Sentences with phrase «just cancer research»

Is the keto app appropriate for personal use, or just cancer research?

And the technique will benefit not just cancer research but research into every disease driven by gene mutations, from cystic fibrosis to Alzheimer's disease — ultimately enabling customized treatments for patients in a way never before possible.

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«That's just the nature of a big company,» says Richon, whose 28 - year career has included roles at cancer research centers and Merck (mrk).

Last year researchers at one biotech firm, Amgen, found they could reproduce just six of 53 «landmark» studies in cancer research.

For example, doctor recommendations around cancer research — both in the U.S. and China, where we can pull together data from hospitals, analyze that data in ways that have never been possible before, and provide better potential advice to doctors and nurses — those are just great opportunities for startups.

Not only was it cancer, it was mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer that is little researched or understood but just happens to disproportionately affect Silver's lower Manhattan district which saw a spike in these cases post 9/11 due to poor air quality in the neighborhood.

After just one year, results look good.Professor Robert West of Cancer Research UK, monitoring its effects, sayssuccess in giving up smoking is soaring: half those who attend courses at NHSsmoking cessation clinics used to succeed in quitting, but in the last yearthat figure has risen by an extra 23 %.

In his call for practice change, Bekelman cites research showing the shorter radiation treatment — known as moderate hypofractionation — is just as effective at treating cancer, while costing less and easing the burden on patients.

«Cancer research is a high priority for both countries — just witness the launch of a new National Cancer Moonshot initiative in the United States early this year,» said Tom Wang, chief international officer at AAAS and director of the AAAS center, referring to the plan President Barack Obama unveiled earlier this year to direct $ 1 billion toward battling cCancer research is a high priority for both countries — just witness the launch of a new National Cancer Moonshot initiative in the United States early this year,» said Tom Wang, chief international officer at AAAS and director of the AAAS center, referring to the plan President Barack Obama unveiled earlier this year to direct $ 1 billion toward battling cCancer Moonshot initiative in the United States early this year,» said Tom Wang, chief international officer at AAAS and director of the AAAS center, referring to the plan President Barack Obama unveiled earlier this year to direct $ 1 billion toward battling cancercancer.

I wanted to find out about cancer — not just as a word in the «Background» section of grant proposals, but as a disease which could affect as many as one in three of us during our lifetimes — and how scientific research is being applied in the clinic.

Scientific integrity matters more than ever, and not just for cancer research.

Today, an article published in Cancer Discovery by Manel Esteller, Director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program of Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), ICREA Researcher and Professor of Genetics at the University of Barcelona, explains that this RNA also has its own spelling and grammar, just like DNA.

Nelson, a member of the Human Biology and the Public Health Sciences Divisions at Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, hopes to do just that.

The agency's total spending on cancer research rose from just over $ 2 billion in fiscal year 1995 to almost $ 5 billion in FY 2005.

Understanding the protein's effects on genes is just one piece of the puzzle: The effects of physical and mechanical forces on cancer progression is a burgeoning, but still new, area of research.

Specter, one of just three Republicans who voted for the compromise bill, is a cancer survivor who has long been a supporter of biomedical research.

Dr Matthew Lam, Senior Research Officer at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: «The conclusions that the researchers have drawn, whilst just hypotheses at this stage, are certainly interesting.

«This finding really excites us because it makes us think that this is a gene repair system that could be used to treat a range of diseases — not just tyrosinemia but others as well,» says Daniel Anderson, associate professor in MIT's Department of Chemical Engineering and a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES).

The Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Leukemia Research Foundation, and the Scleroderma Foundation are just a few examples of the organizations supporting new investigator grants.

«Ultimately, the virus is suppressing the immune system for its own benefit, and promoting the formation and proliferation of cancer cells may be just a side effect of that,» says Sharon Kuss - Duerkop, PhD, research instructor working in the lab of CU Cancer Center investigator Dohun Pyeoncancer cells may be just a side effect of that,» says Sharon Kuss - Duerkop, PhD, research instructor working in the lab of CU Cancer Center investigator Dohun PyeonCancer Center investigator Dohun Pyeon, PhD.

«This now provides the technology to do pre-clinical research just feet from the clinic itself,» said Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, the Hanna Wise Professor in Cancer Rresearch just feet from the clinic itself,» said Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, the Hanna Wise Professor in Cancer ResearchResearch.

A new Michigan State University study is helping to answer a pressing question among scientists of just how close mice are to people when it comes to researching cancer.

Funding for astronomy is far more limited than that available for cancer research, say, and compared with most other fields of science, the number of professional astronomers is astonishingly small (the membership of the American Astronomical Society would just about fit into Radio City Music Hall).

The RAS project, as NCI is calling it, will not entail huge amounts of money — just $ 10 million that will be reprogrammed from other work at NCI's Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research.

The mice are not just a scientific curiosity; their green cells, says Okabe, could further cancer research.

