Sentences with phrase «for aggressive forms of the disease»

«We've shown a causal role for this mitochondrial defect and identified a candidate biomarker for aggressive forms of the disease.

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«Gene sequencing study reveals unusual mutations in endometriosis: Findings advance search for new ways to classify aggressive forms of the disease.»

Women with the variant were at much higher risk for cancer, had more recurrences, were often hit with multiple cancers and were more likely to die from aggressive forms of these diseases.

This provides a potential target for treating triple negative breast cancer, the most aggressive form of the disease.

For years, scientists have observed that tumor cells from certain breast cancer patients with aggressive forms of the disease contained low levels of mitochondrial DNA.

Frequent exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays for individuals under the age of 35 increases the risk of developing melanoma — the most aggressive and deadliest form of skin cancer — by 75 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Doctors are already using drugs, such as Herceptin, that specifically target malfunctioning genetic pathways in tumors, but no such therapies are currently available for certain aggressive forms of the disease, such as the triple negative subtype.

Low Cholesterol May Shrink Risk for High - Grade Prostate Cancer Men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high - grade prostate cancer, an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative study.

Many women are «triple negative» No one yet knows precisely why, but African - American women are roughly twice as likely as white women to have triple - negative breast cancer — so called because tumor cells in this particularly aggressive form of the disease test negative for estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER - 2).

Also, cats mount a much more aggressive immune response against the worms than do dogs, and the resulting inflammation is responsible for much of the damage in the feline form of this disease.