Posts Tagged: resistance

Scientists have made a major genetic breakthrough that could change the way pediatric cancers are treated in the future. The researchers identified two genetic mutations responsible for up to 40 per cent of glioblastomas in children. The mutations were found to be involved in DNA regulation, which could explain the resistance to traditional treatments, and may have significant implications on …

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Genetic breakthrough for brain cancer in children

24-01-2012 10:12 Suzanne Shirborun, a farmer from northwest Iowa, talks about the safety of biotechnology and why consumers are scared of it. Biotechnology speeds up the process of producing new hybrids which farmers can use

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Benefits of Food Biotechnology – CommonGround – Video

In Clinical Cancer Research this week, researchers in Germany say cancer stem cells could be used as targets and biomarkers for radiotherapy treatments . Cancer stem cells appear to have a higher resistance to radiotherapy than non-cancer stem cells, the authors write.

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This Week in Clinical Cancer Research