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More Aggressive Papillary Thyroid Cancer Found In Obese Patients

May 23, 2012
A review published Online First in the Archives of Surgery reveals that physicians see a greater number of obese patients with advanced stage and more aggressive forms of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Thyroid cancer cases in the U.S. are on the increase, with the higher incident rates due to ...

Study finds low agreeableness linked to a preference for aggressive dogs

May 22, 2012
A study carried out at the University of Leicester's School of Psychology has found that younger people who are disagreeable are more likely to prefer aggressive dogs, confirming the conventional wisdom that dogs match the personality of their owners.

University of Leicester study finds low agreeableness linked to a preference for aggressive dogs

May 22, 2012
A study carried out at the University of Leicester's School of Psychology has found that younger people who are disagreeable are more likely to prefer aggressive dogs, confirming the conventional wisdom that dogs match the personality of their owners. Researchers found that low Agreeableness was the best ...

Some pollens are much more aggressive than others

May 21, 2012
From Finland to Italy and from Spain to Lithuania, thirteen research institutes from eleven European countries took part in the three-year Hialine study. The coordinator was Professor Dr Jeroen Buters of TUM's Chair of Molecular Allergology and the Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM). The mission was to study the ...

Aggressive Characteristics In Prostate, Bladder And Skin Cancers, And The Protein RAL

May 21, 2012
We have known for years that when the proteins RalA and RalB are present, cells in dishes copy toward aggressive forms of cancer. However, until now, no study had explored the effects of RAL proteins in human cancers - an essential step on the path to developing drugs to target ...

Some pollens are much more aggressive than others

May 21, 2012
(Technische Universitaet Muenchen) Scientists from across Europe investigated the allergic potential of pollens from the three main triggers of hay fever in Europe: Birch, grass and olive. As the Hialine study researchers have found, the allergenicity of the pollens varies. Depending on the time of year and region, the pollens ...

RAL proteins linked with aggressive cancer characteristics in human tumors

May 18, 2012
We have known for years that when the proteins RalA and RalB are present, cells in dishes copy toward aggressive forms of cancer. However, until this week, no study had explored the effects of RAL proteins in human cancers - an essential step on the path to developing drugs to ...

Protein RAL associated with aggressive characteristics in prostate, bladder and skin cancers

May 17, 2012
AURORA, Colo. (May 17, 2012) - We have known for years that when the proteins RalA and RalB are present, cells in dishes copy toward aggressive forms of cancer. However, until this week, no study had explored the effects of RAL proteins in human cancers an essential step on ...

Protein RAL associated with aggressive characteristics in prostate, bladder and skin cancers

May 17, 2012
(University of Colorado Denver) A study published this week in the journal Cancer Research shows the proteins RalA and RalB are associated with aggressive cancer characteristics in human tumors.

Study: Breast cancer in young women is enriched with aggressive basal-like tumors

May 4, 2012
Breast cancer in young women is a biologically unique disease that requires customized management strategies, researchers report at the 4th IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference, in Brussels, Belgium.

New class of drugs hold promise against aggressive forms of pancreatic cancer

April 30, 2012
Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have shown how a promising new class of drugs might be used to treat aggressive forms of pancreatic cancer, according to a study published in Nature.

Cadmium exposure can cause progression of aggressive breast cancer

April 24, 2012
Studies by researchers at Dominican University of California show that breast cancer cells become increasingly aggressive the longer they are exposed to small concentrations of cadmium, a heavy metal commonly found in cosmetics, food, water and air particles.