Long-lived breast stem cells could retain cancer legacy — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140126134651.htm
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Genetic counseling via telephone as effective as in-person counseling — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140121164741.htm
Study could aid in development of ‘liquid biopsy’ screening, diagnostic tests for bladder cancer — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140121151647.htm
Study could lead to ‘liquid biopsy’ tests for bladder cancer — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140122134312.htm
Scientists map gene changes driving tumors in common pediatric soft-tissue cancer — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140123125928.htm
Evolution of drug resistance within a HIV population — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140123222041.htm
Study could lead to ‘liquid biopsy’ tests for bladder cancer
Bladder cancer is the fourth most common non-skin cancer. But there is no good screening test for it, and there has been limited progress in characterizing how aggressive an individual’s bladder cancer will be. Loyola researchers studied microscopic droplets, called exosomes, that are shed by cancer cells and are found in urine. Understanding the biology of exosomes could lead to the development of a screening test, which would require a simple urine sample, said lead researcher Gopal Gupta, MD. …
Evolution of drug resistance within a HIV population
One of the big questions that has concerned biologists working on HIV for two decades now is that of the "effective population size" of the virus within a patient. The effective population size is a mathematical quantity that determines, among other things, how quickly drug resistance may evolve…
Genome of longest-living cancer: 11,000-year-old living dog cancer reveals its origin, evolution
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the world’s oldest continuously surviving cancer, a transmissible genital cancer that affects dogs. This cancer, which causes grotesque genital tumors in dogs around the world, first arose in a single dog that lived about 11,000 years ago. The cancer survived after the death of this dog by the transfer of its cancer cells to other dogs during mating…
Brain development: Researchers identify key protein
A group of proteins, the histone deacetylases (HDACs), have been on the watch list of scientists worldwide for more than two decades. This attention is owed to their important function in epigenetics: histone deacetylases coordinate the transcription of genetic information and play an important role in the development of diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. …