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Longevity of AIDS patients presents new risks: US

Thirty years after the AIDS epidemic first surfaced, more people than ever before in the United States -- more than 1.1 million -- are living with HIV, the Centers for Disease Control said Thursday.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers achieve a full film frame of a family of proteins essential for cell function

Spanish researchers at IRB Barcelona have completed the 3D structural sequence adopted by several essential proteins in the exchange of substances between the extra and intracellular milieu. This finding provides a global ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Viral protein mimic keeps immune system quiet

In a new paper published Jan. 21 in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by Microbiology and Immunology professor Blossom Damania, PhD, has shown for the first time that the Kaposi sarcoma virus has a decoy protei ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Arsenic agent shuts down two hard-to-treat cancers in animal experiments

Researchers at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, a part of Georgetown University Medical Center, have found that an arsenic-based agent already FDA-approved for a type of leukemia may be helpful in another ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds therapeutic targets for rare cancer in children

The first study of Ewing's sarcoma that screened hundreds of genes based on how they affect cell growth has identified two potential anti-cancer drug targets, according to a scientific paper by the Translational Genomics ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Doctors look for orange-size lump, find 56-pounder

(AP) -- Doctors were shocked when they looked into a woman's uterus searching for an orange-size tumor but found something that resembled a giant rock instead.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Lung cancer risk particularly high for heart and liver transplant recipients

Heart and liver transplant recipients are at particularly high risk of developing lung cancer after receiving the donated organ, researchers report at the 2nd European Lung Cancer Conference. They are advising doctors to ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Spotlight on rare tumors in hunt for new cancer treatments

New breakthrough treatments for the most common cancers could soon come from cutting-edge research into some of the world's rarest tumors.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Rare' cancers in the spotlight at major European conference

More should be done across Europe to ensure that people with rare forms of cancer are not denied access to the best possible treatment, say the organizers of a major European cancer conference to be held in Milan on 9 and ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

World first: Ovarian transplant helps woman be mum twice over

In what doctors described Wednesday as a world first, a Danish woman has given birth to two children after her fertility was restored using ovarian tissue that was removed, frozen, thawed and then reimplanted after cancer ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Figitumumab has anti-tumor activity in Ewing's sarcoma

A preliminary study of the anticancer drug figitumumab has found that it has antitumour activity in Ewing's sarcoma—a cancer which affects mainly teenage boys. The results have led to the drug's progression to a Phase 2 trial ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children who survive cancer more likely to suffer from heart disease

Children and adolescents who survive cancer have a significantly higher risk of developing heart disease as young adults, according to the largest study on this issue published on bmj.com today.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Autologous stem cell transplantation for soft tissue sarcoma: insufficient research into therapy

Due to a lack of suitable studies, it is unclear whether patients with soft tissue sarcoma can benefit from autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. With this type of therapy, some of the patient's own (autologous) ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Childhood cancer survivor study report: Late recurrence is a risk for some cancers

Late recurrence is a risk for some pediatric cancers, particularly Ewing sarcomas and tumors of the central nervous system, according to a new study published online December 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Targeted heat therapy offers new standard treatment option for soft tissue sarcoma

Patients with soft-tissue sarcomas at high risk of spreading were 30% more likely to be alive and cancer free almost three years after starting treatment if their tumours were heated at the time they received chemotherapy, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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