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Science Bites: Cancer metastasis potentially stopped with nanorods, CAR-T therapy to treat leukaemia – MIMS General News (Hong Kong) (registration) (blog)

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2017-07-18 NEWS

MIMS General News (Hong Kong) (registration) (blog)

Science Bites: Cancer metastasis potentially stopped with nanorods, CART therapy to treat leukaemia
MIMS General News (Hong Kong) (registration) (blog)
When cancer metastasises in the body, treatment options quickly become limited. Now, scientists may have discovered the key to stopping this process – by cutting off the protrusions on cancer cells that help it spread. Mostafa El-Sayed, Julius Brown

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2017-07-18 NEWS

New gene therapy improves insulin sensitivity and diabetes markers in mice
Diabetes.co.uk
New research presented at the last American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions suggests that a therapy called Urocortin 2 gene transfer raises insulin sensitivity in mice. Urocortin 2 (Ucn2), from the corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) family of

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