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Πέμπτη 6 Φεβρουαρίου 2014

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New drug treatment reduces chronic pain following shingles
Researchers Advance Findings on Key Gene Related to Cancer Metastasis
Chemical Stem Cell Signature Predicts Treatment Response for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

New drug treatment reduces chronic pain following shingles

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 08:25 AM PST

A new drug treatment has been found to be effective against chronic pain caused by nerve damage, also known as neuropathic pain, in patients who have had shingles.

The researchers hope that the drug might also be effective against other causes of chronic neuropathic pain, such as diabetes, HIV, nerve injury and cancer chemotherapy, as it targets a mechanism that is not targeted by any existing therapies and has fewer side effects.

Researchers Advance Findings on Key Gene Related to Cancer Metastasis

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:22 AM PST

New evidence reported by researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) lends support to the hypothesis that the SSeCKS/AKAP12 gene is a key inhibitor of prostate cancer metastasis. The data are some of the first to demonstrate this dynamic in transgenic animal models, with promising implications for development of targeted therapies for prostate cancer and perhaps for other solid-tumor cancers.

Chemical Stem Cell Signature Predicts Treatment Response for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:13 AM PST

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center have found a chemical “signature” in blood-forming stem cells that predicts whether patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) will respond to chemotherapy.