Lab Notes: Prostate Cancer Takes Nerve
Innervation of prostate tumors appears to be related to their aggressiveness, and may prove to be a viable treatment target. Also this week: unhealthy gut flora go with HIV infection.
Prostate Cancer Takes Nerve
Sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves appear to boost development and spread of prostate tumors, researchers reported in Science
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In a mouse model, disabling sympathetic nerves controlling the "fight or flight" reflex cut down on the early stages of tumor growth in the prostate. The parasympathetic nerve fibers infiltrating the tumor were linked to dissemination of cancer cells.
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
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