Quieting Cancer Gene Reverses Liver Tumors in Mice
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Certain genes are known to promote cancer, and one such &quot;oncogene&quot; called MYC is commonly activated in liver tumors. Researchers in California have now shown, in
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Scientists have found a way of treating potentially fatal diseases by switching off harmful genes. In what is described as one of the most important breakthroughs in decades
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Silencing genes with RNA interference has reduced cholesterol levels in mice in a significant step towards human use. RNA interference, discovered quite recently, is a process that stops the translation of genes into proteins.
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In what may be good news for cervical cancer patients, a new study suggests a bone cancer drug seems to shrink the size of these tumors in mice.
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Scientists have developed a new way to treat liver failure by manipulating the immune response.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Aggressive cancer cells have a &quot;toggle switch&quot; that enables them to travel to other parts of the body and form new tumors, say Duke University researchers.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A gene that's normally switched off after fulfilling its role in brain development appears linked to a common childhood brain cancer, says a study in the Feb. 1 issue of Cancer Research.
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Government scientists turned regular blood cells into tumor attackers that wiped out all signs of cancer in two men with advanced melanoma. The striking finding, unveiled Thursday, marks an important step in the quest for gene therapy for cancer.
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Genetically altered immune cells shrank tumors in skin cancer patients, researchers report, in a technique that may soon be applicable to many other types of cancer.
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Mystery ingredients in non- alcoholic  beer may protect against cancer, at least in mice.
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A new gene therapy causes the bladder to act like a &quot;bioreactor&quot; and secrete an anticancer agent that has proven to fight human tumors.
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Drinking non-alcoholic beer may ward off cancer, research on lab mice shows.
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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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Kicking the tobacco habit, even young, does not always reset harmful cancer-related genes that have been switched on or off by smoking in the first place, according to a study to be published Thursday.
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Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discovering a way to silence specific genes, a revolutionary finding that scientists are scrambling to harness for fighting illnesses as diverse as cancer, heart disease and AIDS.
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Members of the onion family such as shallots are the best varieties for inhibiting growth of liver and colon cancer cells. Study leader Dr Rui Hai Liu, of Cornell University, New York, said: &#39;No one knows
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Description: Researchers have successfully used a technique that selectively shuts off genes to lower levels of LDL, or &quot;bad&quot; cholesterol, in mice.