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(Duke University Medical Center) A $10.2 million commitment from the Robertson Foundation to create a state-of-the-art Translational Cell Therapy Center will advance Duke Medicine's pioneering cell therapy research and treatment programs for children and adults with cancer, cerebral palsy, stroke and brain injuries suffered at birth.

(Ohio State University Medical Center) High energy levels cause glioblastoma cells to proliferate; low levels cause them to grow less and to migrate.

This study discovered that a molecule called miR-451 coordinates this grow-or-go behavior, which is closely linked to the cells' ability to invade and spread.

Thus, the molecule might be a biomarker for predicting survival in patients with glioblastoma multiforme and may serve as a target to develop drugs to fight these tumors.

(Duke University Medical Center) A novel technology for delivering nicotine to the lungs may soon give smokers a new way to kick the habit.

(Loyola University Health System) Loyola University Medical Center ranked among the top hospitals in the world in a recent research competition for pathologists in training.

Friday, February 5, 2010. Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. This conference will focus on the challenges and opportunities involved in working with underserved populations.

It will bring together local, regional and national researchers and community members to exchange and disseminate information.

(Duke University Medical Center) Obese white men who have both diabetes and prostate cancer have significantly worse outcomes following radical prostatectomy than do men without diabetes who undergo the same procedure, according to research from Duke University Medical Center appearing in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

(Stanford University Medical Center) A widely-available anti-inflammatory prescription drug can reduce the risk of a common skin cancer in humans, according to a researcher at Stanford's School of Medicine.

Although oral administration of the drug, celecoxib, is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke in some people, it's possible that topical application could have a safer, protective effect for people prone to developing the cancers, called basal cell carcinomas, the researcher believes.

(Georgetown University Medical Center) It's the ultimate goal in the treatment of cancer: tailoring a person's therapy based on his or her genetic makeup.

While a lofty goal, scientists are steadily moving forward, rapidly exploiting new technologies. Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center report a significant advance in this field of research using a new chip that looks for hundreds of mutations in dozen of genes.

(Duke University Medical Center) Duke University Medical Center researchers have figured out how stem cells in the malignant brain cancer glioma may be better able to resist radiation therapy.

And using a drug to block a particular signaling pathway in these cancer stem cells, they were able to kill many more glioma cells with radiation in a laboratory experiment.

(Rush University Medical Center) Adult stem cells may help repair heart tissue damaged by heart attack according to the findings of a new study to be published in the Dec. 8 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Rush University Medical Center was the only Illinois site and one of 10 cardiac centers across the country that participated in the 53-patient, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase I trial.

Rush is now currently enrolling patients for the second phase of the study.