Discovery Of Mechanism That Explains How Cancer Enzyme Winds Up On Ends Of Chromosomes Human cancer cells divide and conquer. Unless physicians can control that division with surgery, chemotherapy or radiation, the wildly dividing cells will eventually destroy a person's life. Researchers have known for some time that an enzyme called telomerase is crucial to cancer's progress.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUrinary Metabolic Evaluations In Solitary And Recurrent Stone Forming Children Dr. William DeFoor, et al., retrospectively reviewed all children who presented with urolithiasis at a single pediatric institution between 1999 and 2006. They wanted to determine which children were at greatest risk for recurrent stone formation.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe Cost Of Raising A Child With Special Needs: Where Does Your State Rank? Therapies, rehabilitation and specialty medical care are just a few of the extra costs that parents face when raising children with special needs. In a new study that will be published in current issue of Pediatrics, Paul T. Shattuck, Ph.D., professor of social work at Washington University in St.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comResearchers Catch Ion Channels In Their Opening Act Each thought or action sends a million electrical signals pulsing through your body. At the heart of the process of generating these electrical impulses is the ion channel. A new study by researchers from the University of Illinois measures movements smaller than one-billionth of a meter in ion channels.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLink Between Thunderstorms And Asthma Attacks In the first in-depth study of its kind ever done in the Southeastern United States, researchers at the University of Georgia and Emory University have discovered a link between thunderstorms and asthma attacks in the metro Atlanta area that could have a "significant public
health impact.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comResearching Pyran-Based Anticancer Natural Products Thomas E. Smith, associate professor of chemistry at Williams College, has been awarded a $217,710 three-year grant by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institute of
Health (NIH) for "Asymmetric Methods for the Synthesis of Pyran-Based Anticancer Natural Products.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFertility Issues In Patients With Prostate Cancer UroToday.com - With PSA screening, men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer (CaP) at younger ages. In the online issue of the BJU International, Dr. Steinsvik and colleagues address the issues of fertility as related to prostate cancer therapies.
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