Tags archives: cancer research
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- While on Face Book last night I saw that a wonderful friend had posted a story of her being at a grocery store and a couple in front of her had not enough money to pay for their groceries. Even as they put things back, they still did not have enough money. She thoughtfully asked the clerk how much[...]
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- With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas right around the corner, I begin to think about what this year has meant to me and my family.
The year started out with my foot in a cast. February was my birthday, but a week later I was in the hospital with food poisoning. By March another trip to the[...]
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- ‘‘…. I never had the opportunity to listen as people spoke on viral hepatitis until my first job appointment…..”
There is a societal stigma about hepatitis. In Ghana, infected people are alienated by the society. Others are also isolated within their families, hidden away from visitors or made to[...]
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- Originally, they had told me no treatment was needed, but there were still many unanswered questions. My tumor was not a typical astrocytoma. The oncology doctor had advised us to start radiation as a precaution. But, I was afraid to and not too.
The thought of losing my hair, oh my gosh...I h[...]
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- Atypical changes in chromosomal DNA drives the development and progression of cancer. There are a variety of modifications that promote cancer. These include abnormal chromosome numbers, rearrangements of chromosomes, gene duplications, and point mutations. The ability to identify these abnormalitie[...]
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The immune system is the body’s primary defender against cancer. In a recent article in Science magazine, Dr. Senovilla and colleagues report a novel mechanism that cells of the immune system use to identify carcinogenic cells. They show that a protein called calreticulin, which normally res[...]
