Death triggered in cancer-prone intestinal cells
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Researchers in Singapore have worked  out a way to kill intestinal stem cells that may develop into  colorectal cancer, the second largest cause of cancer related  deaths in western countries.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDayNews) -- Specific molecular events that cause a cell to switch from active growth to a permanent halt of growth -- a state called senescence -- have been identified by scientists at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.
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NEW YORK  - Eating lots of sugar and sugar-sweetened foods could increase a person's likelihood of developing cancer of the pancreas, by far one of the deadliest types of cancer, Swedish researchers report.
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SUNDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian researchers say they&#39;ve identified genetic mutations linked to a form of stomach cancer called hereditary diffuse gastric cancer.
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Scientists have discovered that a key cancer gene also plays a role in repairing damaged nerve cells.
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NEW YORK  - Certain genes are known to  promote cancer, and one such "oncogene" called MYC is commonly  activated in liver tumors. Researchers in California have now  shown, in mice, that when the MYC gene is turned off, liver  cancer cells become normal.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- Harvard researchers have found a new marker that may signal more invasive and lethal forms of colon cancer.
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FRIDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer drugs may be able to switch on a gene that tumor cells have switched off, potentially offering a new target for treatment, scientists say.
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A bacterium closely related to bugs that cause gangrene, tetanus and food poisoning could help to beat cancer.
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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
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BEIJING, Dec. 24 -- The test that detects mutated tumor DNA in feces may be a promising method of finding colorectal. A non-invasive test that detects mutated tumor DNA in feces may be a useful method of screening for colorectal cancer.
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Researchers at Brigham and Women&#39;s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have found a faulty genetic signaling process that may help explain how Crohn&#39;s disease develops.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Despite this statistic, fewer than half of Americans undergo a colonoscopy to detect this cancer early.
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Researchers have discovered a small population of stem cells in pancreatic cancer that appear to drive tumor growth, opening the door for a potential new approach for treating this particularly deadly disease.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDayNews) -- Using specialized genetic techniques, German scientists redirected immune cells to aggressively attack and kill cancer cells, says a study in the January issue of Immunity.
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A team of South Korean scientists have found a way to solve the cancer paradox of why aging cells with reduced ability to proliferate are susceptible to cancer, characterized
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NEW YORK  - The presence of RNA for the  enzyme cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) in feces probably indicates the  presence of colorectal cancer, according to results of a pilot  study conducted in Japan.