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Lung cancer set to overtake breast cancer as the main cause of cancer deaths among Euro... - 0 views

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  • Lung cancer is likely to overtake breast cancer as the main cause of cancer death among European women by the middle of this decade, according to new research published in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology on February 13.
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      LeeAnna Haynes on 26 Feb 13
       
      "The study found that stem cell transplantation significantly extended the lifespan of the mice by 20 days and improved their neuromuscular function by 15 percent."
  • despite the decline in cancer deaths overall, lung cancer death rates continue to rise among women in all countries, while breast cancer rates fall.
  • in 2015 lung cancer is going to become the first cause of cancer mortality in Europe
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  • Deaths from breast cancer have been declining steadily, with a 7% fall in rates since 2009 in the EU
  • there has been a decline in rates of deaths from colorectal cancers in the EU.
  • They predict there will be 87,818 deaths (16.7 per 100,000) in men and 75,059 (9.5 per 100,000) in women in 2013; this represents a fall when compared with actual death rates of 17.6 for men and 10.5 for women for the period 2005-200
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Stem cells may hold promise for Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) - 0 views

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  • For the study, mice with an animal model of ALS were injected with human neural stem cells taken from human induced pluripotent stem cell
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      LeeAnna Haynes on 26 Feb 13
       
      "For the study, mice with an animal model of ALS were injected with human neural stem cells taken from human induced pluripotent stem cells"
  • The study found that stem cell transplantation significantly extended the lifespan of the mice by 20 days and improved their neuromuscular function by 15 percent.
    • LeeAnna Haynes
      LeeAnna Haynes on 26 Feb 13
       
      "The study found that stem cell transplantation significantly extended the lifespan of the mice by 20 days and improved their neuromuscular function by 15 percent."
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