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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 15, 2013

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New Technique Holds Promise For The Treatment Of Multiple Sclerosis And Cerebral Palsy

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Transcription factor–mediated reprogramming of fibroblasts to expandable, myelinogenic oligodendrocyte progenitor cells

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 8, 2012

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One test may ‘find many cancers’

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The DSB Biomarkers Pilot Study

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 3, 2012

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Breast cancer treatment targets tumours with few side effects

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Trastuzumab Emtansine for HER2-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 22, 2012

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Meet the first organism to be entirely modeled on a computer

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First self-replicating synthetic bacterial cell

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 29, 2012

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Scientists Invent Particles That Will Let You Live Without Breathing

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John N. Kheir, Laurie A. Scharp, Mark A. Borden, Edward J. Swanson, Andrew Loxley, James H. Reese, Katherine J. Black, Luis A. Velazquez, Lindsay M. Thomson, Brian K. Walsh, Kathryn E. Mullen, Dionne A. Graham, Michael W. Lawlor, Carlo Brugnara, David C. Bell, and Francis X. McGowan, Jr. Oxygen Gas–Filled Microparticles Provide Intravenous Oxygen DeliveryScience Translational Medicine, 27 June 2012 DOI:10.1126/scitranslmed.3003679

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 5, 2012

 

 

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Study: ‘Smart Bomb’ Drug Attacks Breast Cancer

 

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 1, 2012

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Rat Paralysis Rehab Method Holds Clues for Aiding Humans

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Rehabilitation Restores Voluntary Motion in Paraplegic Rats

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 23, 2012

 

 

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Google algorithm proves extremely useful in cancer study

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Google Goes Cancer: Improving Outcome Prediction for Cancer Patients by Network-Based Ranking of Marker Genes

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 19, 2012

 

 

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Study sheds light on workings of Crohn’s disease, colitis

 

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Activation of neuronal P2X7 receptor–pannexin-1 mediates death of enteric neurons during colitis

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 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 June 13, 2011

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Carleton researcher helps find link between nicotine, thinness

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Nicotine Decreases Food Intake Through Activation of POMC Neurons

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 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 20, 2011

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Drug to Fight Melanoma Prolonged Life in Trial

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 24, 2010

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Toronto docs use designer enzyme to unblock arteries

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 8 , 2010

Source: Scientists Convert Skin Cells Into Blood Cells Directly Reference: Direct conversion of human fibroblasts to multilineage blood progenitors

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 28, 2010

Source: Cancer experts weigh future of targeted therapies

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 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