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Archive for June 2006

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June 2nd, 2006

Addition of MR Spectroscopy to Breast MRI Protocol, Reduced Need for Biopsy

Researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York found that imaging suspicious breast lesions with magnetic resonance (MR) significantly reduced the need for biopsy. By adding MR to the breast MR imaging (MRI) protocol, suspicious lesions can be spared of biopsy and no resultant cancers would be missed.
MRI is playing an increasingly important role […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments

June 1st, 2006

Targeting Zinc Finger Protein May Lead to Advancement of HIV and Cancer Drug Design

Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center have created a process using platinum-containing small molecules in order to inhibit a class of proteins important in HIV and cancer. These proteins known as zinc fingers, when selectively targeted may help researchers develop new drugs to fight HIV or cancer.
In the May 30 issue of the […]

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