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Statin plus cancer drug deliver combo punch to brain cancer cells

...t they conclude that the tumor cell-killing by the combo is tantalizing. Cyclopamine works by blocking the so-called "hedgehog" pathway, long known to promote and guide cell and organ growth. Excessive growth is the chief characteristic of cancer. The investigators believe that blocking hedgehog with cyc...

Brain-computer link lets paralyzed patients convert thoughts into actions

... applications, such as enabling the brain-computer combo to control a wheelchair or other gadgets that will restore some control and freedom to patients with severe paralysis. At the American Spinal Cord Injury Association meeting in June, David Chen, medical director of the spinal cord injury rehabilita...

Newly discovered killer cell fights cancer

...rowth factor for NK cells. The drug-growth factor combo served as a lure, leading the IKDCs to tumors implanted in the mice. The results were that tumors shrunk in mice, which received injections of IKDCs, but not in those receiving conventional NK cells only. Evidence from the shrunken tumors revealed ...

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