August 20, 2013

Diagnosis of MEN1 in a patient with back pain

Diagnosis Of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 In A Patient With Back Pain; Case Report And Review Of Literature
-G Cristina, L Cesar A, L Robert, M Vinuta. Diagnosis Of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 In A Patient With Back Pain; Case Report And Review Of Literature. The Internet Journal of Internal Medicine. 2008 Volume 8 Number 1.

  • "Usually MEN1 patients are first diagnosed when they present with hypercalcemia. Our patient’s diagnosis was made only after he presented with back and flank pain, and imaging of his abdomen incidentally noted multiple abdominal tumors."

August 1, 2013

Gut reaction: Mice survive lethal doses of chemotherapy

Gut reaction: Mice survive lethal doses of chemotherapy
-University of Michigan News Service

The study, "Induction of intestinal stem cells by R-spondin 1 and Slit2 augments chemoradioprotection," was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, and is to be published in Nature.

ref: Slit Robo Signaling and Induction of Intestinal Stem Cells for Colorectal Cancer Therapy