News articles tagged with 'lung'
New target identified for squamous cell lung cancer
— 3 Apr 2011 12:26 | HealthScientists at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute have identified a mutation in the DDR2 gene that may indicate which patients with squamous cell lung cancer will respond to dasatinib…
Target for lung cancer chemoprevention identified
— 3 Apr 2011 11:50 | HealthScientists have identified a biomarker for measuring the success of lung cancer chemoprevention, an emerging frontier in the fight against this disease that has long been stymied by…
TGen and Scottsdale Healthcare researchers discover microRNA role in brain metastasis
— 2 Apr 2011 11:52 | HealthConducting genetic profiles using microRNA can help doctors predict which lung cancer patients are likely to also develop brain metastasis (BM), according to a study published today…
Surprising finding from smoke inhalation study
— 2 Apr 2011 11:43 | HealthAn award-winning Loyola University Health System study includes some unexpected findings about the immune systems of smoke-inhalation patients…
New therapeutic target for lung cancer
— 1 Apr 2011 14:36 | HealthA new therapeutic target for lung cancer has been discovered by researchers at Seoul National University. It was found that a variant of the protein AIMP2 is highly expressed in lung…
Cancer drug shows promise for treating scleroderma
— 29 Mar 2011 17:22 | HealthA drug approved to treat certain types of cancer has shown promising results in the treatment of patients with scleroderma, according to results from an open-label Phase II trial. While…
Road traffic pollution doubles risk of rejection after lung transplant
— 28 Mar 2011 18:27 | HealthLung transplant patients have double the risk of organ rejection and death within five years of the procedure if they live near a main road, indicates research published online in Thorax…
Lung cancer study finds mentholated cigarettes no more harmful than regular cigarettes
— 28 Mar 2011 16:42 | HealthSmokers of mentholated cigarettes are no more likely to develop lung cancer than other smokers, according to a new, very large, prospective study of black and white smokers published…
Sirolimus therapy alleviates symptoms of lung disease LAM
— 17 Mar 2011 19:29 | HealthSirolimus, a drug currently used to help prevent transplant rejection, can improve lung function and quality of life in individuals living with the lung disease lymphangioleiomyomatosis…
'Microparticles' useful in identifying earliest signs of emphysema
— 12 Mar 2011 14:29 | HealthMonitoring blood for tiny particles released by cells lining the lungs may help clinicians diagnose emphysema in its earliest stages, according to researchers from Weill Cornell Medical…