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Study Identifies How Tamoxifen Stimulates Uterine Cell Growth And Cancer
04 July 2009
UCSF researchers have identified a new "feed-forward" pathway linking estrogen receptors in the membrane of the uterus to a process that increases local estrogen levels and promotes cell growth...
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Risk Of Breast Cancer And A Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism
03 July 2009
The single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) known as 2q35-rs13387042 is associated with increased risk of estrogen receptor (ER) -positive and -negative breast cancer, according to a study published online July 1 in the Journal...
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Triggering Muscle Development -- A Therapeutic Cure For Muscle Wastage?
03 July 2009
Scientists in the UK and Denmark have shown that if elderly men were given growth hormone and exercised their legs showed an appreciable muscle mass increase. Dr. Geoff Goldspink (Royal Free and University College Medical...
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