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Pathology News
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Fasting Augments Chemo in Cancer Cells, Mouse Models
Short cycles of starvation (fasting) sensitizes mammalian cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents, and may increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy against cancer cells and in mouse models, according to an experimental study published online Feb. 8 in Science Translational Medicine.
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Acute Myeloid Leukemia Risk Factors ID'd in Texas Adults
Solvent exposure, smoking, and obesity are significant risk factors for de novo acute myeloid leukemia in Texas, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in Cancer.
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Caffeine Reduces Fibrosis Risk in Nonalcoholic Liver Disease
Coffee caffeine consumption (CC) substantially reduces the risk of fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to a study published in the February issue of Hepatology.
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Soy Isoflavones Don't Reduce Breast Epithelial Proliferation
Mixed soy isoflavone supplements given over a six-month period show no significant effect in reducing the proliferation of breast cancer epithelial cells in healthy women, according to a study published in the February issue of Cancer Prevention Research.
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Parkin Has Key Role in Human Nigral Dopaminergic Neurons
Parkin may control dopamine utilization in the human midbrain by enhancing dopaminergic neurotransmission and suppressing dopamine oxidation, according to a study published online Feb. 7 in Nature Communications.
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Gene Therapy for Blindness Safe in Second Eye
For patients with a hereditary form of blindness previously treated with gene therapy in one eye, a second dose of gene therapy in the other eye is safe and improves vision even further, according to a study published in the Feb. 8 issue of Science Translational Medicine.
Pathology Conference Highlights
- American Heart Association, Nov. 12-16, 2011
- North American Spine Society, Nov. 2-5, 2011
- American College of Gastroenterology, Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2011
- American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Sept. 16-20, 2011
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ESC: Tobacco Smoke More Damaging to Women's Arteries
The amount of lifetime exposure to tobacco smoke significantly correlates with the thickness of carotid arterial walls in both genders, but the impact is more than double in women than in men, according to a study presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress held from Aug. 27 to 31 in Paris, France.
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