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Scientists show how key protein can be important driver of prostate cancer

Scientists at The Wistar Institute have demonstrated how a protein called TRAP1 - an important regulator of energy production in healthy and cancerous cells - is an important driver of prostate cancer and appears to be a valuable therapeutic target for the disease.

9 Nov 2016

Vitamin D deficiency may increase risk of developing bladder cancer

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased risk of developing bladder cancer, according to a systematic review of seven studies presented today at the Society for Endocrinology annual conference in Brighton.

7 Nov 2016

Scientists discover how MEK inhibitor boosts antitumor activity and slows cancer progression

Understanding the effects of certain targeted therapies on antitumor immunity is necessary to design combined interventions for more effective cancer treatment.

1 Nov 2016

NIH researchers identify novel role for Hsp60 protein in tissue regeneration and wound healing

National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a novel role for a gene known as heat shock protein 60 (Hsp60), finding that it is critical in tissue regeneration and wound healing.

27 Oct 2016

Mitochondria regulates stem cell proliferation in gut epithelium, study shows

What happens in intestinal epithelial cells during a chronic illness? Basic research conducted at the Chair of Nutrition and Immunology at the Technical University of Munich addressed this question by generating a new model system.

27 Oct 2016

Biovica, Eisai sign agreement to analyze DiviTum for improved cancer drug assessment in animal models

Biovica and Eisai Inc. have entered into a lab services agreement to analyze DiviTum, an assay measuring serum thymidine kinase, for improved drug evaluation in animal cancer models.

27 Oct 2016

Research shows potential way to counteract glioblastoma growth by blocking PPARα receptor

One of the most remarkable features of glioblastoma is the metabolic reprogramming of cancerous cells, resulting in uncontrolled cell proliferation, hypoxic conditions and angiogenesis.

27 Oct 2016

Researchers receive grant to investigate how gut microbiome influences breast cancer

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Chicago have received a three-year, $900,000 Defense Department grant to investigate how the gut microbiome – the trillions of bacteria, viruses and other bugs that make our digestive systems their home – influences breast cancer.

26 Oct 2016

Natural compound isolated from onions contains anti-ovarian cancer properties, research finds

Research from Kumamoto University, Japan has found that a natural compound isolated from onions, onionin A (ONA), has several anti-ovarian cancer properties.

20 Oct 2016

Neu5Gc common in red meat increases risk of tumor formation

Neu5Gc, a non-human sialic acid sugar molecule common in red meat that increases the risk of tumor formation in humans, is also prevalent in pig organs, with concentrations increasing as the organs are cooked, a study by researchers from the UC Davis School of Medicine and Xiamen University School of Medicine has found.

19 Oct 2016

Research could lead to new type of treatment for pancreatic cancer based on gold nanoparticles

A diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is often a death sentence because chemotherapy and radiation have little impact on the disease.

19 Oct 2016

Modulating immune response may help the brain to better cope with neurodegeneration

Study suggests zebrafish might teach us how to tackle Alzheimer's disease: Patients with Alzheimer's or other neurodegenerative diseases progressively loose neurons yet cannot build new ones.

19 Oct 2016

NYU Langone's cancer researcher receives Outstanding Investigator Award from NCI

Throughout her distinguished career, cancer researcher Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD, has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the mechanisms that drive the disease.

18 Oct 2016

HDAC inhibitors show potential to eliminate breast and ovarian cancer stem cells

A group of researchers, led by scientists at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has shown that histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have the potential to eliminate stubborn reservoirs of breast and ovarian cancer stem cells (CSCs).

4 Oct 2016

Cell Proliferation News and Research

Scientists show how key protein can be important driver of prostate cancer

Vitamin D deficiency may increase risk of developing bladder cancer

Scientists discover how MEK inhibitor boosts antitumor activity and slows cancer progression

NIH researchers identify novel role for Hsp60 protein in tissue regeneration and wound healing

Mitochondria regulates stem cell proliferation in gut epithelium, study shows

Biovica, Eisai sign agreement to analyze DiviTum for improved cancer drug assessment in animal models

Research shows potential way to counteract glioblastoma growth by blocking PPARα receptor

Researchers receive grant to investigate how gut microbiome influences breast cancer

Natural compound isolated from onions contains anti-ovarian cancer properties, research finds

Neu5Gc common in red meat increases risk of tumor formation

Research could lead to new type of treatment for pancreatic cancer based on gold nanoparticles

Modulating immune response may help the brain to better cope with neurodegeneration

NYU Langone's cancer researcher receives Outstanding Investigator Award from NCI

HDAC inhibitors show potential to eliminate breast and ovarian cancer stem cells

Study suggests targeting UNG enzyme may help treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Ki67 may help spare some breast cancer patients from sentinel lymph node biopsies

Researchers uncover new molecular causes of brain cancer and leukemia

Study identifies new gene that suppresses breast cancer in mice

Researchers unlock genetic code that disrupts response to breast cancer therapy

Nanomechanical microcantilevers can quickly detect mutations in patients with malignant melanoma

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