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Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer

PHILADELPHIA -- The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has decreased over time in the United States, which researchers suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal hyper

Breast density associated with increased risk of cancer recurrence

A new study finds that women treated for breast cancer are at higher risk of cancer recurrence if they have dense breasts.

Nanoparticles do not damage DNA across barriers by signaling molecules

November 9, 2009 by QED induced rad...

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Ionizing radiation emitted by nanoparticles damages the DNA by penetrating barriers instead of the nanoparticle signaling across the barrier for the DNA to be damaged

Scientists visualize how bacteria talk to one another

Using imaging mass spectrometry, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed tools that will enable scientists to visualize how different cell populations of cells communi

1930s drug slows tumor growth

Drugs sometimes have beneficial side effects. A glaucoma treatment causes luscious eyelashes. A blood pressure drug also aids those with a rare genetic disease.

US and European experts applaud new transatlantic task force on antibiotic resistance threat

Experts on both sides of the Atlantic applaud President Barack Obama and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, representing the European Union (EU) Presidency, for establishing a transatlantic tas

SNM applauds House action to build medical isotopes reactor in the US

Reston, Va. -- SNM applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for its passage of H.R. 3276 -- the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009.

Carnegie Mellon researchers link health-care debate to risk of dying in US and Europe

PITTSBURGH -- The current health care debate in the United States is complicated.

Alternative Therapy for Conventional Cancer

November 6, 2009 by DuncanAzzopardi

The main focus of this blog has been to discuss the scientific progress being made in the field of BHD Syndrome, whether that is in basic cell biology, to understand the mechanism(s) of pathogenesis i

First use of antibody and stem cell transplantation to successfully treat advanced leukemia

SEATTLE -- For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have reported the use of a radiolabeled antibody to deliver targeted doses of radiation, followed by a stem ce

Does prostate-specific antigen velocity help in early detection prostate cancer?

Arnhem, November 2009 -- The November issue of European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, features an article focussing on prostate specific antigen (PSA

Researcher: 'Optical biopsy' for breast cancer increasingly accurate

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer.

Researchers explore new ways to prevent spinal cord damage using a vitamin B3 precursor

NEW YORK (November 5, 2009) -- Substances naturally produced by the human body may one day help prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medical C

Researchers explore new ways to prevent spinal cord damage using a vitamin B3 precursor

NEW YORK (November 5, 2009) -- Substances naturally produced by the human body may one day help prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medical C



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