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Researcher Finds An SOS Response To Cancer Causing Agents
16 May 2008
University of Saskatchewan microbiologist Wei Xiao has found a way to trigger a protein combination called 9-1-1 that sends an SOS signal for cells to fight cancer-causing agents such as industrial toxins, ultraviolet radiation, and X-rays...
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How Tumorigenesis And Drug Design Are Affected By Mutant P53 Stability
16 May 2008
In the May 15th issue of G&D, Dr. Guillermina Lozano (MD Anderson Cancer Center) and colleagues reveal how the stabilization of a mutated form of p53 affects oncogenesis, and lends startling new insight into the potential...
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Solving The Mystery Of Disease Origins: St. Louis Encephalitis
16 May 2008
Before West Nile virus arrived in this country, we had (and still have) a home-grown relative of this pathogen. An epidemic of unknown origin exploded around St. Louis, Missouri in the autumn of 1933, a disease that is now...
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