Word: melanoma
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Markus R.T. Kolic ’09, former chair of the Harvard Students for Edwards, said he hopes that Elizabeth will continue to be critical of Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s health care policy. Edwards has said that neither she nor McCain, who was treated for melanoma, would be covered under his proposed health insurance plan. “She’s been excellent for the Democratic Party on health care,” Kolic said. “She does not pull her punches.” The Edwards family already has some ties...
...recent study, Frank and his colleagues discovered a marker for the most fertile and tenacious cells in melanoma tumors...
After injecting melanoma-infected mice with antibodies that bind specifically to ABCB5, Frank and his colleagues found that tumors in eight of the 11 test subjects were gone...
...significance of our study lies in understanding that, if we can identify the relatively few cells that cause melanoma virulence and target them for destruction, we would have hope for an effective treatment for this and other forms of cancer,” said co-author George F. Murphy, a professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School...
Despite the findings, there is skepticism that this therapeutic approach will work in human patients with melanoma...