Curing Death by Curing Aging - April 2006 Archives
Researchers from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have found a way of interrupting the replication
of cells. The research, which hopes to find a cure for cancer, focuses on the cells ability to split
into two new cells. Cancer, which is caused by cells dividing uncontrollably, could be stopped or at least slowed
by controlling this process.
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Professor Elen Heber-Katz a scientist with the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia has
discovered a type of mouse that can regenerate injuries much faster than most other mammals.
The mouse type, know as Murphy Roths Large (MRL) has opened up a new area of study that
hopes to find and transfer the gene or genes to other mammals.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The first human recipients of laboratory-grown organs were reported today by Anthony Atala, M.D., director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. In The Lancet, Atala describes long-term success in children and teenagers who received bladders grown from their own cells.
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US Researchers at PrimeGen Biotech have developed a method of transforming germ cells
(found in the testes and ovaries) into stem cells in humans. Previously this method had only been performed on mice
germ cells by Gerd Hasenfuss of Georg-August-University in Goettingen, Germany.
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New testing method hints at garlic's cancer-fighting potential
New biomarkers for predicting the spread of colon cancer
Cells of aggressive leukemia hijack normal protein to grow
The sound of melanoma can help doctors find cancer
Bitter melon extract attacks breast cancer cells
Scanning for skin cancer: Infrared system looks for deadly melanoma