Protein Block Could Halt Melanoma
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A protein essential to the growth of melanoma has been identified, providing a target for halting the deadly skin cancer. American researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children&#39;s Hospital Boston
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THURSDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- A gene that is known to play a key role in suppressing cancer also seems to protect against sun damage while promoting a golden tan.
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A drug that blocks a cellular pathway involved in cravings could help people quit smoking and lose weight. That&#39;s the promise of experts who announced the results of a trial at the European Society of Cardiology&#39;s
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Scientists find a way to give mice a sunless tan which holds out hope of a new way to protect against skin cancer.
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Reducing the levels of a certain protein secreted by the body may be as powerful a tool in preventing cardiac-related death as lowering cholesterol.
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NEW YORK  - Four proteins in the blood appear to be useful in helping to establish a diagnosis of lung cancer, North Carolina-based researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Scientists have discovered a protein which may help to slow, or even reverse symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A compound designed to block growth hormone, coupled with a standard chemotherapy drug, successfully treated human breast cancer in mice.
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NEW YORK  - For people with advanced but  localized melanoma, delivering potent chemotherapy to just the  limb with the cancer is highly effective both in terms of local  disease control and survival, Dutch clinicians report.
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Scientists say they may be able to make cancer drugs target tumours by using ultra-violet light to activate them.
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MONDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A harmless version of a major killer, the HIV virus, is being used to hunt down malignant melanoma cancer cells in mice, researchers say.
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For prostate cancer, a tomato a day has been shown to keep the doctor away. And now the compound responsible has been found highly effective at inhibiting the growth of existing tumors, even in
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Reducing the levels of a certain protein may be as powerful a tool in preventing cardiac-related death as lowering cholesterol.
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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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Two of the 17 melanoma skin cancer patients treated with genetic altered immune cells improved, government scientists said Thursday.
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Blocking a specific enzyme may be enough to check the spread of cancer in the body, researchers believe.
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GlaxoSmithKline's new breast cancer pill Tykerb might help prevent the growth of tumors in some people with a hard-to-treat form of the disease, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.