News articles tagged with 'pancreatic'
Malaria drug slows pancreatic cancer growth in mouse models
— 16 Mar 2011 13:10 | HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists report they have shrunk or slowed the growth of notoriously resistant pancreatic tumours in mice, using a drug routinely prescribed for malaria…
Heavy drinking associated with increased risk of death from pancreatic cancer
— 15 Mar 2011 20:26 | HealthHeavy alcohol consumption, specifically three or more glasses of liquor a day, is associated with an increased risk of death from pancreatic cancer, according to a report in the March…
Researchers develop synthetic compound that may lead to drugs to fight pancreatic, lung cancer
— 10 Mar 2011 18:02 | HealthResearchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have identified a chemical compound that may eventually lead to a drug that fights cancers that are dependent on a particular anti-viral…
Researchers find possible new treatment strategies for pancreatic cancer
— 4 Mar 2011 14:54 | HealthNew University of Georgia research has identified a protein that can be modified to improve the effectiveness of one of the most common drugs used to treat pancreatic cancer…
New research suggests that obesity and diabetes are a downside of human evolution
— 26 Feb 2011 17:18 | HealthAs if the recent prediction that half of all Americans will have diabetes or pre-diabetes by the year 2020 isn't alarming enough, a new genetic discovery published online in the FASEB…
Missing sugar molecule raises diabetes risk in humans
— 26 Feb 2011 16:39 | HealthResearchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego say an evolutionary gene mutation that occurred in humans millions of…
Everolimus improves progression-free survival for patients with rare pancreatic cancer
— 10 Feb 2011 19:04 | HealthHouston - In an international Phase III randomised study, everolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), has shown to dramatically improve progression-free survival…
New classification of sphincter of Oddi dysfunction
— 1 Feb 2011 19:33 | HealthSphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) is a pathological syndrome that is usually classified into the biliary type or the pancreatic type according to the Milwaukee criteria. However,…
Johns Hopkins scientists crack genetic code for form of pancreatic cancer
— 22 Jan 2011 09:56 | HealthScientists at Johns Hopkins have deciphered the genetic code for a type of pancreatic cancer, called neuroendocrine or islet cell tumours. The work, described online in the Jan. 20…
Roundworm unlocks pancreatic cancer pathway
— 20 Jan 2011 16:46 | HealthThe National Cancer Institute estimates that more than 43,000 Americans were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and more than 36,000 died from the disease. Despite advances…