The first is that it could just be one last random mutation that finally provides the cells with the genetic wherewithal to become malignant, says David Thomas, a cancer researcher at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia.

«It would have taken our researchers 18 months to do what citizen scientists did in just three months,» says Amy Carton, citizen science lead at Cancer Research UK.

Further research needs to be done to find out whether this epigenetic signature is just an indicator of breast cancer risk or is involved with the progression of breast cancer.

Sequencing RNA, not just DNA, could help doctors predict how prostate cancer tumors will respond to treatment, according to research published in the open access journal Genome Biology.

«It was extremely exciting to get this award as it will provide my lab both the resources and the stability for our ongoing efforts,» says Shaw, who is also the director of the Salk Cancer Center, which is one of just seven NCI - designated Basic Research Cancer Centers in the country.

Though Mary Jo and her friends decided to stop hosting the fundraiser several years ago («It just got to be too much»), she and her husband, Oren, are still dedicated supporters of the Cancer Research Institute.

Yet its contribution to tumor cell proliferation only increases the evidence that changes in metabolism are a cause of cancer and not just a consequence, according to Leif Ellisen, a cancer genetics researcher and oncologist who directs the MGH Translational Research Laboratory.

My research team found that just one percent of articles published in Cancer Cell over the past 15 years, the premier journal of cancer research, refer to interactions between cancer cells and their physical enviroCancer Cell over the past 15 years, the premier journal of cancer research, refer to interactions between cancer cells and their physical envirocancer research, refer to interactions between cancer cells and their physical envirocancer cells and their physical environment.

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Atul Butte, PhD, who is Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg Distinguished Professor at UCSF and directs the Institute for Computational Health Sciences, a hub for precision medicine research on campus, echoed the excitement felt across UCSF about moving towards clinical application of precision medicine: «Precision medicine is not just a «nice idea» at UCSF — it is benefitting real people, from cancer patients with unusual tumor mutations to children with undiagnosed genetic diseases.

Professor Susan Short, member of NCRI's Radiotherapy Research Working Group, said: «We're just beginning to realise the full potential of PARP inhibitors to tackle many different types of cancer, so it's exciting to see that olaparib could potentially be used to treat glioblastoma in combination with chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Dr. Matthias Stephan experienced just such a flash of insight in the dark early hours of a Sunday morning several years ago.

I am truly humbled to be named the Embrace Kids Foundation Chair in Pediatric Hematology / Oncology established in Dr. Kamen's memory, so that I can continue to carry his vision forward in advancing pediatric cancer research and keeping that «human» connection in treating the «whole» patient and not just the disease,» reflects Cole.

The war on cancer necessarily included basic research, because scientists and doctors had to admit they just didn't know much about cancer; how it arises, why some forms are more deadly than others, and the best way to treat and prevent cancer.

Unbelievably, recent research reveals that women who get migraines (even just once) may be less likely to get some kinds of breast cancer.

Meanwhile, another review published today highlights a very real downside of drinking, even in moderation: For women, just one small glass of alcohol a day increases breast cancer risk, says a new report from the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund (cancer risk, says a new report from the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund (Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund (Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).

While they could theoretically increase breast cancer risk, at this point the risk is just that — theoretical — «and based on animal and other lab studies,» says Janet Gray, PhD, director of science, technology and society at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., who researches environmental impacts on breast cancer.

Research has shown that women with estrogen - sensitive breast cancer (the most common form) who walked just three to five hours a week at a moderate pace experienced a 50 percent lower risk of dying from breast cancer, compared with physically inactive women with the disease.

And well the research on that's kinda another thing HGH is not related to increase cancer risk but I think — I think the evidence there — is there — just a little bit caution especially if you have a lot of cancer in your fate.

The fact that adults are now starting to be treated AND we are also beginning clinical research looking at the ketogenic diet for those with Brain Cancer and other serious neurological conditions means that the charity as well as our Matthew's Friends clinic is just going to get even busier.

Not just that, based on research, the chlorophyll in wheatgrass is an effective component that helps the body fight against cancer.

Nearly 100 years of research has gone into creating the Alkaline diet which has helped countless human beings with cancer, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and diabetes, to name just a few.

Dima Sobko / ShutterstockGood news: Your morning cup of coffee doesn't just energize you for the day ahead — it can actually help protect against skin cancer, according to research.

High intake of arachadonic acid is linked to autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, as well as a clear link with cancer development.http: / / www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=20950616[uid]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18774339http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139128 The Harvard physicians study followed 20,000 doctors for 20 years and those that ate just one egg a day had significant increase in all cause mortality.http: / / www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18400720 In fact, David Spence, director of stroke prevention / atherosclerosis research center and one of the worlds leading stroke experts, said that based on the latest research, you can eat all the eggs you want IF your dying of a terminal illness.

Also note that research has shown that even if cancer cells prefer sugar as a fuel, however they can just as easily thrive on fat and protein alone.