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Inlyta (axitinib) Approved For Advanced Kidney Cancer, USA The US FDA has approved Inlyta (axitinib) for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer, in patients with whom other drugs have not been effective, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) announced today. Inlyta is made and marketed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. Renal cell carcinoma - also known as renal cell cancer or hypernephroma, is a type of kidney cancer that starts in the lining of the tiny renal tubes (proximal convoluted tubule). These tubes filter the blood and produce urine. This type represents 80% of all kidney cancers... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:00 PST Sign Of Autism Can Be Seen In Infants A recent study that took place at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London, and was published in the January edition of Current Biology, states that detecting autism symptoms in babies as young as 6 months old can help to determine how the autism will develop later in the child's life. The researches found that babies show signs of autism in their first year of life. When the babies are looked at, or when someone looks away from them, their brain responds differently compared to other babies... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:00 PST 3D Study Of Vitamins May Help Combat Malaria A three-dimensional study of how enzymes in the malaria parasite Plasmodium synthesize essential vitamins, could help develop new drugs to combat the disease. Using electron microscopy, a team of scientists from Germany and the UK studied how the enzymes synthesize Vitamin B6, which has already been proposed as a target for new drugs. Dr Ivo Tews, a Lecturer in Structural Biology at the University of Southampton, and colleagues, write about their findings in a paper published online in the journal Structure on 11 January... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:00 PST Lung Tumor Gene Test Predicts Surgery Outcomes An assay which measures the activity of 14 genes in lung cancer tumors can accurately predict who will respond well to surgery and who will probably die within five years, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, reported in The Lancet. 80% of lung cancer patients have NSCLC (non-small-cell lung cancer) - their long term prognosis is poor, even after surgical interventions at stages I and II of the disease (early stages), the authors wrote. An assay is an analysis that is carried out to determine something... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PST 12/15-Lipoxygenase Protein May Help Control Alzheimer's Researchers at the Temple University's School of Medicine recently identified a protein in the brain that could have a major role in regulating the creation of amyloid beta, the major component of plaques implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease. Three years ago, the presence of the protein, called 12/15-Lipoxygenase, was detected in the brain by leading researcher Domenico Pratico, professor of pharmacology and microbiology and immunology at Temple, who said: "We found this protein to be very active in the brains of people who have Alzheimer's disease... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:00 PST Genetic Mutation That Triggers Pancreatic Cancer Identified Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a self-perpetuating "loop" of molecular activity that fuels pancreatic cancer by linking two signature characteristics of the disease - Kras, a gene that serves as a molecular on-off switch, but gets stuck on the "on" position when mutated, and NF-κB, a protein complex that controls activation of genes. In addition, the team identified a new potential drug target to block this process... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Risk Factors In Pregnant Women Approximately 1 in every 15,000 pregnant women will develop subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) - bleeding in the area between the brain and the thin membranes that cover the brain, according to a study published in the February issue of Anesthesiology. The researchers found that: the most common risk factor for pregnancy-related SAH is high-blood pressure disorders its incidence is elevated in pregnant women ruptured aneurysms play a less important role in pregnant patients than non-pregnant patients with SHA Lead researcher Brian T. Bateman, M.D... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST Brachytherapy Lowers Prostate Cancer Mortality According to a study from radiation oncologists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, high-risk prostate cancer patients who receive brachytherapy, alone or together with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) had considerably lower mortality rates. The study is published online January 23 in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. Brachytherapy is a form of radiotherapy where a radiation source is placed directly at the site of a tumor. The treatment is generally used to treat men with low and intermediate risk prostate cancers... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST Cancer Screening Rates Low Among Ethnic Groups, USA Not only are relatively few Americans screened for cancer, but there are considerable disparities between ethnic and racial groups in the country, says a new report issued by NCI (National Cancer Institute) and the CDCF (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The authors added that screening rates are especially low among Hispanic and Asian Americans. The report is called "Cancer Screening in the United States - 2010." The Healthy People 2020 target of 81% screening rate for breast cancer was not met in 2010, which reached 72.4%... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST Women With Diabetes Experience More Hearing Problems A new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, presented at the annual Triological Society's Combined Sections Meeting, on January 26 in Miami Beach, shows that diabetes is likely to cause a greater degree of hearing loss in women as they get older, particularly if the diabetes is not well controlled with medication. The study showed that women aged between 60 and 75 years, whose diabetes was controlled appropriately, were able to hear better with similar hearing levels to non-diabetic women of the same age, compared with those who had poorly controlled diabetes... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST |