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		<title>UGA.Today: Cancer</title>
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		<dc:rights>Copyright 2013</dc:rights>
		<dc:date>2013-05-17T14:05:+00:00</dc:date>
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				<title>UGA research finds sterilized dogs live longer</title>
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					Many dog owners have their pets spayed or neutered to help control the pet population, but new research from the University of Georgia suggests the procedure could add to the length of their lives and alter the risk of specific causes of death.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:20:09 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>New drug targets found for treatment of prostate cancer</title>
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					Prostate cancer cells need certain enzymes to grow tumors, and an often overlooked enzyme-Pak1-is key for their growth, according to new research from the University of Georgia.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2013 15:57:18 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA discovery promises to improve drugs used to fight cancer, other diseases</title>
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					Even when at rest, the human body is a flurry of activity. Like a microscopic metropolis locked in a state of perpetual rush hour traffic, the trillions of cells that make us who we are work feverishly policing the streets, making repairs, building new structures and delivering important cargo throughout the bustling organic society.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:07:16 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Detecting silent killers: UGA researchers receive $4.1 million to diagnose elusive cancers</title>
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					Ovarian and pancreatic cancers are among the most deadly, not because they are impossible to cure, but because they are difficult to find. There are no screening tests that can reliably detect their presence in early stages, and most diagnoses are made after the disease has already spread to lymph nodes and vital organs.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 14:20:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA researchers discover how tiny sugars regulate stem cells</title>
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					Embryonic stem cells hold great promise as a potential cell-based therapy for a myriad of serious diseases, but there is still much to learn before they become a regular part of the doctor's toolkit. Scientists do not yet fully understand the complex processes that take place during the earliest stages of development when stem cells in the embryo begin to transform into specialized cells that can be used to regenerate bones, tissues and nerves.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:04:49 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Study suggests new approach to explain cancer growth: low oxygen levels</title>
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					Low oxygen levels in cells may be a primary cause of uncontrollable tumor growth in some cancers, according to a new University of Georgia study. The authors' findings run counter to widely accepted beliefs that genetic mutations are responsible for cancer growth.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 20:03:07 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Researchers use nanoparticles, magnetic current to damage cancerous cells in mice</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga&#45;researchers&#45;use&#45;nanoparticles&#45;alternating&#45;magnetic&#45;current&#45;to&#45;dama</link>
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					Using nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, University of Georgia scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in mice can be killed in half an hour without harming healthy cells.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:22:15 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA College of Public Health cancer survival study uncovers wide racial disparities</title>
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					African Americans in Georgia, especially in rural areas, have  drastically poorer survival rates from cancer. These disparities are  much larger when compared to national data, according to the findings  from a study recently published in the journal Cancer by a team of  researchers in the University of Georgia College of Public Health.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:16:20 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA researcher working to speed blood testing</title>
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					The wait for some blood test results may be reduced from weeks to hours, thanks to research being conducted at the University of Georgia. Leidong Mao, an assistant professor with the UGA Faculty of Engineering, is refining a device to manipulate blood cells and other particles that shows promise in detecting and treating blood diseases. He has recently received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to further his work.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:39:42 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA nutrition experts available</title>
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					Proper nutrition is essential for the body to function. A nutritious diet provides the nutrients needed for a lifetime of health and aids in the prevention of chronic disease, obesity and cancer.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 21:52:53 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Scientists develop vaccine that attacks breast cancer in mice</title>
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					Researchers from the University of Georgia and the Mayo Clinic in Arizona have developed a vaccine that dramatically reduces tumors in a mouse model that mimics 90 percent of human breast and pancreatic cancer cases-including those resistant to common treatments.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA pharmacy researcher continues work on melanoma treatment</title>
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					A research scientist in the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy is  continuing her work on melanoma, a type of skin cancer that has become  an emerging health crisis in the United States, with a grant from the  American Cancer Society.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:33:38 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA experts available to speak on medication shortages</title>
