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New Analytical Tool to Unravel the Cause of Diabetes

...otein to fold into sharp fibers that poke holes in pancreatic cells, killing them. Though scientists already have a good idea of the healthy "before" and dangerous "after" hIAPP structures, the steps in between remain somewhat of a mystery and may hold clues to what drives the transition. Researchers led b...

Decoding Protein Structures Helps Illuminate Cause of Diabetes

...otein to fold into sharp fibers that poke holes in pancreatic cells, killing them. Though scientists already have a good idea of the healthy 'before' and dangerous 'after' hIAPP structures, the steps in between remain somewhat of a mystery and may hold clues to what drives the transition, says UW-Madison chem...

US Professors Develop Fusion Protein to Fight Cancer

...tein can be helpful in fighting lung, prostate and pancreatic cancers without the damages that are caused by che...chers say it works best against lung, prostate and pancreatic cancers. Pento said the research started with breast cancer, and early experiments with the fusio...

Use of Swedish 'snus' is Linked to a Doubled Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

...ncet. Tobacco smoking is a known risk factor for pancreatic cancer, which is an unusually malignant form of th...ng to our data, eight or nine of them will develop pancreatic cancer, as opposed to four amongst those who use neither product. But 9,991 wont, so the odds arent ...

Life Expectancy Increased by Eating Less

...nes say the researchers are related to glucagon, a pancreatic hormone that increases blood sugar concentration and maintains the body's energy balance, particularly during fasting, reports the health portal News-Medical. The researchers say the pinpointing of the worm gene might lead to drugs being developed...

Scientists Identify New Possible 'biomarker' for Pancreatic Cancer

...hich they say is a potential biological target for pancreatic cancer. Led by Dr. Andrew Lowy and Dr. Susan W...N receptor tyrosine kinase was "over-expressed" in pancreatic cancer cells, suggesting that the receptor may also contribute to the disease's development. The ...

Tree Bark Substance may Hold New Lung-cancer Treatment

...a clinical trial to inspect its efficiency against pancreatic cancer in humans. Until now, however, researchers didnt know the mechanism of how the compound killed cancer cells. Dr. David Boothman, a professor in the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center and senior author of a study appearing online t...

New Tumor Markers for Pancreatic Cancer

... messages changes completely in cancer cells. When pancreatic cells transform into cancer cells, they abandon th...is PhD was to intercept messages sent by cancerous pancreatic cells and compare them with those sent by healthy pancreatic cells. This comparison would indicate w...

Sensible Diet, Exercise and Weight Control Increases Longevity

...he insulin receptor substrates, Irs2, in liver and pancreatic beta cells, we thought more Irs2 would be good for...omotes growth, survival and insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells, he added. In earlier work, the researchers had found that knocking out both copies of...

Researchers Find New Target for Anti-cancer Drugs

...ursuing the idea that such an antibody may inhibit pancreatic cancer growth in mouse models. If these results are positive, this will open the door for Duke oncologists to organize a clinical trial to test the agent in human cancer patients. Secreted proteins promoting the growth of blood vessels in tumours h...

Cytokine IL6 as a New Chemotherapeutic Target for Ras-driven Cancers

...lopment of a number of human cancers, particularly pancreatic and lung cancer. Unfortunately, though, attempts to target Ras for inhibition in a clinical setting have proved unsuccessful. "We knew Ras was really important for cancer, but time after time it defied attempts to be inhibited in the clinic. So we...

Hyperthermia With Chemotherapy Improves Sarcoma Healing

...esults in cases of colon and rectum cancers and of pancreatic carcinoma, as well. Under the guidance of GSF, a Virtual Institute of Excellence has been founded between the Clinical Co-operation Group Hyperthermia at the Grohadern Medical Centre and the Medical Clinic Charite Berlin, in order to promote the pr...

Pavarotti Has 'recovered' from Pancreatic Cancer, Says Wife

Opera star Luciano Pavarotti is recuperating from pancreatic cancer, says his wife . Nicoletta Mantovani insists that the 71-year-old tenor, who had a tumour removed from his pancreas in New York last year, has not lost any weight. "You never can tell with this disease but I think Luciano has done it, he...

Alternative Option for Type2 Diabetes Treatment

...viduals with mild diabetes, suggesting an adequate pancreatic beta cell reserve, who are at risk of hypoglycemic sequelae and in need of weight loss may benefit from this new class. However, these new classes of hypoglycemic agents will need continued evaluation both in long-term efficacy and safety controll...

FDA Says Tomatoes Unlikely to Cut Cancer Risk

...and reduced risk of prostate, ovarian, gastric and pancreatic cancers." Edward Giovannucci of the Harvard School of Public Health said in an accompanying editorial that the field of research remains promising, even if it is too early to point to a definitive relationship between consuming lycopene and lowerin...

Gene Therapy Eradicates Pancreatic Cancer in Mice

...y engineered therapy selectively embeds a gene in pancreatic cancer that shrinks or eradicates tumours, inhibit...ooks like a promising approach to gene therapy for pancreatic cancer and we are working to bring it to a clinical trial," says Dr. James Abbruzzese, Professor and...

Mutated Gene Zaps Pancreas Cancer in Mice

...s healthy tissue. "There are no good options for pancreatic cancer patients now," said James Abbruzzese, profe...er they were infected with two aggressive lines of pancreatic cancer, one in a very advanced stage. Infected control mice in both groups died within 40 days wit...

Luciano Pavarotti Believes He is 'nearing His End'

...with close friends. Pavarotti was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and he has not been seen in the public arena since then. His daughter Giuliana said that her father knows that he is going to die soon, and that he speaks a lot about meeting his parents and finding peace. 'He knows he's going to...

Skin Rashes Signifies Longer Survival in Cancer Patients

...Tarceva in advanced non-small cell lung cancer and pancreatic cancer due to the rash, Wacker said he fears those...Tarceva in advanced non-small cell lung cancer and pancreatic cancer - studies which led to approval of the agent for treating both cancers. Wacker and his team e...

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