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Cancer cells use 'tiny tentacles' to suppress immune system: Research
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Boston (Massachusetts) [US], November 20 (ANI): By using nanotechnology, it has been found that cancer can disarm its would-be cellular attackers by extending out nanoscale tentacles that can reach into an immune cell and pull out its powerpack.
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Surviving cancer as child has lifelong effects on health, finds study
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London [UK], November 20 (ANI): A new study by researchers at University College London found that people who survived cancer had five times as many GP or hospital visits relating to cardiovascular disease by age 45, as a matched control group of people who had not had cancer early in life.
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New study reveals how cancer killing cells can be activated
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Massachusetts (US), November 20 (ANI): If the circumstances are right, the body's T cells are supposed to detect and kill the cancer cells. However, it has been seen that in most cancer patients the T cells become incapable of doing so once they are in the environment surrounding the tumour.
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US FDA grants breakthrough designation for early-stage breast cancer detec
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): Datar Cancer Genetics, a leading cancer research company today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 'Breakthrough Designation' for its blood test to detect early-stage Breast Cancer.
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Study finds cancer cells use 'tiny tentacles' to suppress immune system
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Boston (Massachusetts) [US], November 18 (ANI): Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and MIT used the power of nanotechnology to discover a new way that cancer can disarm its would-be cellular attackers by extending out nanoscale tentacles that can reach into an immune cell and pu
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45 min daily exercise can reduce risk of cancer, say experts
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New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI): Experts in India are in agreement with the findings of a recent study that at least 45 minutes of exercise daily (at least 300 minutes in a week) could reduce the risk of cancer, the leading cause of death in India and across the world.
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Exercise increases body's own 'cannabis' which reduces chronic inflammatio
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London [UK], November 17 (ANI): Exercise increases the body's own cannabis-like substances, which in turn helps reduce inflammation and could potentially help treat certain conditions such as arthritis, cancer and heart disease.
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Israel join hands with NGO to facilitate Cancer detection in Indian women
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Tel Aviv [Israel], November 16 (ANI): Israel has joined hands with an Indian Non-Government Organisation (NGO) to facilitate cancer detection in underprivileged women in India.
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Study explores how surviving cancer as a child has lifelong effects on hea
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London[UK], November 15 (ANI): A new study by researchers at University College London has found that people who survive cancer early in their life have higher risks of ill health as they grow older, and these risks vary according to the cancer type and how the cancer was treated.
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Study: Spread of cancer gets constrained by high cell membrane tension
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Washington [US], November 14 (ANI): A recent research collaboration has discovered that cancer invasion and migration can be suppressed in mice by manipulating the stiffness of the cell membrane. The membranes of cancer cells are more pliant than the membranes of normal cells.
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Drug used to prevent miscarriage increases risk of cancer in offspring: St
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Washington [US], November 14 (ANI): Exposure in utero to a drug used to prevent miscarriage can lead to an increased risk of developing cancer, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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Cancer drug also lowers blood glucose: Study
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Washington [US], November 14 (ANI): According to new research by researchers at Mayo Clinic and the University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine, Dasatinib, a drug that often is used to treat certain types of leukemia, may have antidiabetic effects comparable to medications used to treat dia
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