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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 7, 2012

 

 

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U of O discovery offers hope for cancer, heart disease miracle drugs

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An oxygen-regulated switch in the protein synthesis machinery

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 20, 2012

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To Fix a Heart, Doctors Train Girl’s Body to Grow New Part

 

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 8, 2012

 

 

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New approach for treating genetic muscle wasting disease shows promise in mice

 

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 16, 2011

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Light-activated cancer drugs tested

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National Cancer Institute

Cancer cell–selective in vivo near infrared photoimmunotherapy targeting specific membrane molecules

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 1, 2011

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Canadian-made virus shows promise as cancer treatment

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Intravenous delivery of a multi-mechanistic cancer-targeted oncolytic poxvirus in humans

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 31, 2011

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New Lung Cancer Pill Highlights Improved Way of Treating Patients

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Butrynski JE, et al “Crizotinib in ALK-rearranged inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor” N Engl J Med2010; 363: 1727-1733.

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 30, 2011

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New drug could cure nearly any viral infection

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Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Therapeutics

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 14, 2011

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Sunburn Pain Discovery Could Benefit Inflammation Conditions

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CXCL5 Mediates UVB Irradiation-Induced Pain.”
John M. Dawes, Margarita Calvo1, James R. Perkins, Kathryn J. Paterson, Hannes Kiesewetter, Carl Hobbs, Timothy K. Y. Kaan, Christine Orengo, David L. H. Bennett, Stephen B. McMahon.
Sci Transl Med 6 July 2011: Vol. 3, Issue 90, p. 90ra60

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 11, 2011

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Simple urine test might spot early colorectal cancer

 

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 14, 2011

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Researchers Create Better Ways to Spot Cancer Cells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 9 , 2011

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How Canadian researchers hope to delay onset of Alzheimer’s

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The Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Val66Met Polymorphism and Prediction of Neural Risk for Alzheimer Disease

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 26, 2011

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Novel Effort To Fight Cancer With Cancer Cells

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Hydrophilic Agarose Macrobead Cultures Select for Outgrowth of Carcinoma Cell Populations That Can Restrict Tumor Growth

Three-Dimensional Culture of Mouse Renal Carcinoma Cells in Agarose Macrobeads Selects for a Subpopulation of Cells with Cancer Stem Cell or Cancer Progenitor Properties

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 4, 2011

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New blood test helps spot migrating cancer cells

A Blood Test for Cancer

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 13, 2010

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Breast cancer drug combo shows promise: study

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 28, 2010

Source: Cancer experts weigh future of targeted therapies

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 25, 2010

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Genetic effects of vitamin D studied

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 13, 2010

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Cancer’s sweet tooth becomes a target

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Metabolic Modulation of Glioblastoma with Dichloroacetate

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 10, 2010

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Breast cancer gene clue discovery

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 13, 2010

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Monoclonal Antibodies Promise New Chances For Ovarian Cancer Therapy: Research Study

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 11, 2010

Source: B.C. team makes a breakthrough in lymphoma treatment Reference: Tumor-Associated Macrophages and Survival in Classic Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 1, 2010

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Neuroimaging technique shows potential of bapineuzumab treatment and might be useful in assessing other drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease

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11C-PiB PET assessment of change in fibrillar amyloid-β load in patients with Alzheimer’s disease treated with bapineuzumab: a phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled, ascending-dose study

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 22, 2010

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Identification of the gene responsible for a new form of adult muscular dystrophy

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Recessive Mutations in the Putative Calcium-Activated Chloride Channel Anoctamin 5 Cause Proximal LGMD2L and Distal MMD3 Muscular Dystrophies

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 2, 2009

Source: New technique could revolutionize stem-cell transplants

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 27, 2009

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Vaccine implant destroys cancer tumours in mice

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 9, 2009

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Scientists Devise Early Treatment for Spine Injury

Effective repair of traumatically injured spinal cord by nanoscale block copolymer micelles

 

Scientists Devise Early Treatment for Spine Injury

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 8, 2009

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 6, 2009