Sentences with phrase «human head and neck cancers»

Cats tend to have a type of skin cancer in their heads and mouths that some researchers are using as a model for human head and neck cancers.

Interestingly, Myh9 is also mutated in human head and neck cancers, and low expression of myosin IIa correlates with poor prognosis for the patient,» says Fuchs.

Dr. Bauman and her colleagues treated human head and neck cancer cells in the laboratory with varying doses of sulforaphane and a control, and compared them to normal, healthy cells that line the throat and mouth.

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Finally, a Calgary, Alberta — based company, Oncolytics Biotech, is testing a reovirus (an RNA virus often found in human lungs but thought to be nonpathogenic) against several types of cancer, including that of the lung and skin as well as head and neck malignancies.

In 2011 the National Toxicology Program at the Department of Health and Human Services declared formaldehyde a known human carcinogen, demonstrated by human and animal studies to cause cancer of the nose, head, neck and lymphatic syHuman Services declared formaldehyde a known human carcinogen, demonstrated by human and animal studies to cause cancer of the nose, head, neck and lymphatic syhuman carcinogen, demonstrated by human and animal studies to cause cancer of the nose, head, neck and lymphatic syhuman and animal studies to cause cancer of the nose, head, neck and lymphatic system.

The results of the mouse, human and lab studies have been so successful that Dr. Bauman has started a larger clinical trial in volunteers previously cured of head and neck cancer.

Human papilloma virus (HPV), the culprit behind cervical cancer and some forms of head and neck cancer may hide in small pockets on the surface of tonsils in people not known to carry the virus.

Smokers, drinkers, and people infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV) have the highest risk of developing head and neck cancer, which is the collective name for tumors found in the oral cavity, including the mouth, larynx, and pharynx.

The first clinical trial with HB - 201 targeting human papilloma virus - induced head and neck cancer is currently being prepared.

We have completed the active phase of a Phase 1 trial of a Vaxwave ® - based vaccine against cytomegalovirus (CMV) and are finalizing clinical development plans for TheraT ® in Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)- related head and neck cancers.

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The study, by O'Donnell; head and neck cancer specialists Everett E. Vokes, MD, physician - in - chief and chair of the Department of Medicine, and Ezra Cohen, MD; and several investigators from the CPT team and Department of Human Genetics, was published in the May 2011 Translational Research.

Risk factors for head and neck cancers include: tobacco use, heavy alcohol consumption, prolonged sun exposure, and certain viruses, including human papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein - Barr virus (EBV).

Human papilloma virus (HPV) infects the DNA of the skin or mucus membrane and is known to cause head and neck cancer, cervical cancer, and other forms.

Studies of Gluts in human tumors have shown a significant increase in the abundance of Glut1 and Glut3 mRNA in cancers of the esophagus, colon, and pancreas, overexpression of Glut1 and Glut3 mRNA and Glut1 protein expression in head and neck tumors and Glut1 protein overexpression in breast and renal cell carcinomas

Like cancer in humans, cancer in pets can be found in the bones, skin, head, breast, neck, testicles, abdomen and lymph system, and will likely spread throughout the body's organs in a similar manner to human cancer.