Hyperplasia in Biological News

First comprehensive guidelines for managing medullary thyroid carcinoma published in Thyroid journal

... are familial and present as an autosomal inherited disorder. In individuals with the inherited form of MTC, a preneoplastic lesion called C-cell hyperplasia will first develop and then progress to an invasive, life-threatening malignancy. The American Thyroid Association ( www.thyroid.org ) has ...

A compound extracted from olives inhibits cancer cells growth and prevents their appearance

... inhibitor that, among other features, has the capacity of regulating cell growth. It is useful for cancer treatment, as it allows to control the hyperplasia and hypertrophy processes, typical of this disease . The scientists of the UGR have characterized for the first time maslinic acid action from the ...

A giant among minnows: Giant danio can keep growing

... phase of the study, the researchers found that hyperplasia accounts for 67 percent of the giant danio’s muscle growth, compared to the zebrafish in which hyperplasia accounts for only 47 percent of the growth. ... zebrafish did not exhibit increased growth or hyperplasia in response to growth hormone, suggesting that ...

Inflammation and drugs to control this activity studied in a variety of tumors sites

... 39 percent (54/144) showed PAH/PIA (post-atrophic hyperplasia and/or proliferative inflammatory atrophy, which ... Risk: Abstract No. 2353 Women with atypical hyperplasia who also have high levels of the enzyme COX-2 in ... biopsy. Of this group, 235 women had atypical hyperplasia and tissue available for the study. Cancer ...

Hair-growth drug artificially lowers PSA levels in prostate cancer screening, study finds

... interpretation by multiplying it times two for these men." Finasteride was initially developed in the 1990s for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), better known as enlarged-prostate disease, and was first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for this use. Patients with BPH ...

Exposure to dioxins influences male reproductive system, study of Vietnam veterans concludes

... prostate in humans like they do in animals." The researchers found that veterans exposed to dioxin had lower incidence rates of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), better known as enlarged-prostate disease. BPH is a disease in humans that is caused by an enlargement of the prostate. Patients must strain ...

Possible birthplace of malignant brain tumors identified

... cells and the early changes associated with tumor initiation, suggesting they may be targets of neoplastic transformation. The regression of atypical hyperplasia after PDGF removal described here suggests that inhibition of PDGF signaling could provide a useful therapy for those gliomas in which the pathway is ...