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West metro briefs: Music in Plymouth celebrationWednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 12:10AMThe Minnesota Orchestra will headline an array of talent at the Music in Plymouth celebration that begins at 5 p.m. today at the Hilde Performance Center, 3500 Plymouth Blvd. in Plymouth.

Weill Cornell Investigative Drug Shuts Down Aggressive Form Of Leukemia That Affects ChildrenTuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 4:20AMIn a significant breakthrough, investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College and the University of California, San Francisco, have been able to overcome resistance of a form of leukemia to targeted therapy, demonstrating complete eradication of the cancer in cell and animal studies...

New highly efficient way to make reprogrammed stem cellsFriday, April 8, 2011 @ 10:25AMResearchers have devised a totally new and far more efficient way of generating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), immature cells that are able to develop into several different types of cells or tissues in the body. The researchers used fibroblast cells, which are easily obtained from skin biopsies, and could be used to generate patient-specific iPSCs for drug screening and tissue ...

An international study in China finds strawberries may slow precancerous growth in the esophagusWednesday, April 6, 2011 @ 8:35AMEating strawberries may be a way to help people at risk of esophageal cancer protect themselves from the disease, according to a new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) and researchers in China.

Strawberries may slow precancerous growth in the esophagus, study suggestsWednesday, April 6, 2011 @ 8:25AMEating strawberries may be a way to help people at risk of esophageal cancer protect themselves from the disease, according to a new study.

AACR Elects President-Elect, Directors and Nominating Committee MembersTuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 10:24AMThe members of the American Association for Cancer Research have elected Frank McCormick, Ph.D., D.Sc. (hon.), as their president-elect. McCormick is the director of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. He holds the E. Dixon Heise distinguished professorship in oncology and the David A. Wood distinguished professorship of tumor ...

Lycera Announces Research Collaboration With Merck To Discover, Develop And Commercialize Drugs For Autoimmune DiseasesMonday, March 7, 2011 @ 7:43AMLycera Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company pioneering innovative approaches to developing novel oral medicines to treat autoimmune diseases, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive research collaboration with Merck to discover, develop and commercialize small molecules that target T-helper 17 (Th17) cells, key mediators of inflammation. The collaboration will focus on ...

Lycera Announces Research Collaboration with Merck to Discover, Develop and Commercialize Drugs for Autoimmune DiseasesThursday, March 3, 2011 @ 7:30AMLycera Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company pioneering innovative approaches to developing novel oral medicines to treat autoimmune diseases, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive research collaboration with Merck to discover, develop and commercialize small molecules that target T-helper 17 cells, key mediators of inflammation.

SOC presents national stroke study data at 2011 International Stroke ConferenceMonday, February 14, 2011 @ 3:17AMSpecialists On Call, the nation's leading provider of clinical telemedicine services, announced today that it has presented data from a national stroke study conducted in partnership with the University of California at Los Angeles at the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference.