Sentences with phrase «primary role in the cancer»

Despite the fact that the proteins are scarce, and hence difficult to study, they may still play a primary role in cancer metastasis.

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He says there is a lot of circumstantial evidence that methylation plays a causal role in cancer but this seems to be the first time that someone has shown that it can be a primary cause of tumours.

«We challenged a current dogma in the field that emphasized PLK1's role in mitosis (cell division) as a primary mechanism for cancer growth,» says Zheng Fu, Ph.D., lead investigator on the study, member of the Cancer Molecular Genetics research program at VCU Massey Cancer Center and assistant professor in the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics at the VCU School of Medcancer growth,» says Zheng Fu, Ph.D., lead investigator on the study, member of the Cancer Molecular Genetics research program at VCU Massey Cancer Center and assistant professor in the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics at the VCU School of MedCancer Molecular Genetics research program at VCU Massey Cancer Center and assistant professor in the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics at the VCU School of MedCancer Center and assistant professor in the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics at the VCU School of Medicine.

The tumor suppressor gene PTEN is known to play a major role in prostate cancer; its partial loss occurs in up to 70 percent of primary prostate tumors.

A new score that could identify certain women with primary breast cancer in need of more or less aggressive treatments could play a pivotal role in ensuring they are given the best possible chance of survival, while only giving treatments such as chemotherapy when it's necessary.

By supporting Directive 2010 / 63 / EU, LERU wishes to call attention to the fundamental importance of the use of animals in research and the vital role it plays in understanding and providing treatment for a range of debilitating and life threatening human diseases such as cancer, primary immunodeficiencies, neuro - degenerative diseases and heart failure.

In addition to his role at Chicago Center for Health Equity Research, Robert Winn is the primary investigator in a lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago that explores signaling pathways in lung canceIn addition to his role at Chicago Center for Health Equity Research, Robert Winn is the primary investigator in a lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago that explores signaling pathways in lung cancein a lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago that explores signaling pathways in lung cancein lung cancer.

The Isothiocyanates made from glucosinolates in kale play a primary role in kale's ability to lower the risk of many cancers, as well as indole -3-carbinol, which boosts DNA repair in cells and may block the growth of cancer cells.

While it is true that metabolic «errors» typically build up inside the genetic machinery of «pre-cancerous» cells and play a primary role in the development of cancer, it is also true that dysfunction in our immune system, inflammatory system, hormonal system, detoxification system, and antioxidant system — and problematic interactions between these five systems — can significantly increase the risk of cells becoming cancerous.

The franchisor has become one of the lead donors for the Primary Prevention Research Program of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Ontario, to help individuals better understand the role lifestyle and environment play in the incidence of breast cCancer Foundation - Ontario, to help individuals better understand the role lifestyle and environment play in the incidence of breast cancercancer.