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Monthly archives: September 2010

Key leukemia defense mechanism discovered by VCU Massey Cancer Center

Posted on September 28, 2010 by David Raine

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researcher Steven Grant, M.D., and a team of VCU Massey researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which leukemia cells trigger a protective response when exposed to a class of cancer-killing agents known as histone … Continue reading →

Researchers discover a drug combination that shrinks tumors in vivo

Posted on September 27, 2010 by David Raine

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have shown that the impotence drug Viagra, in combination with doxorubicin, a powerful anti-cancer drug, enhances its anti-tumor efficacy in prostate cancer while alleviating the damage to the … Continue reading →

Grant supports Massey brain cancer collaboration

Posted on September 14, 2010 by David Raine

VCU Massey Cancer Center Investigator Devanand Sarkar, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., VCU Department of Human and Molecular Genetics and VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine was recently awarded a five-year grant totaling $450,000 by the James S. McDonnell Foundation to analyze a gene … Continue reading →

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