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Researchers find micro RNA plays a key role in melanoma metastasis PhysOrg Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:11 AM PST Scientists have long wondered how melanoma cells travel from primary tumors on the surface of the skin to the brain, liver and lungs, where they become more aggressive, resistant to therapy, and deadly. Now, scientists from NYU Langone Medical Center have identified the possible culpritâ€"a short strand of RNA called microRNA (miRNA) that is over-expressed in metastatic melanoma cell lines and ... NYU Langone Medical Center researchers find micro RNA plays a key role in melanoma metastasis EurekAlert! Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:03 AM PST Scientists have long wondered how melanoma cells travel from primary tumors on the surface of the skin to the brain, liver and lungs, where they become more aggressive, resistant to therapy, and deadly. Now, scientists from NYU Langone Medical Center have identified the possible culprit -- a short strand of RNA called microRNA that is over-expressed in metastatic melanoma cell lines and tissues. Woman convicted of ten felonies in Medicaid fraud KREM.com Spokane Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:47 AM PST SPOKANE - A woman was sentenced Friday for fraudulently billing the government for in-home care she did not provide to a vulnerable adult male who suffers from a traumatic brain injury and other illnesses. Stroke therapy window might be extended past nine hours for some PhysOrg Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:25 AM PST Some patients who suffer a stroke as a result of a blockage in an artery in the brain may benefit from a clot-busting drug nine or more hours after the onset of symptoms. The findings are published in the online edition of Radiology. Help me my brain's gone blank Daily Telegraph Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:21 AM PST Scientists have discovered that "baby brain" is nothing more than a convenient fiction. 3-year-old Hereford boy to begin chemo, stem cell treatment Rapid City Journal Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:20 AM PST A 3-year-old South Dakota boy whose brain tumor treatment had been in question because of an insurance dispute is set to begin chemotherapy in Minnesota this week. This time, brain health and mind gyms Philippine Daily Inquirer Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:15 AM PST SPAHOLICS have a lot to look forward to. According to Susie Ellis, president of SpaFinder, the global spa resource, top spa trends for 2009 will surely have people talking. New Johns Hopkins imaging center to widen windows on the brain EurekAlert! Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:46 AM PST ( Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions ) It's a classic academic mismatch: Researchers aren't able to make use of seminal improvements in technology -- often from colleagues just across the street -- either because they don't know about them or because gaining familiarity makes unrealistic demands on their time. Study questions effectiveness of $80 million per year 'brain exercise' products industry EurekAlert! Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:33 AM PST ( Lifespan ) A new study from Lifespan evaluated the research to date on the impact of cognitive training on the healthy elderly population. Their review of all relevant randomized, controlled trials shows no evidence that structured cognitive interventions or "brain exercise" programs delay or slow progression of cognitive changes in healthy elderly. Such programs are now an $80 million per ... OSU part of big trial of Alzheimer's drug The Columbus Dispatch Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:24 AM PST Sarah Kret is chatty, funny and fit and seems younger than her 62 years, all of which makes the disease ravaging her brain hard to believe and sad to contemplate.

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