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Scientists learn to predict protein-stabilizing ability of small molecules

...enn Presbyterian Medical Center, where the robotic prostate program is based. ...ionally valuable tool in the operating room during prostate surgery, for both the patient and surgeon. “Perhaps two of the most-feared possible long-term effect...

Penn Surgeons Use Completely Robotic Surgery to Successfully Treat Prostate Cancer

...enn Presbyterian Medical Center, where the robotic prostate program is based. ...ionally valuable tool in the operating room during prostate surgery, for both the patient and surgeon. “Perhaps two of the most-feared possible long-term effect...

University of Delaware researchers develop cancer 'nanobomb'

... cells, he is also working to extend his method to prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer. He also foresees nano-bio-robots or nano-surgical tools that can be placed inside the body to remove tumors in areas previously inaccessible using traditional treatment methods. Panchapakesan said the team' TM s fi...

Prostate cancer uses Wnt signaling proteins to promote growth of bone tumors

...rostate cancer is a cruel disease. Left untreated, prostate cancer cells often metastasize, or spread, to bone...ainful. More than 80 percent of men who die from prostate cancer die with metastatic disease in their bones. But scientists know very little about how migrati...

Anti-cancer Compound In Beer Gaining Interest

...ese hops flavonoids for everything from preventing prostate or colon cancer to hormone replacement therapy for... and most recently has shown some activity against prostate cancer in OSU studies. Xanthohumol appears to have several mechanisms of action that relate to its ...

Study hints at role of stem cell genes in testicular, breast cancers

... the genes are expressed in other cancers, such as prostate cancer. The genes are known as OCT 4, NANOG, STELLAR and GDF3. The researchers focused on seminomas ?tumors that account for 50 percent of the cases of testicular cancer, the most frequent cancer in Caucasian males ages 15-40 -- and breast cancers,...

Housecat-sized Siberian tiger cubs get collared

...58 E-mail: maris@ebc.ee X-ing out hereditary prostate cancer According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, one of every six American men develops prostate cancer, making it the most common form of non-skin cancer. Growing evidence suggests that there is ...

Studies on human genome variation provide insight into disease

...58 E-mail: maris@ebc.ee X-ing out hereditary prostate cancer According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, one of every six American men develops prostate cancer, making it the most common form of non-skin cancer. Growing evidence suggests that there is ...

Neurotransmitters signal aggressive cancer, offer potential for early diagnosis

...ich include aggressive types of lung, thyroid, and prostate cancers that spread to other parts of the body. Th...overed in an analysis of aggressive neuroendocrine prostate tumors in genetically engineered mice. Along with GABA, two other substances were seen, one a relate...

Eleven gene 'signature' reliably predicts cancer prognosis

...use cancer model as well as metastatic tumors from prostate cancer patients. The results show that a stem cell-like expression profile of the 11-gene signature in primary tumors is a very consistent and powerful predictor of a short interval to disease recurrence, metastasis, and death after therapy in cancer...

FDA: 'Highly Unlikely' Green Tea Lowers Cancer Risk

.... The robot has been used successfully at UNC for prostate removal surgery; for hysterectomies for endometria...he most common surgery performed for patients with prostate cancer. The robot improves the view that the surgeon has, and its instruments have more flexibility ...

Screen all at risk for HIV, plus pregnant women

.... The robot has been used successfully at UNC for prostate removal surgery; for hysterectomies for endometria...he most common surgery performed for patients with prostate cancer. The robot improves the view that the surgeon has, and its instruments have more flexibility ...

Surgical Robot 'Scrubs In' At UNC, May Be More Precise Than Conventional Surgery

.... The robot has been used successfully at UNC for prostate removal surgery; for hysterectomies for endometria...he most common surgery performed for patients with prostate cancer. The robot improves the view that the surgeon has, and its instruments have more flexibility ...

Columbia scientists develop cancer terminator viruses

...of eradicating cancer cells. The virus eradicated prostate cancer cells in the lab and in animals, while leaving normal cells unscathed. The present cancer "terminator" viruses represent the next generation of therapeutic viruses that permit replication uniquely in cancer cells with simultaneous productio...

U-M researchers identify new blood test for prostate cancer

...hat together provide a more accurate screening for prostate cancer than the current prostate specific antigen, or PSA, test. The study appears in the Sept. 22 issue of the New England Journal ...

New imaging technology shown to detect pancreatic inflammation in type 1 diabetes

...ed essentially the same drug on many patients with prostate cancer," said Dr. Benoist, "we have been able to move relatively quickly into clinical trials." Dr. Turvey added: "We hope to know soon whether we can use this drug and imaging technique to monitor pancreas inflammation in humans." Now Recruiting f...

Nanowires can detect molecular signs of cancer, scientists find

...dy receptors for certain cancer markers -- such as prostate specific antigen (PSA), PSA-a1-antichymotrypsin, carcinoembryonic antigen and mucin-1. When these telltale proteins come into contact with a receptor, it sparks a momentary change in conductance that gives a clear indication of the marker's presence....

Beauty queens urge girls not to sacrifice their bones

...than breast cancer) and one in five men (more than prostate cancer). At a related media seminar, IOF released a new publication "Move it or Lose it" which looks at the impact of weight-bearing exercise on building strong bones. Professor Helmut Minne, an IOF Board member and author of the report, noted that...

USC researchers determine mechanism of action of chemotherapy drug

...r biochemical properties of cells from human lung, prostate and lymphoma cancer cell cultures that had been treated with motexafin gadolinium, or MGd. What they found was that the drug created oxidative stress in the tumor cells, increasing the levels of expression of the genes that produce metallothioneins. ...

Unraveling a stomach cancer puzzle

...at3 is also involved in breast, head and neck, and prostate cancers, and we have a compelling case for investigating the development of therapies that target Stat3." ...

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