Breast Cancer | Breast Cancer’s Spread Now Better Understood | breast cancer cells
The spread of breast cancer cells from the main tumor to other parts of the body is controlled by a growth factor known as TGFb, which may prove a promising target for new drugs to prevent metastatic breast cancer, British researchers say.
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In the middle of 2007 my yearly mammogram showed an area of abnormal clusters of calcium. The Doctor wanted that area removed from my left breast. He was going to use a procedure that involved me stripping to the waist, climbing a ladder, lying on a table approximately 6 feet in the air, allowing [...]
A research team of scientists of the School of Medical Science and Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur have devised a Total Artificial Heart (TAH) that could save lives for just Rs 1 lakh.
The trials of the prototype laboratory constructed unique 13-chamber artificial heart have been successful on small animals.
The IIT has applied [...]
Virginia Hospital Center is now the first and only NAPBC-accredited breast center in the entire state of Virginia and in Washington, D.C. The Hospital is one of the first 23 breast centers nationwide to receive the distinction by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a new program administered by the American College of [...]
Breakthrough Breast Cancer has today launched the world’s most comprehensive breast cancer database – bringing scientific research and clinical data together in one place.
The Rock database is a free resource which allows scientists easy access to an enormous amount of published data on breast cancer. It can be used to generate detailed computer models, which [...]
Early laboratory research has shown that resveratrol, a common dietary supplement, suppresses the abnormal cell formation that leads to most types of breast cancer, suggesting a potential role for the agent in breast cancer prevention. Resveratrol is a natural substance found in red wine and red grapes. It is sold in extract form as a [...]
A new US study found that patients with heart disease who were then diagnosed with depression were at greater risk of heart failure, and that taking antidepressants neither reduced the risk of heart failure, a condition where the heart can’t pump enough blood for the body, nor eased the symptoms of depression.
The study was the [...]
Researchers at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center will be looking at ways to identify breast cancer genes before cancer develops – or find the cancers earlier once they do – in a pair of research projects funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the global leader in the breast cancer movement.
The two Komen [...]
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