Sentences with phrase «aimed at cancers»

And in addition to offering information and support, the group is helping to drive the direction of research aimed at cancers caused by this gene.

Taking Aim at Cancer through Collaboration and Exploration New Jersey Business Magazine — November 28, 2016

The clinic is mostly aimed at cancer patients and people who have questions about an incidental finding, Choy said, noting that it is taking direction from mammographers and interventional radiology, where patient contact is commonplace.

In the German Ketokenic Diet booklet aimed at cancer patients on how to use diet as a treatment, it is mentioned that it may take some days for the brain to effectively swap from using glucose into using ketone bodies for energy.

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Mount Sinai is testing a «personalized» vaccine, aimed at combating recurrence in some of the most deadly forms of cancer, including lung, breast, gynecological and bladder cancers.

The effort aims to «bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes — and give all of us access to the personalized information we need to keep ourselves and our families healthier,» Obama said at the time of the announcement in late January.

Juno also has a few other compounds in early stages of development aimed at treating NHL, pediatric ALL, multiple myeloma, ovarian & breast cancer, AML, lung cancer, and more.

In Edwards» case, his lawyers argued $ 1 million in secret payments to Edwards» pregnant mistress by Edwards» donors were aimed at shielding his wife, Elizabeth, who died of cancer in 2010, not hiding the information from voters.

In a letter this month to Gov. - elect Andrew Cuomo, the American Cancer Society suggested a pilot program aimed at helping state employees stop smoking and cutting into an estimated $ 175 million a year in added health care costs and lost productivity.

Breast Cancer Care is launching the EMPLOY Campaign across the country in May, June and July, a guide and charter aimed at providing employers and employees with support on best practice in the workplace.

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With new tests to identify women who are at heightened risk of breast cancer, new drugs aimed at preventing allergies, and the discovery of new genes that are key to the progression of conditions like Alzheimer's - to give just three examples - we are at the dawn of a whole new era:

Officials from Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society are joining Assemblyman Sean Ryan in calling for a ban on flavored tobacco products aimed at young people.

Many of the collaborations are aimed at pooling genomic data to study the 204 distinct cancers and to collect blood biopsy data into easily accessible databases.

Most cancer therapies are aimed at halting cancer growth by stopping cells from rapidly dividing.

Treatments aimed at revving up the immune system's attack on the cancer may be the most promising approach to cancer therapy since combination chemotherapy.

Professor Andrew Biankin, a Cancer Research UK pancreatic cancer expert at the University of Glasgow, said: «PRECISION Panc aims to transform how we treat pancreatic cancer by matching the right treatment to the right paCancer Research UK pancreatic cancer expert at the University of Glasgow, said: «PRECISION Panc aims to transform how we treat pancreatic cancer by matching the right treatment to the right pacancer expert at the University of Glasgow, said: «PRECISION Panc aims to transform how we treat pancreatic cancer by matching the right treatment to the right pacancer by matching the right treatment to the right patient.

Biden has also been talking to Los Angeles, California, oncologist and billionaire Patrick Soon - Shiong, who on 11 January announced an industry - led moonshot aimed at testing in clinical trials combinations of cancer immunotherapy drugs, one of most promising new cancer treatments in recent years.

Together, they also investigated the consequences of mTOR inhibitors, existing cancer drugs aimed at reducing the growth of tumors.

It is aimed at people with chronic conditions like cancer and heart disease, which account for 75 per cent of healthcare spending in the US.

We aim to validate these findings through a randomized controlled clinical trial at Rutgers Cancer Institute in the near future,» adds Jang.

The first large U.S. study aimed at resolving an ongoing debate about the best way to treat an early sign of breast cancer will launch later this year under the direction of a Duke Cancer Institute investicancer will launch later this year under the direction of a Duke Cancer Institute investiCancer Institute investigator.

The initiative is an extension of Biden's 2016 appointment as head of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative, an assignment President Barack Obama extended, aimed at pulling together federal agencies and private, academic and philanthropic organizations to identify new cancer research topics, break down barriers slowing advances and pinpoint necessary investment areas to advance the fight against cCancer Moonshot Initiative, an assignment President Barack Obama extended, aimed at pulling together federal agencies and private, academic and philanthropic organizations to identify new cancer research topics, break down barriers slowing advances and pinpoint necessary investment areas to advance the fight against ccancer research topics, break down barriers slowing advances and pinpoint necessary investment areas to advance the fight against cancercancer.

He's also likely to spur the FDA to follow the course laid out by agency cancer czar Richard Pazdur in speeding new approvals, possibly setting up a special unit aimed at orphan drugs to hasten OKs with smaller, better designed clinical trials.

These are aimed specifically at pathways involved in either the initiation and progression of cancer or its resistance to conventional drugs.

