All Articles Tagged As: pancreas

A tumor of the pancreas mimicked by colonic duplication? (3/16/2008)

A case of cystic colonic duplication in an adult mimicked a tumor of the pancreas and the diagnosis was established by histopathological examination of the resected specimen after distal pancreatectomy. ...> Full Article

Mesothelin engineered on virus-like particles provides treatment clues for pancreatic cancer (2/19/2008)

New understanding of a protein that spurs the growth of pancreatic cancer could lead to a new vaccine against the deadly disease, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report appearing in the current edition of the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. ...> Full Article

Elusive Pancreatic Stem Cells Found In Mice (1/28/2008)

Just as many scientists had given up the search, researchers have discovered that the pancreas does indeed harbor stem cells with the capacity to generate new insulin-producing beta cells. ...> Full Article

Zinc transporters regulate pancreatic cancer (11/17/2007)

Zinc, an important trace element for healthy growth and development, can be related to pancreatic cancer. Too much ZIP4, a molecule that enables the transport of zinc into cells, promotes the growth and spread of pancreatic tumors cells. ...> Full Article

Cross-species transplant in rhesus macaques is step toward diabetes cure for humans (10/21/2007)

With an eye on curing diabetes, scientists have successfully transplanted embryonic pig pancreatic cells destined to produce insulin into diabetic macaque monkeys - all without the need for risky immune suppression drugs that prevent rejection. ...> Full Article

Scientists Find Protein May Play a Key Role in Development of Deadly Form of Pancreatic Cancer (10/12/2007)

A tumor-blocking protein previously implicated in prostate and breast cancer development may also be behind the most aggressive type of pancreatic cancer. ...> Full Article

Problems with insulin folding may lead to diabetes (10/9/2007)

Botched production of insulin molecule may kill pancreas cells and lead to diabetes ...> Full Article

Radiation Oncologists to Use Real-Time System to Help Plant 'Seeds' Against Prostate Cancer (9/21/2007)

Radiation oncologists and urologists have begun using a real-time system to implant radiation-emitting seeds in prostate cancer patients. While the system is only being used for imaging and planning purposes so far, it ultimately will help with the actual placement of the seeds. ...> Full Article

Pancreatic Cancer Fights Off Immune Attack (9/4/2007)

Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum) and the Heidelberg University Hospitals have discovered that pancreatic cancer attracts regulatory T cells, which suppress the activity of immune cells. In this way, the tumor might escape its destruction by the immune system. ...> Full Article

University of Florida to house pancreas research repository for the study of diabetes (9/1/2007)

The University of Florida will house a newly organized international research center for the study of the human pancreas that will bank organs from thousands of patients with or at risk for type 1 diabetes in an effort to learn more about the disease. ...> Full Article

Researchers Locate Possible Diabetes Cause And Treatment (8/31/2007)

Researchers at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a cause of type 2 diabetes and a possible method for counteracting the obesity-linked disease. The research, which has been conducted with mice, will now be investigated in other animals. The research was funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, a component of the National Institutes of Health, and the Fogarty International Center. Results are printed in this week's edition of the scientific journal Nature. ...> Full Article

Researchers set sights on early detection of pancreatic cancer (8/25/2007)

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, but work being conducted by a team of University of Georgia researchers aims to help physicians diagnose the disease early, when it's more easily treated. ...> Full Article

Low levels of key protein may indicate pancreatic cancer risk (8/19/2007)

A protein that dwindles in response to obesity and a sedentary lifestyle may one day help doctors predict which people are at increased risk for pancreatic cancer, new research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and collaborating scientists indicates. ...> Full Article

Obesity and Lack of Exercise Could Enhance the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer (8/18/2007)

Obesity and aversion to exercise have become hallmarks of modern society - and a new study suggests that a blood protein linked to these lifestyle factors may be an indicator for an increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Researchers from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute report their findings in the August 15 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. ...> Full Article

Shining Light on Pancreatic Cancer (8/6/2007)

Using novel light-scattering techniques, researchers have found the first evidence that early stage pancreatic cancer causes subtle changes in part of the small intestine. The easily monitored marker may ultimately allow early detection for a disease notorious for having few obvious symptoms, the primary reason pancreatic cancer killed more than 33,000 Americans last year. ...> Full Article

More Power to Population Studies in Pancreas Cancer Research (7/30/2007)

UCSF clinicians and researchers are joining with counterparts far and wide to conduct large studies that will yield the statistical power necessary to clearly identify factors associated with risk for pancreas cancer. ...> Full Article

Gene Therapy Eradicates Pancreatic Cancer in Preclinical Trial (7/12/2007)

A molecularly engineered therapy selectively embeds a gene in pancreatic cancer that shrinks or eradicates tumors, inhibits metastasis, and prolongs survival with virtually no toxicity, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the July 9 edition of Cancer Cell. ...> Full Article

Possible Relation Between Dairy Consumption And Mutations Of A Gene That Causes Pancreatic Cancer Uab Barcelona (7/5/2007)

A scientific article published in the July issue of the English Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests that there could be a relation between consuming dairy products and the mutations of a gene that is closely linked to pancreatic cancer. ...> Full Article

Study Finds that Dietary Vitamins May Decrease Pancreatic Cancer Risk among Lean People (6/4/2007)

Researchers exploring the notion that certain nutrients might protect against pancreatic cancer found that lean individuals who got most of these nutrients from food were protected against developing cancer. The study also suggests this protective effect does not hold true if the nutrients come from vitamin supplements. ...> Full Article

Molecular Marker May Help Identify Pancreatic Cancer And Possibly Predict Survival Time (5/4/2007)

Preliminary research suggests that the expression pattern of microRNA (a short RNA molecule) may be useful in differentiating between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer and may be able to distinguish long and short term survival time for patients with pancreatic cancer, according to an article in the May 2 issue of JAMA. ...> Full Article

Biomarker Discovery Bodes Well for Better Cancer Diagnostics And Personalized Medicine (5/4/2007)

While new findings from Ohio State University scientists suggest a genetic marker that could help distinguish between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer and gauge who will do well with cancer treatment, a pharmacologist at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia sees the discovery as much more. ...> Full Article

Pancreatic Cancer Markers Identified (5/2/2007)

Scientists have discovered a way to distinguish pancreatic cancer from non-cancerous tissue, new research shows. ...> Full Article

Study Points to New Direction for Pancreas Cell Regeneration (4/4/2007)

Replacing faulty or missing cells with new insulin-making cells has been the object of diabetes research for the last decade. Past studies in tissue culture have suggested that one type of pancreas cell could be coaxed to transform into insulin-producing islet cells. ...> Full Article

Inherited Pancreatic Cancer Gene Found (12/12/2006)

Teri Brentnall with the University of Washington and David Whitcomb with the University of Pittsburgh has identified at least one of the gene's involved in inherited pancreatic cancer. ...> Full Article

Mouse Helps Predict Drug Response Of Pancreatic Cancer Treatments (10/12/2006)

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, Maryland have found a way to accurately test chemotherapy drugs before using them on patients. The approach, used to test chemotherapy drugs on pancreatic cancer involves grafting the cancer cells onto a mouse where they then test individual chemo drugs to determine which will best kill the cancer without affecting the patient. ...> Full Article