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Genes may explain high rate of kidney disease in African Americans
Wednesday, 21 July 2010- Two variants in a single gene may account for many cases of kidney disease in African Americans, but may also have helped their ancestors -- as well as those living in regions of present-day Africa --...
Edited by: JV
Similarities found between Wilms tumor cells and normal kidney stem cells
Tuesday, 8 June 2010- A detailed analysis of the epigenetics – factors controlling when and in what tissues genes are expressed – of Wilms tumour reveals striking similarities to stem cells normally found in foetal kidneys. These...
Edited by: ES
Ablation is effective as traditional surgery in treating kidney cancer
Friday, 4 June 2010- A minimally invasive technique used to destroy kidney tumours with an electrically controlled heating probe showed similar effectiveness as surgical removal of tumours in curbing cancer recurrence rates for...
Edited by: JV
Predictive factors for ipsilateral recurrence after nephron-sparing surgery
Tuesday, 25 May 2010- Ipsilateral recurrence after nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) is rare, and little is known about its specific determinants. J. C. Bernhard and colleagues conducted a study to determine clinical or...
Edited by: JV
Researchers find genetic secrets to clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Friday, 21 May 2010- By examining expression of every human gene in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) compared to normal kidney cells, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida, USA, have discovered gene signatures...
Edited by: JV
Expression and activity profiles of DPP IV/CD26 and NEP/CD10 glycoproteins in RCC
Thursday, 13 May 2010- Cell-surface glycoproteins play critical roles in cell-to-cell recognition, signal transduction and regulation, thus being crucial in cell proliferation and cancer etiogenesis and development.
A.Varona...
Adhesion of kidney cancer cells to endothelial cells depends on PKCmu
Monday, 10 May 2010- The formation of metastases includes the separation of tumour cells from the primary tumour, cell migration into subendothelial tissue and cell proliferation in secondary organ. In this process, cell adhesion...
Edited by: JV
Identifying progression risk after surgery for localised kidney cancer
Tuesday, 4 May 2010- A group of US researchers conducted a study to identify factors in a large cohort of patients with pathologically localised renal cell carcinoma (RCC) that predicted disease progression after surgery, as RCC...
Edited by: JV
EAU Congress Plenary Session: advances in kidney cancer management
Saturday, 17 April 2010- Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for about 3% of all solid tumours in adults, and worldwide, more than 200.000 new cases and 100.000 deaths result each year from this malignancy.
At the 25th...
Edited by: Joel Vega
