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...forming what researchers call a microarray. Once the machine has created a few dozen of these arrays, they will be rolled up, inserted into glass tubes and doused with radioactive dye and genetic material from a range of human tissue types--from normal, healthy cells to diseased cells representing breast, prostate, lung or colon cancer. Emerging from this experiment will be a set of data points, glowing with eerie phosphorescence, that may someday lead scientists to a new cure for one of the deadliest scourges known...
...molecules on the cancer cell's surface that help the cell recognize and react to nearby enzymes and proteins. Almost a dozen such drugs are already on the market, including one called Herceptin. It zeroes in on the HER-2/neu receptor that sits on the surface of some breast-cancer cells, blocking the binding of growth factors. For the 30% of tumors involving the receptor, the drug may be helpful...
...BREASTS Back in 1992, NIH scientists were asked by Congress to study the safety of silicone breast implants. The first part of their investigation, completed in November, studied breast-cancer rates in 13,500 women who had breast implants (most of them silicone) and 4,000 who did not. Results: the implant patients showed no added risk for breast cancer when compared with the controls. Researchers warn, however, that further studies are needed to determine whether the implants are linked to other cancers or connective-tissue disorders...
...venom contains a protein, contortrostatin, that retards the growth and metastasis of tumors. Markland's team has found that injections of contortrostatin not only prevent the spread of ovarian and breast tumors in mice but also shrink them as much as 75%. The group hopes to start clinical trials of contortrostatin in about two years...
...discounted. Distance ace John Cole secured two wins for the Crimson, finishing first in both the mile (15:20.74) and the 500 free (4:32.05). Freshman Rassan Grant won the 200 breaststroke in 2:06.33. Sophomore Mike Gentilucci snuck in a win in the 100 breast, touching...