Sentences with phrase «cause tumor growth»

She says they can now identify the mechanisms that cause tumor growth in half of all adenocarcinomas, a family of cancer that affects skin and other tissue, including the lungs.

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells in the blood that causes tumor growths in bone marrow.

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They do NOT claim that soy CAUSES cancer... only that substantial research exists that shows it accelerates the growth and multiplicity of tumors in patients who already have cancer.

This tumor caused his incredible growth, but also could've caused him to lose his sight if not acted upon.

A 44 amino acid peptide with growth hormone - releasing activity has been isolated from a human tumor of the pancreas that had caused acromegaly.

Excess expression of the sugar is caused by the same mutation that drives the growth of most DIPG tumors, known as the H3K27M mutation, the team found.

«Despite the low infection levels of mouse cells with oHSV, we were able to cause a delay in tumor growth in one of the cancer models and even cure many of the mice in a second model,» said first author Jennifer Leddon, who conducted much of the laboratory work during a research experience in the Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases.

«Our study sought to understand what happens to make those growth - plate cartilage cells remain, and this work will ultimately be used to determine what causes those benign tumors to become malignant.»

Instead, researchers told the European Breast Cancer Conference that their findings suggest that extending screening programs to older women results in a large proportion of women being over-treated, and at risk from the harmful effects of such treatment, because these women were more likely to die from other causes than from any tumors detected in the early stages of growth.

«Cancer overrides the circadian clock to survive: Misfolded proteins cause disruptions in circadian rhythm that contribute to tumor growth.»

The cancer stem cell model differs from the traditional idea that tumor growth is equal opportunity — that is, any and all cancerous cells can divide and cause the tumor to grow and spread.

«Mifepristone may halt growth of intracranial tumor that causes hearing loss.»

They found higher levels of JAK1 in resistant tumors, which caused increased expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-- a receptor tyrosine kinase that promotes cell proliferation.

About 20 percent of breast cancer patients have overexpressed growth receptors, known as Her2 + receptors, on the cancer cells, which cause uncontrolled tumor growth.

«You can see they are very active and affect the DNA in the tumor tremendously, causing lots of mutations that may further the cells» uncontrolled growth, says Alon Keinan, a computational biologist at Cornell University.

In humans, a similar protein complex called CSN and its subunit CSN6 is now believed to be a cancer - causing gene that impacts activity of another gene (Myc) tied to tumor growth.

Researchers at The Rockefeller University have shown that a new technique using RNA interference is able to find genes that cause epidermal tumor growth in months rather than the decades it may take using traditional methods employing specially bred, genetically altered mice.

If they can understand what's causing the tumors to develop, the scientists can work on not only treating them — using a genetic target to halt the cancer's growth — but also catching them before they even appear.

A widespread cancer - causing protein called MYC promotes the growth of tumor cells in part by ensuring that RNA transcripts are properly spliced, according to latest work from A * STAR researchers.

These studies revealed that the void's physical characteristics — the type and location of missing bone — were consistent with a fibrous dysplastic neoplasm, a tumor caused by a bone growth disorder, the scientists report online today in PLOS ONE.

In Heil's trial — which enrolled its second and third participants this past spring — the City of Hope researchers are now directly testing whether more cells, given for longer, can actually halt tumor growth without causing any undue harm.

These lesions cause structural weakness in the bone and, even worse, promote additional tumor growth.

In the study, the compound caused human melanoma cells to die and inhibited tumor growth by about 69 percent in a mouse model.

When the researchers administered MCB - 613 to 13 mice with breast cancer, the drug candidate almost completely eliminated tumor growth without causing toxicity, whereas tumors continued to grow by about 3-fold over 7 weeks in the control group of 14 mice.

«This model, when combined with a rare genetic disease, revealed for the first time how a protein known to prevent tumor growth in most cases, p53, may instead drive bone cancer when genetic changes cause too much of it to be made in the wrong place.»

