New Type of Molecular Switch Could Turn Up the Volume on Bowel Cancer Treatment
New type of molecular switch could turn up the volume on bowel cancer treatment
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The research showed that common drugs, 5-FU and oxaliplatin, were more effective in treating bowel cancer cells with damaged forms of K-RAS, and bowel cancer cells with healthy K-RAS in which the miR-224 switch had been blocked. Lead author, Dr …
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Glaxo, Roche Drugs Help Treat Breast Cancer in Brain
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Plc's breast cancer pill Tykerb, used with Roche Holding AG (ROG)'s drug Xeloda, helped treat the disease's spread to the brain, according to a study. The treatments shrank the size of brain tumors by at least 50 percent in two …
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Acupucture pinpoints alternative therapy to addiction, anxiety
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Once a week, Virginia Rapin has five needles stuck in each of her ears for a treatment that she says helps alleviate her depression and anxiety. The treatment Rapin receives is a form of acupuncture called acu-detox where thin, sterilized needles are …
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