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Penguin Treated At Ky. Aquiarium For Cancer Dies

Penguin Treated At Ky. Aquiarium For Cancer Dies
NEWPORT, Ky. (AP) — A penguin that seemed to be responding well to cancer treatments at the Newport Aquarium in northern Kentucky has died. The 16-year-old chinstrap penguin named Tica was put down this month due to complications from degenerative spinal disease.

Anti-Estrogens May Offer Protection Against Lung Cancer Mortality

“We found a reduction in lung cancer mortality among women treated with anti-estrogens for breast cancer. This work builds on previous studies that had suggested estrogens have a role in lung cancer development and progression,” said Elisabetta Rapiti, M.D., M.P.H., medical researcher with the Geneva Cancer Registry, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Rapiti and colleagues evaluated whether anti-estrogen therapy for breast cancer patients reduced their risk of subsequently developing and/or dying from lung cancer.

Using gold nanoparticles to hit cancer where it hurts

Using gold nanoparticles to hit cancer where it hurts
( Georgia Institute of Technology ) Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have shown that by directing gold nanoparticles into the nuclei of cancer cells, they can not only prevent them from multiplying, but can kill them where they lurk.

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