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UCLA Launches Urologic Oncology Institute to Develop Leading-Edge Therapies
UCLA has launched a first-of-its-kind, patient-centered institute dedicated to developing leading-edge therapies for the treatment of kidney, bladder, testicular and prostate cancers.
March 3, 2009
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Cancer,
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UCLA launches new Institute of Urologic Oncology
UCLA has launched a first-of-its-kind, patient-centered institute dedicated to developing leading-edge therapies for the treatment of kidney, bladder, testicular and prostate cancers.
March 3, 2009
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Low-Income Men More Likely to be Diagnosed with Advanced Prostate Cancers
Low-income men are more likely to present with advanced prostate cancers, most likely because they don’t receive screening services shown to reduce the diagnosis of later-stage cancers, a UCLA study found.
December 16, 2008
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3 min read
Cancer,
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Scientists Prove Endothelial Cells Give Rise to Blood Stem Cells During Embryonic Development
Stem cell researchers at UCLA have proven definitively that blood stem cells are made during mid-gestational embryonic development by endothelial cells, the cells that line the inside of blood vessels.
December 3, 2008
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4 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Scientists Discover Signaling Pathway Driving a Deadly Sub-type of Breast Cancer
An intracellular pathway not previously linked to breast cancer is driving a sub-type of the disease that is highly lethal and disproportionately over-represented in African American women.
November 17, 2008
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
HPV Virus Helps Cervical and Head and Neck Cancers Grow and Spread
The human papillomavirus (HPV) allows infected cervical and head and neck cancer cells to maintain internal molecular conditions that make the cancers resistant to therapy and more likely to grow and spread.
November 4, 2008
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4 min read
Cancer,
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$1.35 Million Grant Will Fund Program to Help Poor, Uninsured
The sixth annual Avon Walk Los Angeles raised $1.35 million for a program at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center that helps poor and uninsured women navigate their way through breast cancer detection, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship.
September 17, 2008
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Cancer,
Science & Research
Researchers Locate and Image Prostate Cancer as it Spreads
Using an engineered common cold virus, UCLA researchers delivered a genetic payload to prostate cancer cells that allowed them, using Positron Emission Tomography (PET), to locate the diseased cells as they spread to the lymph nodes.
July 11, 2008
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4 min read
Cancer,
Healthy Lifestyle,
Science & Research
Fruits, Vegetables and Teas May Protect Smokers from Lung Cance
Tobacco smokers who eat three servings of fruits and vegetables per day and drink green or black tea may be protecting themselves from lung cancer, according to a first-of-its-kind study by UCLA cancer researchers.
May 29, 2008
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
High-res technology shows major differences in stem cell lines
UCLA stem cell researchers using a high-resolution technique to examine the genome of a pair of human embryonic stem cell lines have found that while both lines could form neurons, they differed in the numbers of certain genes that could control such things as individual traits and disease susceptibility.
April 2, 2008
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4 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Researchers Develop Method to Rapidly ID Optimal Drug Cocktails
UCLA researchers have developed a feedback control scheme that can search for the most effective drug combinations to treat a variety of conditions, including cancers and infections.
April 1, 2008
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5 min read
Cancer
Discovery May Result in New Test to Determine Predisposition to Cancer
Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an assay that may be used to help identify new genes that can predict a predisposition to cancer.
March 25, 2008
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4 min read
Cancer,
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Discovery that Blood Stem Cells Originate and are Nurtured in the Placenta May Aid in Treating Leukemia
olving a long-standing biological mystery, UCLA stem cell researchers have discovered that blood stem cells, the cells that later differentiate into all the cells in the blood supply, originate and are nurtured in the placenta.
March 5, 2008
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5 min read
Cancer,
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Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancers More Likely to Spread to Other Organs
Prostate cancers that are resistant to androgen deprivation therapy are more invasive and more likely to spread to other organs than androgen-dependent prostate cancers, UCLA cancer researchers have found.
February 19, 2008
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3 min read
Cancer,
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Aggressive, Personalized Treatments Improve Kidney Cancer Survival Rates
A study of nearly 1,500 patients treated for kidney cancer at UCLA in the last 15 years shows that an aggressive, tailored treatment approach results in better survival rates and uncovered subsets of kidney cancer that behave differently and need to be treated accordingly.
January 1, 2008
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5 min read
Cancer,
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Biotech Firm Launched by Jonsson Cancer Center Scientists Acquired by Pharmaceutical Company
A business success story has both UCLA and a team of enterprising UCLA scientists envisioning a brighter future for cancer research and patient care.
December 18, 2007
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4 min read
Cancer,
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Grant Will Fund Research to Genetically Engineer the Immune System to Fight Melanoma
UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and at top institutions in Los Angeles received a $1.8 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to fund collaborative research to genetically engineer the human immune system so it can fight melanoma.
November 15, 2007
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4 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Researchers find way to predict lung cancer survival for women
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a novel mechanism to predict survival in older women with early stage lung cancer.
November 1, 2007
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5 min read
Cancer,
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Scientist Receives Prestigious National Award for Her Contributions to Cancer Research
The American Cancer Society’s Distinguished Service Award was given to Dr. Patricia Ganz, director of cancer prevention and control research at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center, in recognition of her major contributions and commitment in the field of cancer research.
October 25, 2007
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Cancer,
Behavioral Health,
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Psychologist honored for work helping cancer patients cope
Anne Coscarelli, the psychologist who directs the Simms-Mann/UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology, has been honored by the Los Angeles County Psychological Association (LACPA) for her ongoing contributions in helping patients and their families cope with cancer.
October 22, 2007
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