News tagged with tumor suppressive
'Longevity' protein SIRT1 may ward off precursor to prostate cancer
Researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson and two other institutions have discovered new evidence that suggests the "longevity" protein SIRT1, known for its life-spanning effects in different species, can inhibit ...
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Virgin olive oil and a Mediterranean diet fight heart disease by changing how our genes function
Everyone knows olive oil and a Mediterranean diet are associated with a lower risk for cardiovascular disease, but a new research report published in the July 2010 print issue of the FASEB Journal offers a surprising reason ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Late-stage ovarian cancer shows promise in two-drug phase I trial
The combination of decitabine and carboplatin appears to improve the outcome of women who have late-stage ovarian cancer. In an upcoming issue of the journal Cancer (online today), Indiana University researchers report four o ...
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Self-help -- tumors promote their own metastasis
Current research suggests that tumor-secreted exosomes inhibit the immune response, enhancing tumor metastasis. The related report by Liu et al, "Contribution of MyD88 to the tumor exosome-mediated induction of myeloid derived ...
Apr 30, 2010 |
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Scientists discover how a tumor suppressor induces senescence and staves off cancer
A frequently mutated gene in human cancers is the reitnoblastoma (RB) gene, which controls a potent tumor suppression pathway. Mutations in the gene disable the vast and intricate RB pathway in virtually all tumor cells, ...
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Nanoparticle Developed To Boost Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the hallmarks of cancer is that tumors are able to suppress the immune system, preventing the body's own defense system from eliminating the disease, particularly as tumors spread through the body. ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 23, 2010 |
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Scientists demonstrate role of protein in distinguishing chromosome ends from DNA breaks
The Stowers Institute's Baumann Lab has demonstrated how human cells protect chromosome ends from misguided repairs that can lead to cancer. The work, published in The EMBO Journal, a publication of the European Molecular Biolog ...
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Waste disposal protein is mechanism behind cancer tumor suppression
"Taking out the trash" takes on a whole new meaning, as investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, have discovered that a waste disposal protein is the key ...
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Environmental exposures may damage DNA in as few as three days
Exposure to particulate matter has been recognized as a contributing factor to lung cancer development for some time, but a new study indicates inhalation of certain particulates can actually cause some genes to become reprogrammed, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 17, 2009 |
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