Sentences with phrase «roles in cancer research»

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As I've said, there have been a number of research papers of late, led in large part by the work of French scientist Laurence Zitvogel, that are building a strong case for a central role for the microbiome in cancer treatment response.

For example, Wild Blueberries have double the antioxidant capacity of regular blueberries and recent research is suggesting that they may play an important role in gut and brain health and also lower the incidence of diabetes and certain cancers.

Turns out, they're a great source of vitamin C and fiber, as well as antioxidants, and some preliminary research suggests that raspberry ketones (don't ask me what exactly a ketone is...) could play a role in inhibiting the growth of certain cancers.

According to the University of Maryland Medical Center polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)-- also known as omega - 3 fatty acids — play a crucial role in human brain function, as well as normal growth and development, with research showing that they can also reduce inflammation in addition to helping lower the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and arthritis.

Research indicates that most women have low levels of Vitamin D, which has significant consequence for their health, due to the fact that Vitamin D plays a role in the prevention of a wide range of health conditions including diabetes and various forms of cancer.

Once believed to be important only for bone and dental health, a rapidly growing body of scientific research now indicates that Vitamin D plays a vital role in preventing a wide range of medical conditions, from diabetes to various forms of cancer.

Her vision for securing the 2012 Olympics for London, her formative role in New Labour's flagship Sure Start scheme, and most recently, her campaign for cancer research, have all been given many column inches.

«Cancer Research UK scientists first discovered abiraterone and subsequently played a key role in its development, including funding the first clinical trials.

Dr. Greenbaum and Dr. Łksza also played an integral role in a companion piece of research led by researchers Vinod P. Balachandran, MD, Taha Merghoub, PhD, and Steven D. Leach, MD, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) that was also published in Nature today.

However, as has been discovered by a team of Frankfurt - based researchers, these cells do have a weakness: In the current edition of the high impact journal «Cancer Research,» they report that the enzyme 5 - lipoxygenase (5 - LO) plays a significant role in the survival of leukaemic AML stem cellIn the current edition of the high impact journal «Cancer Research,» they report that the enzyme 5 - lipoxygenase (5 - LO) plays a significant role in the survival of leukaemic AML stem cellin the survival of leukaemic AML stem cells.

Susan Hockfield is well known for her role in launching the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the MIT Energy Initiative, while she served as the research university's first female and first biologist prResearch at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the MIT Energy Initiative, while she served as the research university's first female and first biologist prresearch university's first female and first biologist president.

Professor Tavassoli adds: «The main application for this work is that it eliminates the need for the synthesis of our inhibitor, so that biologists conducting research into HIF function can easily access our molecule and hopefully discover more about the role of HIF - 1 in cancer.

Greg Finak, a senior staff scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, describes his role as a «mini-faculty» member.

At first it was thought that only functioned as cellular debris warehouses but in recent years has been that could have an important role as a messenger between cells of the body and now many groups focus their research on the role that could be played exosomes in various diseases, including cancer.

«Mus81 really does play a critical role» in suppressing tumors, says Stephen West, a biochemist at Cancer Research UK in London.

Khanna believes companion animals will play an ever - increasing role in biomedical research on cancer and other diseases.

BARCELONA, SPAIN — Many factors influence success in a science career, including hard work, tenacity, flair, and luck, and all of them have played a role in the success of Nobel laureate Tim Hunt, who today is a group leader emeritus at the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute.

About ten years ago, research results showed that things are not quite as simple as that: «Under most conditions, H2O2 is not an undesired side product but rather an essential chemical messenger that plays an important role in regulating the way in which body cells respond to signals from outside such as hormones and growth factors,» says Dr. Tobias Dick of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrumresearch results showed that things are not quite as simple as that: «Under most conditions, H2O2 is not an undesired side product but rather an essential chemical messenger that plays an important role in regulating the way in which body cells respond to signals from outside such as hormones and growth factors,» says Dr. Tobias Dick of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches KrebsforschungszentrumResearch Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ).

The new research, which studied the immortalization process using genome - engineered cells in culture and also tracked skin cells as they progressed from a mole into a malignant melanoma, suggests that telomerase plays a more complex role in cancer.

In an article titled, «Allergen Induced Pulmonary Inflammation Enhances Mammary Tumor Growth and Metastasis: Role of CH13L1,» featured on the cover of the current issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, this new research suggests inflammation raises the level of a known biomarker of cancer, called «chitinase -3-like-1» or «CHI3L1,» in the inflamed tissue, which leads to increased metastasis and faster cancer growth in that tissuIn an article titled, «Allergen Induced Pulmonary Inflammation Enhances Mammary Tumor Growth and Metastasis: Role of CH13L1,» featured on the cover of the current issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, this new research suggests inflammation raises the level of a known biomarker of cancer, called «chitinase -3-like-1» or «CHI3L1,» in the inflamed tissue, which leads to increased metastasis and faster cancer growth in that tissuin the inflamed tissue, which leads to increased metastasis and faster cancer growth in that tissuin that tissue.

Fejzo, whose initial research focused on cancer genetics, has slowly built a case that genes play a role in the condition.

