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Bionovo Inc. announced today the publication of results from its study on the inhibitory effect of tamoxifen on estrogen receptor beta (ERb) gene regulation. The results of the study, which will be published in Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, demonstrate that tamoxifen inhibits the beneficial effects of ERb in the prevention of breast cancer cell proliferation.
Exercise may protect against both memory-loss and depressive mood after whole-brain radiation treatments, U.S. researchers say. The study, presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Chicago, found mice with access to an exercise wheel less likely to suffer a decline in erasable memory after radiation and less likely to show depressive-like behavior.
Decades of studies have documented the link between eating a diet rich in vegetables and multiple health benefits, yet nearly eight out of 10 people worldwide fall short of the daily recommendation.(1) Research presented at the International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables suggests the best approach may be to focus on the factors that are often behind this vegetable gap: convenience and enjoyment.
Warfarin, one of the most inconvenient, dangerous, and disliked drugs in the world, has remained vitally important for more than 50 years. That tells you how much difficulty scientists have had coming up with safer, easier pills to do what warfarin does -- fight life- threatening blood clots.
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed and second leading cause of cancer deaths in men in the United States. If detected early, prostate cancer treatment is highly successful, but at present there are no known treatments for advanced metastatic disease.
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Nanosphere, Inc., a leader in the development and commercialization of advanced molecular diagnostics systems, today announced that a research team at Northwestern University's International Institute for Nanotechnology found that an ultrasensitive nanoparticle-based assay, 300 times more sensitive than commercial immunoassays, is capable of detecting previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients who have undergone radical prostatectomy.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday approved Cervarix, a new vaccine to prevent cervical cancer and precancerous lesions caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18. The vaccine is approved for use in girls and women age 10 to 25.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Votrient (pazopanib), the sixth drug to be approved for kidney cancer since 2005. Votrient is an oral medication that interferes with angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels needed for solid tumors to grow and survive.
Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) announced the launch of the Shine a Light National Lung Cancer Vigil, a campaign designed to raise awareness of lung cancer during November, Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Building on the success of vigils held across the country over the past three years, LCA is encouraging an even greater number of volunteers to host a vigil in their community.
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When Geri Bell lost her breasts to cancer, she joked that at least she wouldn't need a bra. When she lost her hair to chemotherapy, she'd say how her wig made it so easy to get ready in the morning.
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