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Do Trace Environmental Chemicals Cause Breast Cancer?

May 15, 2007 – 10:21 am

We at ACSH are accustomed to media reports about trace exposure to “chemicals” causing a spectrum of diseases — including cancer. Usually these claims come from self-appointed “consumer”/”environmental” groups like the Environmental Working Group — and even some savvy people in the media and the general public know to take the assertions with a significant […]

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Marker for Pancreatic Cancer

May 2, 2007 – 6:05 pm

(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Pancreatic cancer patients may soon have a new tool to let them know how long they will live. It may also help determine the difference between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.
Researchers at Ohio State University in Columbus say the key may be the expression pattern of a short or micro RNA molecule […]

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Cancer breakthrough: enzyme identified

April 2, 2007 – 5:48 pm

Research into cancer, anticancer treatments, and ageing has been advanced through the identification of the composition of human telomerase - an enzyme integral to 85% of all cancers.
Cancer researchers around the world have studied telomerase since its discovery 18 years ago but they were working somewhat in the dark. The actual protein composition was unknown, […]

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