Potential causes of high blood pressure can include tumors that produce adrenal hormones such as aldosterone and adrenaline, thyroid disorders, obstructive sleep apnea, or acromegaly, a rare condition where excess growth hormone builds up in the bloodstream.

A reverse situation can also happen; sometimes genes can be abnormally turned on by epigenetics, causing uncontrollable cell growth and the appearance of a tumor.

Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have begun to unravel the complex processes that cause breast cancer, identifying a variety of genetic mutations that emerge during tumor growth.

The researchers studied mammary tumors in mice caused by the over production of a protein called Wnt1, which is secreted by tumor cells and is needed to advance tumor growth.

A tumor is an abnormal growth in the body caused by cells that multiply without stopping.

Scientists even think both decreases and increases in methylation (chemical bundles that enzymes attach to DNA) may cause cancer, by turning on too many growth - promoting genes or turning off tumor - suppressing genes.

Moreover, many human tumors have highly abnormal numbers of chromosomes (that is, they are aneuploid), with initial chromosomal loss participating in the early steps of the transformation cascade in inherited cancers caused by heterozygous mutation in tumor suppressor genes and the more widespread aneuploidy characteristic of advance tumors thought to drive acquisition of malignant growth properties.??

In cancer, researchers suspect that amplification causes an overproduction of SOX2 proteins that, in turn, reignites and sustains cell growth associated with tumor formation.

Some breast cancer treatments slow tumor growth but can cause cardiotoxicity.

Having high levels of melatonin were proven to inhibit the growth of tumors, while the levels of melatonin in those who were exposed to high amounts of artificial light, also one of the main causes of sleep deprivation, were found to cause a faster and more aggressive growth of tumors.

Doctors don't entirely understand what causes neuronedrine tumors; in fact, even typical cancer risk factors like smoking don't seem to be linked to these growths.

Wight's phenomenal size is caused by a tumor formed on his pituitary gland that caused growth spurts from the age of nine on.

The fat stored in your body can produce estrogen (which can also lead to breast cancer) or proteins that cause inflammation and insulin resistance, resulting in tumor cell growth.

The chronically stressed mice had decreased immune function and experienced tumor development significantly earlier than the non-stressed mice.16 Other mouse studies of ovarian cancer showed that chronic stress resulted in increased cancer growth as well as increased angiogenesis, the process with which cancer forms new blood vessels to feed itself nutrients for growth and metastases.17 Chronic stress has also been shown to decrease our body's ability to mount an attack against foreign invaders, including viruses.18 As we know that several viruses can cause cancer (HPV and cervical cancer, and EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer), we can extrapolate that any decrease in immune function could increase cancer risk.

(NaturalHealth365) The typical Western diet is loaded with sugar, and this is causing serious health consequences — including cancer tumor growth.

Researchers have found that boron interferes with tumor growth and malignant transformation, and — in one animal study — caused tumors to shrink by 38 percent.

Chronic high salt intake can damage the lining of your stomach, making it more susceptible to infection by Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that can cause inflammation and lead to tumor growth.

Truth: Soy foods can stimulate the growth of estrogen - dependent tumors and cause thyroid problems.

Cancer information and prevention with ellagic acid Cancer: a malignant neoplastic disease -(any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream).

Both chemicals can cause allergic reactions, are suspected of interfering with hormone function, and may promote tumor growth.

It can cause insulin to be released, promoting fat storage and elevated insulin - like growth factor that is associated with tumor growth and cancer.

This evidence stems from the fact that eating foods that resemble the protein structure of humans causes the liver to release excess amounts of the growth hormone, IGF - 1, which accelerates aging and promotes tumor growth.

Sleep deprivation is extremely common today and can weaken your immune system, accelerate tumor growth, accelerate diabetes, and impair all aspects of your cognition; not sleeping can increase your risk of dying from all causes

The release of toxins during this phase will help to minimize the need to produce free radicals in the body which can ultimately cause premature aging, excess growths (such as tumors and cysts) and cancer.

Cinnamon's effect on cancer cells and tumor growth has so far only been studied in animals, but was found to be toxic to cancer cells and to cause cancer cell death.