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Breast Cancer Drug Repurposed for Infant With Congenital Hyperinsulinism

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(MedPage Today) -- A 4-month-old with congenital hyperinsulinism responded well to off-label treatment with a breast cancer drug, researchers reported. A newborn presented with severe congenital hyperinsulinism due to homozygous deletion of the.

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More Evidence Linking ADT for Prostate Cancer to Adverse Neurocognitive Effects

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(MedPage Today) -- Men treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer had a significantly higher risk of dementia and other neurocognitive disorders, according to a meta-analysis of more than 2.5 million patients. The magnitude.

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Study Assuages Thyroid Cancer Fears With GLP-1 Receptor Agonists

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(MedPage Today) -- A Scandinavian cohort study suggested a popular class of diabetes drug did not put patients at an elevated risk for thyroid cancer, a longtime lingering concern with this drug class. Compared with DPP-4 inhibitors, patients.

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Small molecules that disrupt RAD54-BLM interaction hamper tumor proliferation in colon cancer chemoresistance models

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

Functionally, this interaction heightens HRR, leading to a decrease in residual DNA damage in colon cancer cells. This contributes to chemoresistance in colon cancer cells against cisplatin, camptothecin, and oxaliplatin, eventually promoting tumorigenesis in preclinical colon cancer mouse models.

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Harnessing skin cancer genes to heal hearts

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that one of the most dangerous mutations found in skin cancers might moonlight as a pathway to mending a broken heart.

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Study reveals mechanism linking heart disease to cancer development

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Leviev Cardiothoracic and Vascular Center at the Sheba Medical Center have found a mechanism responsible for increasing the risk of developing cancer among patients with heart disease: Small extracellular bubbles, or vesicles (sEVs), secreted from the sick heart to heal itself, are released into the (..)

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Metixene is an incomplete autophagy inducer in preclinical models of metastatic cancer and brain metastases

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

A paucity of chemotherapeutic options for metastatic brain cancer limits patient survival and portends poor clinical outcomes. Metixene, an antiparkinsonian drug, was identified as a top therapeutic agent that was capable of decreasing cellular viability and inducing cell death across different metastatic breast cancer subtypes.

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