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Using a pig model to study chronic diseases may help minimize drug failure rate

Anne Li                     7/22/2017                    [email protected]   Scientists may be able to minimize the failure rate of drugs for diseases linked to high-calorie diets, such as colon cancer and type 2 diabetes, if…...

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New way found to boost immunity in fight cancer and infections

Anne Li                 7/22/2017                 [email protected]   An international research team led by Université de Montréal medical professor Christopher Rudd, director of research in immunology and cell therapy at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, has identified a…...

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Immune-cell numbers predict response to combination immunotherapy in melanoma

Anne LI                              7/22/2017                        [email protected]   Whether a melanoma patient will better respond to a single immunotherapy drug or two in combination depends on the abundance…...

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Molecular changes with age in normal breast tissue are linked to cancer-related changes

Anne Li                   7/22/2017                     [email protected]   Several known factors are associated with a higher risk of breast cancer including increasing age, being overweight after menopause, alcohol intake, and family history. However, the…...

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Genetic predisposition to breast cancer due to non-BRCA mutations in Ashkenazi Jewish women

Anne LI                           7/22/2017                          [email protected]   Genetic mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish women. A new…...

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New discovery could lead to better results for patients undergoing radiation

Anne Li                      7/22/2017                       [email protected]   More than half of cancer patients undergo radiotherapy, in which high doses of radiation are aimed at diseased tissue to kill cancer cells. But…...

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Shooting the Achilles heel of nervous system cancers

Anne Li                     7/22/2017                           [email protected]   Virtually all cancer treatments used today also damage normal cells, causing the toxic side effects associated with cancer treatment. A cooperative research…...

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Novel CRISPR-Cas9 screening enables discovery of new targets to aid cancer immunotherapy

Anne Li                          7/22/2017                              [email protected]   A novel screening method developed by a team at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center — using CRISPR-Cas9…...

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Young adult cancer survivors struggle to get back to normal

Anne Li                  7/22/2017                          [email protected]   Cancer survivors often talk about wanting to get back to normal, but a new study indicates many young adults who survived the disease struggle with…...

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Concurrent chemotherapy, proton therapy improves survival in patients with advanced lung cancer

Anne Li                                     7/22/2017                                    [email protected]   For patients with advanced, inoperable stage 3 lung cancer, concurrent…...

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