer cells

Purdue University scientists believe they have found an effective target for killing late-stage, metastatic prostate cancer cells.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breakthrough technology in identification of prostate cancer cells

– A team of researchers at UC Santa Barbara has developed a breakthrough technology that can be used to discriminate cancerous prostate cells in bodily fluids from those that are healthy. The findings ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bayer flags strong results of prostate cancer drug

German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer said Monday that its Alpharadin treatment for prostate cancer has shown positive results in advanced trials.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Prostate cancer spreads to bones by overtaking the home of blood stem cells

Like bad neighbors who decide to go wreck another community, prostate and breast cancer usually recur in the bone, according to a new University of Michigan study.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tumor metastasis with a twist

In the early stages of human embryogenesis, a transcription factor called Twist1 plays a key regulatory role in how the embryo assumes form and function. Much later in life, however, researchers at the University of California, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Trapping prostate cancer cells to keep them from spreading provides hope

When prostate cancer stem cells (CSCs) were enclosed in self-assembling nanomaterials made of peptides (SAP), the SAP stopped cancer stem cell colony formation and also stopped the division of cancer cells in laboratory ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists discover potential new target for prostate cancer treatment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Glasgow have discovered how a protein present in prostate cancer cells drives growth of the disease.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Researchers identify molecular predictor of metastatic prostate cancer

Prostate tumors that carry a "signature" of four molecular markers have the potential to become dangerously metastatic if not treated aggressively, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report in a study published online ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find key protein that suppresses prostate cancer growth in the laboratory

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer researchers have discovered an important protein, produced naturally inside cells, that appears to suppress the growth of prostate cancer cells in the laboratory. The findings, published ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Detecting, treats tumors, and monitoring response to therapy with gold 'nano-popcorn'

Using a two-step process that creates gold nanoparticles that look like kernels of popcorn, researchers at Jackson State University have created a targeted nanoparticle that can detect as few as 50 malignant prostate cells ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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