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Bel Marra Health, who offers high-quality, specially formulated vitamins and nutritional supplements, reports on a new study that pinpointed key proteins involved in cancer cell multiplication when observing the effects of caffeine on fruit flies Drosophilia melanogaster. Toronto, ON (PRWEB) April 27, 2013 Bel Marra Health, who offers high-quality, specially formulated vitamins and nutritional supplements, reports on a new study that pinpointed key proteins involved in cancer cell...
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation announced today that the educational video covering the BAP1 gene, which is the first gene discovered in mesothelioma, is now available on the organization’s website. Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) April 26, 2013 The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation) announced today that the educational video covering the discovery of the new BAP1 gene in mesothelioma is now available for viewing on the organization’s website. BAP1 is the...
Voices Against Brain Cancer (VABC) responds to an article posted by Cancer Research UK detailing key cancer research New York, NY (PRWEB) April 26, 2013 On April 26, Voices Against Brain Cancer (VABC) responds to an article posted by Cancer Research UK detailing how researchers may have discovered a new tactic that will help predict whether or not cases of breast cancer will spread to the brain. The Cancer Research UK article states that a team of researchers based at Baylor College of...
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Sequencing of 57 prostate cancer genomes shows cancer gains powerful advantage with abrupt intervals of complex, large scale DNA reshuffling Cancer is typically thought to develop after genes gradually mutate over time, finally overwhelming the ability of a cell to control growth. But a new closer look at genomes in prostate cancer by an international team of researchers reveals that, in fact, genetic mutations occur in abrupt, periodic bursts, causing complex, large scale reshuffling of...
Increasing, Unsustainable Prices for Leukemia Drugs Represent Larger Issue Across All Cancers WASHINGTON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The increasing cost of treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in the United States has reached unsustainably high levels and may be leaving many patients under- or untreated because they cannot afford care, according to a Blood Forum article supported by nearly 120 CML experts from more than 15 countries on five continents and...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Genomic Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GHDX) today announced that the company will host a conference call and webcast on Thursday, May 2 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its first quarter 2013 financial results. The call and webcast will follow the release of the first quarter financial results after market close. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130425/SF01493LOGO) Conference Call Details To access the live conference...
A prospective study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) observed an association between risk of second primary cancer and history of non-melanoma skin cancer in white men and women. The researchers found that people with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer had a modestly increased risk of getting cancer in the future, specifically breast and lung cancer in women and melanoma in both men and women. Non-melanoma skin cancer, which includes basal cell and squamous cell...
White people who have types of skin cancer other than melanoma (non-melanoma skin cancer) may be at increased risk of having other forms of cancer in the future, according to a study by US researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine. The analysis, led by Dr. Jiali Han, an Associate Professor from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School in the US, found that men and women with a history of non-melanoma skin cancers—the most common form of cancer in the United States...