The St. Laurent Institute, a non-profit medical research institute focused on the systems biology of disease, today announced in a study published in the July edition of Genome Biology, that genetic matter, previously ignored by the scientific community, may play an important role in cancer.

The protein's role in cancer was an unexpected finding in Kniss's lab because only a handful of studies had described the connection before his group pursued this line of research.

An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist has discovered that certain sugars produced by the body play an important role in the development of colitis and, ultimately, colon cancer.

Research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey shows that the RUNX2 protein, which regulates the transcription of genetic messages responsible for the different functions of cells, may play a role in melanoma cell growth and spread and could serve as a therapeutic target for the disease.

In addition, in this setting it plays a role in guarding against the start of cancer, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniIn addition, in this setting it plays a role in guarding against the start of cancer, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvaniin this setting it plays a role in guarding against the start of cancer, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvaniin guarding against the start of cancer, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

They are currently carrying out further research to identify what factors might play a role in severe stress reactions to a cancer diagnosis, who might be at high risk and what could be done to reduce the risk.

The work, funded by national charity Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund, uncovers new evidence that PAK4 plays a key role in enabling cancer cells to grow and to spread from the pancreas into other areas of the body, a process called metasCancer Research Fund, uncovers new evidence that PAK4 plays a key role in enabling cancer cells to grow and to spread from the pancreas into other areas of the body, a process called metascancer cells to grow and to spread from the pancreas into other areas of the body, a process called metastasis.

Now researchers from The University of Manchester and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust — both part of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre — have investigated the role of a molecule known as FAK in controlling the resistance of DCIS to radiation and in predicting disease recurrence.

Dogs play a crucial role in human cancer research.

The research teams, led by Nima Sharifi, M.D., of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, studied the role of the HSD3B1 (1245C) genetic variant in two different prostate cancer patient populations, following androgen deprivation therapresearch teams, led by Nima Sharifi, M.D., of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, studied the role of the HSD3B1 (1245C) genetic variant in two different prostate cancer patient populations, following androgen deprivation therapResearch Institute, studied the role of the HSD3B1 (1245C) genetic variant in two different prostate cancer patient populations, following androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).

Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.

«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.

Its role as a master regulator is what makes DAZAP1 different from other proteins implicated in cancer and an exciting candidate for further research.

Dr Kat Arney, science communication manager at Cancer Research UK, said: «Only a tiny fraction of our DNA contains actual genes, and we know that at least some of the bits in between — often dismissed as «junk» — play important roles in controlling how genes get switched on and off at the right time and in the right place.

«The role this chosen toxin plays in the natural environment potentially could be transferred in the medical field to guide research into treatments for cancer research or neurodegenerative disease,» Professor Garson said.

They have become a valuable resource for biologists, enabling momentous scientific breakthroughs including the development of the polio vaccine the Nobel Prize winning studies defining the role of telomerase in aging, and research on the causative role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in some types of cervical cancer.

Research findings indicate that abnormal CaSR function and / or abundance play a significant role in the development or progression of several non-communicable diseases (or NCDs) such as Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and degenerative muscle loss.

Revised ideas about the role of fat in disease could help explain the murky data, notes Michael Thun, who heads epidemiological research for the American Cancer Society.

What's really impressive about Babar's accomplishment is that he did the work for both papers — one on the role of a population of stem cells in lung cancer development (published in Cell) the other on gene expression in group A Streptococcus (published in PNAS)-- as a participant in summer undergraduate research programs.

However, even 120 years after Reinbach's discovery, it still remained elusive whether or not eosinophils actively play a role in fighting the tumor,» says Prof. Günter Hämmerling from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ).

«Our research shows that the protein GSK3 plays a crucial role in helping B cells meet the energy needs of their distinct states,» says Robert Rickert, Ph.D., director of the Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer Immunology Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP).

Further research showed that the WWOX gene plays a role in the altered metabolism of cancer cells which are known to use glucose differently to normal cells.

The research offers new options to treat TNBC and insights into the role of stem cells in the spread of cancer.

The work suggests that these viral fossils probably played a key role in the evolution of our species, adds Harmit Malik, an evolutionary biologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington.

In a recent study, the research group of Prof. Michael Hall from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has shed light on the role of hepatic mTORC1 in whole body physiology and the relevance for human liver cancerIn a recent study, the research group of Prof. Michael Hall from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has shed light on the role of hepatic mTORC1 in whole body physiology and the relevance for human liver cancerin whole body physiology and the relevance for human liver cancers.

Due to these crucial roles in regulating normal cellular behavior, redox status has been recognized as a key area of biological research in various diseases, including cancer.

Lee and Cate's research hints that this secret lever, which triggers translation of only a special subset of mRNAs — perhaps only 500 out of some 10,000 mRNAs produced by a cell — will be found to play a critical role in other diseases besides cancer, as well as in plants and animals.

Blasco is best known for her research on the enzymes that maintain telomeres — repetitive DNA sequences capping the chromosomes — and their role in cancer and aging.

Texas's $ 3 billion cancer research fund is taking more steps to defuse a controversy over the role of scientific review in making grant decisions.