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Only the strong survive; the evolution of a tumor favors the meanest, most aggressive cells - cells lacking the p53 tumor suppressor gene
Researchers have discovered that the low-oxygen environment at the center of a tumor permits cells lacking p53 tumor suppressor genes to survive...
Science News, 04/06/96 by Lisa Seachrist · More from publication -
Cancer gene found vital to mouse embryos - mice without BRCA1 genes die before birth - Science News of the Week - Brief Article
Like no other bit of DNA, the gene behind breast cancer inspired a worldwide quest. After victoriously nabbing it, however, scientists found...
Science News, 02/03/96 by Lisa Seachrist · More from publication -
Beta carotene prove 'no magic bullet.' - National Cancer Institute research indicates that beta carotene provides no protection against heart disease or cancer - Science News of the Week - Brief Article
The U.S. government has sobering news for devotees of beta carotene. The dietary supplement doesn't prevent heart disease or cancer, and it may...
Science News, 01/27/96 by Lisa Seachrist · More from publication -
Shocking rhythms: how to jolts of electricity bring people back to life after heart fibrillations?
Although electricity is commonly used to restore a heartbeat, little is known about why the process is often successful. Researchers are developing...
Science News, 01/27/96 by Lisa Seachrist · More from publication -
Infections make deadly comeback - death by infectious disease increasing in US and around the world - Science News of the Week
Infectious diseases, once thought to have been vanquished by vaccines and antibiotics, are reemerging as a serious health threat both in the United...
Science News, 01/20/96 by Lisa Seachrist · More from publication -
Yew drug fights cancer - women with ovarian cancer taking paclitaxel survive an average of one year longer than those taking other anticancer drugs - Science News of the Week - Brief Article
Paclitaxel, the cancer-fighting drug derived from the Pacific yew tree, gives women suffering advanced ovarian cancer an additional year of life,...
Science News, 01/13/96 by Lisa Seachrist · More from publication -
Government guidelines okay vegetarian diet - Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services endorse vegetarian diets in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans - Science News of the Week - Brief Article
Vegetarians take heart: The federal government finds that meatless diets can satisfy the requirements of its newly updated "Dietary Guidelines for...
Science News, 01/06/96 by Lisa Seachrist · More from publication -
Team nabs second breast cancer gene - team headed by Michael R. Stratton isolates BRCA2 - Science News of the Week - Brief Article
Last year, when an international team ended a 4-year quest for the gene responsible for inherited breast cancer, the researchers announced that...
Science News, 12/23/95 by Lisa Seachrist · More from publication -
Heart drug busts brain clots from stroke - new research indicates that tissue plasminogen activator helps prevent brain damage from strokes cause by blood clots - Brief Article
A clot-busting drug commonly used to treat heart attacks also curtails brain damage caused by the most prevalent type of stroke. A clot-busting...
Science News, 12/16/95 by Lisa Seachrist · More from publication -
Testing genes: physicians wrestle with the information that genetic tests provide
Many physicians lack the training needed to adequately interpret the results of genetic tests to patients. Medical genetics became a medical...
Science News, 12/09/95 by Lisa Seachrist · More from publication
