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Cancer May Be Stopped In Its Tracks By MicroRNA Replacement Therapy
A new study suggests that delivering small RNAs, known as microRNAs, to cancer cells could help to stop the disease in its tracks. microRNAs control gene expression and are commonly lost in cancerous tumors. Researchers have shown that replacement of a single microRNA in mice with an extremely aggressive form of liver cancer can be enough to halt their disease, according to a report in the June 12 issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication.
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Home-visit Interventions Result In Decreased Behavioral Problems In Infants Born To Young American Indian Mothers
American Indian teenagers become parents at twice the rate of other American teenagers. Many of these teens have greater environmental and behavioral challenges associated with living on reservations, including higher rates of poverty, increased rates of unemployment and school drop-out, higher rates of alcohol and drug abuse, impaired access to healthcare, as well as increased risk of domestic violence and suicide over the general population.
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First Robotic Lung Surgery In Tampa Bay Performed At Moffitt Cancer Center

Ray Berkelbach is taking long walks three times a day just a couple weeks after having lung surgery. The 68-year-old retiree from Punta Gorda underwent robotic surgery at Moffitt Cancer Center to remove a cancerous part of his lung. His was the first lung procedure in the Tampa Bay area that used the robot-assisted da Vinci surgical system. "This took nothing out of me. I"ve had no pain," said Berkelbach. "People look at me and can"t believe I just had a lung operation." Lung surgeries are very complex operations because of the large vessels leading to and from the lungs and heart. Unlike the traditional open-chest method, the da Vinci system allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive procedures by guiding robotic arms as they make tiny incisions. The new technique promises minimal trauma to the patient and better surgical results. "The da Vinci robotic technology is incredible. It allows me greater operative dexterity and manipulation," said Dr. Eric Sommers, the thoracic surgeon at Moffitt who did Berkelbach"s procedure. "You can do things with the robot that you couldn"t dream of doing with human hands, all through tiny ports." Only early stage lung cancer patients are candidates for the robotic procedure. The benefits include shorter hospital stays and decreased pain and discomfort. Berkelbach was the first patient at Moffitt to undergo the da Vinci lung surgery. "The incisions from two weeks ago have already healed," said Berkelbach. "It"s hard to believe they took half a lung out. I"m going farther each day on my walks and I"d like to get back to golfing soon." Moffitt is already using the same robotic technology for prostate , kidney, bladder, testicular and uterine cancers. Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute


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