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Fall 2015
Systemic chemotherapy in combination with local intervention through surgery and radiotherapy are effective treatments for breast cancers. Chemotherapy is often used in patients with early signs of disease to effectively shrink the tumor and prevent metastasis before surgical excision of the...
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Spring 2013
A potential therapeutic target in cancer is phospholipase D (PLD), which converts phosphatidylcholine into phosphatidic acid, a lipid second messenger in cell signalling. The lipid phosphate phosphatases are considered to convert PLD-generated phosphatidic acid to diacylglycerol. However, the...
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Spring 2020
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infects 40–70% of the adult population in developed countries, and this rate increases with age. HCMV infection is normally latent with no noticeable symptoms in individuals with a healthy immune system. However, the infection can cause problems in immune-compromised...