Gene sequence grant aims to fight cancer
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A $156 million grant for DNA sequencing at the Washington University School of Medicine is part of an effort to unlock the mystery of the origins of cancer within the body, university officials said Monday.
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Scientists have taken a key step toward revealing the causes of prostate cancer, finding that a combination of five gene variants dramatically raises the risk of the disease
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Scientists in Britain have identified a genetic mutation involved in certain types of lung cancer and said the breast cancer drug Herceptin might work in patients who have it.
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Introgen Therapeutics Inc., a gene  therapy company, on Thursday said its experimental breast  cancer treatment showed promise in a mid-stage clinical trial,  driving its shares up 24 percent.
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A new noninvasive method of genetic screening for colorectal cancer could encourage more people to regularly be tested for the disease.
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Immune cells taken from one person may be able to join the battle against cancer in another, says a researcher.
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Researchers from Canada believe they have identified the gene responsible for breast cancer tumor growth, a discovery that could possibly lead to a cure for the disease.
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A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells offers hope of a treatment for muscular dystrophies.
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Harvard researchers are developing the first drug that specifically targets cancer stem cells.
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The latest scientific news is about fighting aging, heart disease, and cancer.
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Scientists have identified a way of tackling hard-to-treat breast cancers.
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A painstaking scan of the DNA of  tumor cells shows hundreds of previously unsuspected genes are  involved in cancer, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding  that offers new ways to fight the disease.
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In the battle against cancer, saving two patients out of 17 may seem modest enough. But researchers see hope that using genetically altered immune cells to attack tumors -- as was done in this study -- may hold the key to eventually defeating various cancers.
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Introgen Therapeutics Inc., a gene therapy company, on Thursday said its experimental breast cancer treatment showed promise in a mid-stage clinical trial, driving its shares up 24 percent.
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Brain tumors, ovarian cancer and   lung cancer will be the first subjects in an ambitious project   to sequence all the genetic changes that lead to cancer, the   National Institutes of Health said on Wednesday.
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Scientists discover a new protein they believe could help develop much more effective medicines.
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Scientists identify a gene fault linked the development of lung cancers.