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Researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute are one step closer to achieving the ultimate promise of stem cell research—creating tissues for every part of the body—without the use of harmful viruses or cancer-causing genes...
...Wednesday night faded into indistinguishable chatter, the concertgoers left the hall assured that American-born conductor James Levine was back and had sent the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 128th season off to a rousing start.Levine ascended the podium for the first time after undergoing surgery for kidney cancer. Baton in hand, he bowed his shock of wiry gray hair to acknowledge the standing audience’s warm reception. Earlier that day, Levine told the Associated Press that his doctors caught the cancer in its early stages and that he will need no further treatment. Once...
Researchers have previously attempted to create iPS cells using retroviruses, though it was feared these could activate cancer genes...
...women who adhered to all four lifestyle factors, van Dam and his team estimated the overall risk of death was reduced by 55 percent, in addition to a 44 percent reduced risk of dying from cancer and a 72 percent lower risk from heart disease...
Adenoviruses do not implant in the DNA of their human host and, thus, pose a reduced threat of cancer. Thus far, none of the mice in the study have shown any sign of tumor growth...