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A gene for metastasis
08-28-2007 · EurekAlert!Weizmann Institute Scientists reveal the actions of a key player in colorectal cancer.
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- Gene therapy eradicates pancreatic cancer in preclinical trial
07-09-2007 · EurekAlert!
A molecularly engineered therapy selectively embeds a gene in pancreatic cancer that shrinks or eradicates tumors, inhibits metastasis, and prolongs survival with virtually no toxicity, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the July 9 edition of Cancer Cell.
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- It is important to demonstrate the influence of the microenvironment in the process of metastasis
12-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
In the work defended at the University of the Basque Country, an in vitro culture model of human colon cancer was created in order to reproduce the gene regulation that is expressed in these cancer cells during their growth as metastasis in the liver of patients.
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- Researchers identify key gene that may be a marker of breast cancer metastasis
04-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified an important gene involved in the spread of breast cancer that has developed resistance to long-term estrogen deprivation. The gene may prove to be a useful marker for predicting which patients have the greatest risk of breast cancer recurrence so their doctors can offer the most appropriate treatment plan.
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- Inheriting A Tendency To Brain Infection
09-29-2006 · ScienceDaily
New findings from researchers in France support the controversial idea that an error in a single gene is enough to dramatically alter an individual's susceptibility to certain infections.
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- Does missing gene point to nocturnal existence for early mammals?
10-11-2006 · EurekAlert!
A gene that makes cells in the eye receptive to light is missing in humans, researchers have discovered.
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- Diabetes gene carries similar risk to obesity
10-23-2006 · EurekAlert!
Carrying two copies of a common variant of a particular gene doubles your chances of developing diabetes and puts you in a similar risk category to being clinically obese, according to a collaborative study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.
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- Gene might underlie travelers' diarrhea
10-28-2006 · Science News Online
Travelers to Mexico who get diarrhea are more likely than healthy travelers to have a particular variant form of the gene for the glycoprotein lactoferrin.
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- Scientists identify a septic shock susceptibility gene
11-02-2006 · EurekAlert!
In the November 15th issue of G&D, Dr. Robert Schneider and colleagues at NYU School of Medicine report that the AUF1 gene underlies susceptibility to septic shock.
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- UVa finds 'Alzheimer's gene' protects children from severe diarrhea
11-10-2006 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Federal University of Cearб in Brazil have joined forces to study if the gene believed to contribute to Alzheimer's protects children from the developmental stresses of early childhood diarrhea.
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- Wheat gene may boost foods' nutrient content
11-23-2006 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, the US Department of Agriculture and the University of Haifa in Israel have cloned a gene from wild wheat that increases the protein, zinc and iron content in the grain, potentially offering a solution to nutritional deficiencies affecting hundreds of millions of children around the world.
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