He was conducting laboratory experiments aimed at finding ways to lessen the effects of cancer therapy on ovaries when he noticed that healthy female mice seemed to be losing eggs at unsustainable rates.

Kontos adds that a greater role for aspirin would be welcomed by many at - risk patients, as current drugs aimed at reducing risk, such as tamoxifen and raloxifene, have significant side effects and do not prevent ER - negative breast cancer.

Efforts aimed at finding better drug regimens would therefore greatly benefit from a mouse model with an intrinsic marker that can indicate different stages of pancreatic tumor formation leading to cancer and reflect the effects exerted by novel drug candidates.

Crizotinib is a drug agent that takes aim at key enzymes within cells called kinases, which are often abnormal in cancer.

Though there may be many reasons why patients would not receive surgical interventions — including extensive disease or other significant health problems — the authors say further study of these cases could help identify barriers and lead to interventions specifically aimed at addressing disparities in cancer care delivery.

For experiments aimed at identifying MYC's synthetic lethal partners, such cells may have advantages over the «immortalized» cells commonly used in cancer research, which contain many genetic alterations that make MYC - specific results difficult to discern.

The discovery could open the door for medical intervention in cancer stem cells aimed at the restoration of high levels of H1.0 in all cancer cells.

Nakano says UAB will be the only site in the Deep South for this unique trial aimed at a molecular target in glioma stem cells, a target that is different from the ones described in the Cancer Research paper.

For cancers in which only a small percentage of mutations are due to random DNA replication errors, by contrast, primary prevention efforts — those aimed at minimizing harmful environmental exposures — will continue to be the most effective way to reduce cancer deaths, the researchers said.

«This groundbreaking study sets the stage for more exacting research, using the latest genomic technologies and aimed at developing new therapies that could help the tens of thousand of patients who urgently need our help,» said Dr. Nhan Tran, an Associate Professor of TGen's Cancer and Cell Biology Division and the study's other co-senior author.

The ESMO Designated Centres programme is the premier initiative worldwide championing integrated programmes in oncology and palliative care, aiming to ease the physical and mental suffering of cancer patients during anticancer treatment and also at the end of life.

Dr Harrison said the study, the culmination of many years of research with the Baker Institute's Dr Paul Gregorevic, was aimed mostly at developing a way of preventing muscle loss in the wasting condition cachexia, in cancer.

The discovery sheds new light on the origin of this deadly cancer, suggesting that therapies have largely failed because they are aimed at the wrong target.

Kelley said he hopes the evidence that traditional Chinese medicine and other nonpharmacological interventions benefit cancer patients will prompt new interest in research aimed at understanding the physiological mechanisms at play.

«Our study aimed to compare contrast - enhanced mammography with breast MRI in evaluating residual breast cancer in patients undergoing presurgical systemic treatment to shrink their tumor size,» says Bhavika Patel, M.D., a radiologist at Mayo Clinic's Arizona campus.

Currently, there are no molecularly targeted therapies aimed at triple - negative breast cancer, which is a type of cancer negative for estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and the HER2 protein — all key targets for current therapies.

This is a new collaborative venture between Leukemia & Lymphoma Research, Cancer Research UK and its development and commercialisation arm Cancer Research Technology, aimed at accelerating the delivery of promising new treatments into blood cancers.

According to Sinclair, all of the mammalian SIRT genes (and their proteins) are possible drug targets for therapies aimed at extending life, as well as staving off age - related illnesses, such as Alzheimer's disease, cancers and metabolic disorders, like diabetes.

Other powerful computers and techniques are taking aim at biological problems too: supercomputers are being wielded in a genomic fight against cancer.

Recommendations aimed at reducing the incidence of cancers associated with nutrition are based on limited but suggestive evidence from epidemiological studies and animal experiments

This week, researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) unveiled a project on their wish list: a much broader survey of 10,000 tumors per cancer type that would aim to pin down very rare cancer Cancer Institute (NCI) unveiled a project on their wish list: a much broader survey of 10,000 tumors per cancer type that would aim to pin down very rare cancer cancer type that would aim to pin down very rare cancer cancer genes.

EPIC, as it's known, is a massive study aimed at linking diet, lifestyle, and environmental factors to the incidence of cancer and other chronic diseases.

For example, HER2 inhibitors neratinib and pyrotinib, the monoclonal antibody trastuzumab, and also antibody - drug conjugates aimed at HER2 are currently in trials (clinicaltrials.gov search terms «lung cancer» and «HER2»).

Bender has looked at a range of cancer - related apps, the majority of which aim to simply raise awareness rather than engage through gaming, or assist in research.

It is our aim at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey to build upon this work,» notes senior author of the work, Shridar Ganesan, MD, PhD, associate director for translational science at the Cancer Institute and associate professor of medicine and pharmacology at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.