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Cancer Treatment

Scientists Developing Breast Cancer ‘Vaccine’

Scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hope to begin clinical trials this spring on a vaccine to prevent the... 

January 5, 2009 | Read the story »

A new light shed on tumor immunotherapy for gastric cancer

Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen presenting cells (APCs) that both initiate and modulate the immune response. DCs are... 

December 23, 2008 | Read the story »

Discovery offers hope for treating kidney cancer

Kidney cancer is typically without symptoms until it has spread to other organs, when it is also the most difficult to treat. Newer... 

December 23, 2008 | Read the story »

New anti-breast cancer components of extra-virgin olive oil revealed

Good quality extra-virgin olive oil contains health-relevant chemicals, ‘phytochemicals’, that can trigger cancer cell... 

December 19, 2008 | Read the story »

Stem Cell Research

Rat embryonic stem cells created in lab

Genetically engineered rats should follow soon, providing new models of human disease. Genetically engineered rats: coming to a lab... 

December 26, 2008 | Read the story »

Stem cells to be used to test safety of prescription drugs

Embryonic stem cells could provide a new way of testing drugs for dangerous side effects, according to a leading British researcher. Speaking... 

December 18, 2008 | Read the story »

Single adult stem cell demonstrated to renew and continue to repair tissue damage in live mammal

Promise for muscle wasting diseases such as muscular dystrophy and severe muscle injuries or loss of function from aging The first... 

December 15, 2008 | Read the story »

Research on the effects of stem cell source and patient age on transplantation outcomes

Two studies examining the effects of stem cell source and patient age on stem cell transplantation outcomes will be explored at a press... 

December 7, 2008 | Read the story »

Diabetes

Researchers engineer pancreatic cell transplants to evade immune response

Discovery moves diabetes type 1 cure closer to clinical application In a finding that could significantly influence the way type 1... 

January 2, 2009 | Read the story »

Common infant virus could trigger type 1 diabetes

Human parechovirus is a harmless virus which is encountered by most infants and displays few symptoms. Suspected of triggering type... 

December 19, 2008 | Read the story »

Type 1 diabetes and celiac disease linked via shared genetic markers

Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes and celiac disease appear to share a common genetic origin, scientists at the University of Cambridge and... 

December 11, 2008 | Read the story »

Two cancer drugs can prevent and reverse type 1 diabetes, study shows

Two common cancer drugs have been shown to both prevent and reverse type 1 diabetes in a mouse model of the disease, according to research... 

November 19, 2008 | Read the story »

Heart Disease

Safe new therapy for genetic heart disease

A new clinical trial suggests that long-term use of candesartan, a drug currently used to treat hypertension, may significantly reduce... 

December 30, 2008 | Read the story »

Amish gene trait may inspire new heart drugs

A rare genetic abnormality found in people in an insular Amish community protects them from heart disease, a discovery that could lead... 

December 12, 2008 | Read the story »

Mini heart attacks lessen damage from major ones

New class of lipids suggests new treatment approach for heart attacks Researchers have discovered one potential mechanism by which... 

December 2, 2008 | Read the story »

Heart disease halted in mice - human trials a few years away

A promising treatment has reportedly allowed scientists to halt the advance of heart disease in mice - and even reversed some of its... 

December 1, 2008 | Read the story »

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