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| Jayden Lamb's Happy Spirit Kept Alive Through Strangers' Donations Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 09:57 AM PST Jayden, 8, died of cancer last November, but friends and and others remember him through their giving New strategies needed to encourage male cancer survivors to consider future fertility Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 09:54 AM PST ( University of Sheffield ) New strategies are needed to encourage men who have banked sperm prior to cancer treatment to engage with ongoing fertility monitoring programs, researchers from the University of Sheffield have found. CDC: Women getting unneeded Paps post-hysterectomy Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 09:52 AM PST Many women don't need to be screened for cervical cancer after a hysterectomy, but a new study says most get the test anyway. Revolutionary techniques could help harness patients' own immune cells to fight disease Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 09:52 AM PST ( Cell Press ) Researchers reporting in two separate papers in the Jan. 4 issue of the Cell Press journal Cell Stem Cell used stem cell technology to successfully regenerate patients' immune cells, creating large numbers that were long-lived and could recognize their specified targets: HIV-infected cells in one case and cancer cells in the other. The findings could help in the development of ... Japanese team creates cancer-specific killer T cells from induced pluripotent stem cells Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 09:52 AM PST ( RIKEN ) Researchers from the RIKEN Research Centre for Allergy and Immunology in Japan report today that they have succeeded for the first time in creating cancer-specific, immune system cells called killer T lymphocytes, from induced pluripotent stem cells. This Week in Nature Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 09:49 AM PST In Nature Genetics , two independent teams report on the use of genome-wide association analyses to offer clues to the biology of gout and colorectal cancer, respectively. Calling for a Change Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 09:49 AM PST In a Viewpoint column in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association , Eric Topol, Kelly Bethel, and Laura Goetz of the Scripps Translational Science Institute and the Scripps Clinic say that pathologists must change the way they handle tissue samples in order to take full advantage of genomic sequencing in cancer care. Factor May Determine Breast Cancer Therapy Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 09:46 AM PST Australian scientists say a "transcription factor" causes breast cancer to develop an aggressive subtype that isn't sensitive to estrogen. Chris Ormandy of Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research said transcription factors were molecules that switched genes on or off. In this case, the transcription factor known as ELF5 inhibited sensitivity to estrogen very early in the life of a breast ... Immune 'booster' may hit cancer Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 09:42 AM PST Vast numbers of cells that can attack cancer and HIV have been grown in the lab, and could potentially be used to fight disease. Radon awareness events under way in January Thu, 03 Jan, 2013 09:40 AM PST Radon awareness events under way in January by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 3, 2013 10:38AM MDT A Jan. 23 rally by Cancer Survivors Against Radon (CanSar) is one of several Utah events focusing on deadly radon. On Wednesday, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert declared January Radon Action Month. He also presented awards to state poster-contest winners Tucker Nixon of American Fork Junior ... | |
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