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A group of investigators at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) announces the discovery of bacteria that appear to increase the risk a person has of developing pancreatic cancer. According to the team, more than 31 types of microorganisms have been associated with this cancer.
Pancreatic cancer is o... |
14 October 2011
03:44 GMT |
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Although Cupertino never disclosed the actual cause of Steve Jobs’ death, it has been revealed that it was a respiratory arrest that claimed the life of the Apple co-founder.The respiratory arrest itself resulted from the pancreatic cancer that hadn’t completely vanished from Jobs’ body and had, in ... |
11 October 2011
03:20 GMT |
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In response to the death of Steve Jobs, Julie Fleshman, President and CEO of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, the national organization fighting pancreatic cancer, is extending their deepest sympathy to the Apple co-founder’s family.Although he had seemingly beaten a rare form of pancreatic cancer discover... |
6 October 2011
06:46 GMT |
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The Board of the Nobel Foundation has decided that Ralph M. Steinman will still be awarded half of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. He died the day the winners for this year were announced, and the Nobel Prize cannot be awarded posthumously. Yet, the Board made its decision.
Steinman died of pancre... |
5 October 2011
02:42 GMT |
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American investigators have determined that the vaccinia virus construct GLV-1h153 – a genetically engineered viral agent – holds great promise for imaging and treating pancreatic tumors, one of the most dangerous forms of cancer.
What makes this new lead so promising is the fact that it could allow o... |
21 September 2011
05:58 GMT |
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Purported photos of Steve Jobs taken right after his resignation as CEO are circulating on the web with one ‘skeptic’ (allegedly knowledgeable of doctored photos) claiming the images are fake.
Leaked to tabloid TMZ by a representative at Pacific Coast News, the images in question seem to indicate Steve... |
29 August 2011
09:33 GMT |
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Prior to taking his last two medical leaves from Apple, Steve Jobs fought off a rare form of pancreatic cancer that ended with a liver transplant and some medication. Or has the ordeal ended?
Certainly not, those who are well accustomed with the disease say, according to CBSNEWS. And so it would seem, given that J... |
26 August 2011
08:02 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific investigation, it would appear that a person's risk of developing pancreatic cancer at some point is significantly reduced if they use aspirin at least monthly.Experts behind the work are however keen on explaining that this doesn't mean that taking aspirin w... |
4 April 2011
09:54 GMT |
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Images obtained by The National Enquirer showing an extremely thin Steve Jobs have spurred speculation that the Apple boss has only six weeks to live, despite Apple’s efforts to draw a different picture about its CEO’s health.For those who are not in the loop, Steve Jobs is on medical leave of absence to ... |
17 February 2011
03:10 GMT |
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A team of researchers led by Channing Der, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, carried out a new study on pancreatic cancer, and the very simple organism they focused on, led them to an amazing discovery.Caenorhabditis elegans – the common roundworm, ... |
20 January 2011
03:22 GMT |
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A team of investigators in the United States is currently developing an interdisciplinary method of diagnosing and treating pancreatic cancer, one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of cancer out there. The group is researching and engineering a new type of nanoscale particle, that is able to convert light into ... |
18 October 2010
09:44 GMT |
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Scientists from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (SMC) say that people who drink heavily, and binge drinkers too, are at increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer. In the medical world, this condition is viewed as one of the most ruthless forms of the disease. Chances of survival are very slim... |
19 May 2010
20:01 GMT |
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Pancreatic cancer is one of the rarest and most lethal forms of cancer. Statistics show that, of the people diagnosed with the condition, a little below five percent were alive five years later. There is currently no cure for the condition except prevention, and, recently, those seeking to avert such a faith have bee... |
8 February 2010
20:11 GMT |
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Massachusetts General Hospital experts led by Tayyaba Hasan, who is also a Harvard Medical School professor of dermatology, announce the development of a new method to fight pancreatic-cancer cells. This type of cancer is still considered to be one of the most devastating and difficult to treat ones, therefore any im... |
30 November 2009
07:02 GMT |
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New scientific studies, conducted by researchers at the University of California – Davis (UCD), showed that the amino-acid arginine is essential to pancreatic cancer cells, in that they need it in order to be able to divide and multiply. By artificially reducing arginine levels in culture cells, using modified ... |
7 November 2008
04:48 GMT |
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Recent reports concerning Steve Jobs' physical wellbeing have wiped off quite a few Apple "points" from the stock scoreboard. Ever since Jobs appeared at WWDC 08 this year, looking "thin," the press, partners and shareholders have been asking themselves: "is Steve's cancer back?" Well, according to Mr. Appl... |
28 July 2008
02:07 GMT |
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Concerns over Steve Jobs' physical condition have undoubtedly made a huge dent in Apple's stock lately, and for good reason too, since Jobs himself admits he isn't in perfect health just yet.Nevertheless, the biggest fear of Apple fans and investors alike - cancer - has been dismissed by a New York Tim... |
23 July 2008
18:06 GMT |
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Unfortunately, the news about beloved 80s actor Patrick Swayze being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer is true. The sad story was on every news channel and Internet news site by yesterday evening, and despite the overwhelming evidence I was still hoping someone would come out and infirm the story, branding it as a mal... |
6 March 2008
03:27 GMT |
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It has recently been revealed that a June 2005 commencement address at Stanford University saw Apple's CEO telling students that "About a year ago," he was "diagnosed with cancer." The moving story would have made the history books, hadn't it been a big fat lie, as Jobs first found out about his pancreatic ... |
5 March 2008
04:41 GMT |
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