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2 proteins appear crucial for aggressive cancer metamorphosis
RalA and RalB are nasty proteins whose mere presence seems to generate massive amounts of cellular trouble leading to aggressive versions of prostate, bladder and skin cancer, University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers have found.
DNA changes could predict prostate cancer relapse
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have spotted copy number variations or CNVs, duplications or deletions in stretches of the genetic material, that could help doctors predict what prostate cancers might do after diagnosis.
BRCA1 increases risk of prostate cancer
This form of prostate cancer seems to run in families, including families in which women have had breast cancer linked with the BRCA1 mutation.
DNA vaccine for prostate cancer moves into Phase III
According to the U.K.'s The Telegraph , Bavarian Nordic's Prostvac prostate cancer vaccine has started a Phase III clinical trial in the U.K.
The magnetic attraction of blood biomarkers
Dutch researchers are using magnetic nanoparticles to detect cancer biomarkers.
Nuclea Bio hunts prostate markers
Nuclea Biotechnologies, a Massachusetts-based biomarker company, is collaborating with the Stratton VA Medical Center and Albany Research Institute to seek out prostate cancer biomarkers.
Prostate cancer vaccine teams up with antibody
Sometimes, the sum of the parts is greater than the whole, and this can be true for cancer therapies as well. Researchers are hoping that combining Prostvac, the investigational therapeutic cancer...
Curcumin, in Indian curry spice, may beat down prostate tumors
An Indian curry spice contains an element that appeared to help slow the growth of prostate cancer cells in both a petri dish and in mice. But rather than encouraging men to eat mounds of pungent but
Urine biomarker spots aggressive prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is very common, but it is often slow growing and symptom-free. So, for many men, the best policy is 'watch and wait'. However, a proportion of prostate cancers turn out to be
Walnuts slow prostate cancer tumor growth in mice
Walnuts, of all things, may help slow the growth of prostate cancer. Scientists at the University of California, Davis and the USDA Western Regional Research Center in Albany, CA, conducted the study
