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Not All Cells Respond The Same Way To Insulin
May 1, 2008 — One of the characteristic features of the disease type 2 diabetes is the inability of cells of the body to respond to the hormone insulin, something known as insulin resistance. One of the effects of ... > full story -
Patient Trial For Virus That Attacks Brain Cancer Cells
April 16, 2008 — A common, naturally occurring virus that attacks cancer cells but appears to be harmless to normal cells is being studied as a possible treatment for malignant, highly aggressive and deadly brain ... > full story -
Stem Cells And Cancer: Scientists Investigate A Fine Balancing Act
April 11, 2008 — The mechanisms normally involved in balancing different functions of stem cells may also contribute to cancer. Scientists are delving into these mechanisms to understand how stem cells are normally ... > full story -
Too Many Gene Copies Stimulate Tumor Cell Growth
April 8, 2008 — New data have characterized a molecular pathway underlying low-grade forms of a type of brain tumor known as an astrocytoma. The authors therefore suggest that therapeutics targeting this pathway ... > full story -
Unlocking Mysteries Of Brain Cancer, Stroke
April 4, 2008 — New studies will delve into some of the crucial issues surrounding death by brain tumors and stroke. The research will aim to find links between chemical signals in the brain and the reasons why ... > full story -
Inhibition of Chemokine Receptor Activation May Improve Head and Neck Cancer Therapies, Study Suggests
March 25, 2008 — Squamous cell cancers of the head and neck that express a cell surface receptor, called CCR7, are less likely to respond to current therapies. Combining drugs that block this receptor with existing ... > full story -
Radiologists Use Special MRI To Identify Brain Cancer Early
March 25, 2008 — A special type of magnetic resonance imaging can depict changes in blood volume in the brain that often precede cancerous transformation of brain tumors, according to a new ... > full story -
MRI: A Window To Genetic Properties Of Brain Tumors
March 24, 2008 — Researchers have shown that Magnetic Resonance Imaging technology has the potential to non-invasively characterize tumors and determine which of them may be responsive to specific forms of ... > full story -
Paradigm Shift: Switch For Programmed Cell Death Promotes Spread Of Glioblastoma
March 11, 2008 — The protein CD95 is known to act as a molecular switch that triggers the apoptosis death program in cells. Scientists have now shown that activation of this switch in glioblastoma has a totally ... > full story -
Mouse Model Tightly Matches Pediatric Tumor Syndrome, Will Speed Drug Hunt
March 1, 2008 — Frustrated by the slow pace of new drug development for a condition that causes pediatric brain tumors, a neurologist decided to try to fine-tune the animal models used to test new drugs. Instead of ... > full story
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