(Phys.org) —Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer. Most of those with the disease will die within the first year of diagnosis, and just 6 percent will survive five years.
Biochemistry
Oct 9, 2013
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Researchers at the Pediatric Diabetes Research Center (PDRC) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown that the pancreatic protein Nkx6.1 – a beta-cell enriched transcription factor – is ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 12, 2013
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(AP) -- Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for "outstanding performance" running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave.
Business
Mar 13, 2010
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Over the past 30 years, progress in early detection and treatment of cancer has helped reduce the overall death rate by more than 30%. Pancreatic cancer, however, has remained difficult to treat. Only 1 in 9 people survive ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 13, 2022
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Piers Sellers, a climate scientist and former astronaut who gained fame late in life for his eloquent commentary about the earth's fragility and his own cancer diagnosis, has died. He was 61.
Space Exploration
Dec 23, 2016
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A nanoparticle therapy developed by investigators at University Hospitals (UH) and Case Western Reserve University targets overactive neutrophils, a specific kind of white blood cell, to prevent almost all types of blood ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 30, 2022
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(Phys.org) —Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in Orlando, Fla., recently determined and analyzed ...
Biochemistry
Apr 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Conditions such as celiac disease, phenylketonuria, lactose intolerance and exocrine pancreatic disease involve abnormal enzyme activity. Enzymes administered orally could help sufferers. However, because enzymes, ...
When trace elements rise to toxic levels, bad things happen.
Biochemistry
Sep 6, 2017
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Stem cells hold great promise for treating a number of diseases, in part because they have the unique ability to differentiate, specializing into any one of the hundreds of cell types that comprise the human body. Harnessing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 2, 2015
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