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Hormone may be new drug target for preventing lymphedema, tumor spread
12-20-2007 · EurekAlert!A hormone secreted by cells throughout the body and known to play a role in cardiovascular disease and other cell functions is also critical for proper formation of the lymphatic system in mice, according to research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
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- Important mechanism identified in the formation of blood vessels
01-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
All tissues, sick and healthy alike, need a blood supply to survive and grow. The key to many medical problems, like preventing tumor development, is therefore to obstruct the spread of the blood vessels. Research scientists at Karolinska Institutet have now discovered a heretofore unknown mechanism for how the body links together its blood vessels.
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- A new target for the treatment of breast cancer
01-11-2007 · EurekAlert!
The active ingredient in a drug currently being tested to treat rheumatoid arthritis might also one day serve as an effective means of treating one of the deadliest forms of breast cancer. Berkeley Lab researchers have demonstrated that inhibiting the activity of the protease enzyme known as TACE can deprive tumor cells of a key factor needed for their proliferation. TACE is strongly present in a form of breast cancer which responds poorly to current therapies.
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- Other highlights in the Jan. 8 JNCI
01-08-2008 · EurekAlert!
Also in the Jan. 8 JNCI are an association between statin use and reduced cancer risk, a potential colon cancer drug target, a mouse model for studying kidney cancer, and a review of how tumor viruses regulate telomeres.
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- Jefferson scientists find tumor suppressor gene protects against pre-cancerous development
11-01-2006 · EurekAlert!
Cell biologists have provided further evidence that a gene thought to play a role in suppressing tumors actually protects against the development of pre-cancerous cell growth as well. The researchers say that the gene, caveolin-1, which they found in two major types of breast cells, could be a potential target for future drugs aimed at preventing breast cancer. The work also suggests a potentially important role of the tumor "microenvironment" in the cancerous process.
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- New way to target and kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria found
07-09-2007 · EurekAlert!
Putting bacteria on birth control could stop the spread of drug-resistant microbes, and researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found a way to do just that.
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- Signal protein shows promise for blocking tumor promoters in skin cells
11-03-2006 · EurekAlert!
A protein with the ironic name "Srcasm" can counteract the effects of tumor-promoting molecules in skin cells. Using animal models, the researchers discovered that Srcasm acts like a brake in epithelial cells, preventing uncontrolled cell growth caused by a family of proteins called Src kinases. This finding, published online in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, suggests a target for future gene therapy to treat skin, head, neck, colon and breast cancers.
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- Cancer stem cells similar to normal stem cells can thwart anti-cancer agents
06-15-2007 · EurekAlert!
Current cancer therapies often are thwarted because they cannot eliminate a small reservoir of multiple-drug-resistant tumor cells. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine suggests that for chemotherapy to be truly effective in treating lung cancers, for example, it must be able to target a small subset of cancer stem cells, which they have shown share the same protective mechanisms as normal lung stem cells.
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- Jefferson scientists find protein potential drug target for treatment-resistant prostate cancer
12-31-2007 · EurekAlert!
Scientists at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia have found that a signaling protein that is key to prostate cancer cell growth is turned on in nearly all recurrent prostate cancers that are resistant to hormone therapy. If the findings hold up, the protein, called Stat5, may be a specific drug target against an extremely difficult-to-treat cancer.
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- University of Pittsburgh scientists find new contributor to aggressive cancers
06-06-2007 · EurekAlert!
Mutations in the cell adhesion molecule known as integrin alpha 7 (integrin б7) lead to unchecked tumor cell proliferation and a significantly higher incidence in cancer spread, or metastasis, in several cancer cell lines, report researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in a study being published today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. These findings suggest that integrin б7 represents an important new target for cancer therapy and prevention.
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- Semen ingredient 'drastically' enhances HIV infection
12-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
A plentiful ingredient found in human semen drastically enhances the ability of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to cause infection, according to a report in the Dec. 14, 2007, issue of the journal Cell, a publication of Cell Press. The findings help to understand the sexual transmission of HIV and suggest a potential new target for preventing the spread of AIDS, the researchers said.
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