Cell: A key pathway of acute lung injury-Oxidative

kavin submitted, created time 8 months 2 weeks (www.cell.com)

Multiple lung pathogens such as SARS cause high lethality due to acute respiratory distress syndrome. The researchers, through experiments in mice, indentify oxidative stress and innate immunity as key lung injury pathways that control the severity of ALI.

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Small-scale technique hits the big time

june submitted, created time 1 year 2 months (www.nature.com)

An explosive chemical technique can now be used to identify individual molecules in biological samples, down to the single-cell level.

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Study finds high white cell count may predict cancer

Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 3 months (www.reutershealth.com)

According to the study, postmenopausal women with elevated white blood cell (WBC) counts appear to be at increased risk of developing certain types of cancer, including breast, colorectal, endometrial, and lung cancers.

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Tobacco may help fight cervical cancer

diefish submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.usatoday.com)

Inside a small, temperature-controlled room in the heart of tobacco country, researchers are doing work that could give a life-saving purpose to a plant best known for causing cancer.

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New breath test detects lung cancer

freeman submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.sciam.com)

Testing exhaled breath with a small sensor array can detect lung cancer with moderate accuracy.

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Glucocorticoid receptor overexpression exerts an antisurvival effect on human small cell lung cancer cells

sciencebaby submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.nature.com)

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive tumour with an abysmal prognosis. These cancers are characteristically resistant to glucocorticoid (Gc) action, owing to impaired expression of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). We identified reduced GR expression in human SCLC cell lines, compared to a non-SCLC cell line.

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