Health News: [cancer ]: Immune system boost 'fights cancer'

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Health News : cancer - News from other sources.   Immune system boost 'fights cancer' Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 10:50 AM PDT A way of firing up the body's immune system in order to attack cancer has been discovered by US researchers. Continue reading Dialing Back Treg Cell Function Boosts Cancer-Fighting Immune Activity Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 10:40 AM PDT By carefully adjusting the function of crucial immune cells called Tregs, scientists may have developed a completely new type of cancer immunotherapy--harnessing the body's immune system to attack tumors. Continue reading Basingstoke mum chops off her teenage daughter's pink locks in Cancer Research UK fundraiser Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 10:27 AM PDT THERE has to be a good reason for a mum to shave her daughter's hair off – and Stevie Hobbs certainly had one. Continue reading PHOTOS: Shailene Woodley Chops Off Her Hair (and Donates It) Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 10:24 AM PDT She cut her hair to play a cancer patient in her new film Continue reading Researchers Link Aging Gene to Blood Cancer Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 10:20 AM PDT The team says their findings could 'revolutionize' future treatment. Continue reading Why living in Shannon, Quebec, is bad for your health Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 10:20 AM PDT Jean Bernier slows his car to a stop on a quiet, tree-lined street. "They call this the 'red zone'," he says, gesturing towards a row of tidy bungalows. "Nearly everybody here had cancer. You could go from house to house and probably find someone in each." Related Stories Court fight to keep dictator's... Continue reading Dialing back treg cell function boosts the body's cancer-fighting immune activity Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 10:20 AM PDT ( Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ) By carefully adjusting the function of crucial immune cells, scientists may have developed a completely new type of cancer immunotherapy -- harnessing the body's immune system to attack tumors. To accomplish this, they had to thread a needle in immune function, s... Continue reading Major study links aging gene to blood cancer Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 10:20 AM PDT ( Institute of Cancer Research ) A gene that helps control the ageing process by acting as a cell's internal clock has been linked to cancer by a major new study.Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, found a genetic variant that influences the ageing process among four n... Continue reading Gene regulation: Long RNAs wire up cancer growth Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 10:19 AM PDT The discovery of long non-coding RNAs that control the liaisons between a transcription factor with a key role in prostate cancer and its target genes sheds light on how RNAs dictate information flow in the cell nucleus. Continue reading Biological techniques: An embryonic view of tumour development Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 10:19 AM PDT A genome-wide screen of developing mouse embryos, performed using RNA-interference techniques, finds new suspects in skin cancer. But some factors seem to have opposing roles in cancer and normal-tissue maintenance. Continue reading

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