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					From chemotherapy drugs to electrolyte treatments to antibiotics, key  medications are in short supply in pharmacies across the nation. At the  University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, the faculty is well aware of  the issues&mdash;and the burdens these shortages place on pharmacists,  physicians and patients.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 2 Nov 2011 21:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA scientists team up to define first&#45;ever sequence of biologically important carbohydrate</title>
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					Scientists have been unable to determine the structure of a biologically important so-called GAG proteoglycan-or even to agree whether these remarkably complex molecules have well-defined structures.In a paper published in the early online edition of the journal Nature Chemical Biology, however, a team of scientists from the University of Georgia and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced that it has, for the first time, determined the sequence and structure of a glycosaminoglycan, or GAG, proteoglycan.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:08:26 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>&#8216;Ecology of War&#8217; focus of upcoming Willson Center lecture</title>
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					Pulling from his research into unexploded ordnance and their carcinogenic effects on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, University of Georgia ecologist James W. Porter will present "The Ecology of War" Oct. 12 at 4 p.m. in room 248 of the Miller Learning Center. His talk is part of the UGA Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Science for Humanists lecture series, which is free and open to the public.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 4 Oct 2011 21:39:34 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA study finds that less is more for common cancer drug</title>
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					University of Georgia scientists have found that smaller, less toxic amounts of chemotherapy medicine given frequently to mice with human prostate cancer noticeably slowed tumor growth.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:21:14 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Kennedy receives $570,600 NCI award for cancer research</title>
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					Athens, Ga. - Eileen Kennedy, assistant professor of pharmaceutical and  biomedical sciences in the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy,  received a National Cancer Institute Transition Career Development Award  from the National Institutes of Health for more than $570,600 over the  next three years. Her project will look at specific mechanisms related  to breast cancer.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA study suggests vitamin therapy may be harmful to breast cancer patients</title>
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					A recent University of Georgia study indicates that a common vitamin used to treat breast cancer victims might actually be harmful to patients.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 3:25:47 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Nobel Prize winner to deliver Boyd Lectures at UGA</title>
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					Thomas R. Cech, distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a 1989 Nobel Laureate in chemistry, will deliver the 2011 George H. Boyd Research Distinguished Lectures.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 7 Jan 2011 19:22:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA scientists discover mechanism that controls cell movement is linked to tumors becoming more aggr</title>
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					Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered a central switch that controls whether cells move or remain stationary. The misregulation of this switch may play a role in the increased movement of tumor cells and in the aggressiveness of tumors themselves.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:19:14 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>NSF awards $5 million grant to team of maize researchers led by UGA plant geneticist</title>
				<link>http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/nsf&#45;awards&#45;5&#45;million&#45;grant&#45;to&#45;team&#45;of&#45;maize&#45;researchers&#45;led&#45;by&#45;uga&#45;pla</link>
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					The National Science Foundation has awarded $5 million to a team of researchers led by a University of Georgia plant scientist to further studies that can lead to improved varieties of corn as well as techniques that could treat human diseases, such as cancer.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:31:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA researchers identify key enzyme that regulates the early growth of breast cancer cells</title>
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					New University of Georgia research, published this week in the early online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has found that blocking the action of an enzyme called GnT-V significantly delays the onset and spread of tumors in mice with cancer very similar to many cases of human breast cancer.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:54:37 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month: UGA experts can share information</title>
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					During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, turn to one of the University of Georgia's experts for the latest information about this disease.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 8 Oct 2010 14:50:58 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>New discovery by University of Georgia scientists</title>
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					Now, a research team at the University of Georgia has shown for the first time that a gene called Myc (pronounced "mick") may be far more important in the development and persistence of stem cells than was known before.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:02:55 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA Study finds significantly worse outcomes in cancer patients with cognitive impairment</title>
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					A new study published by researchers from the University of Georgia and the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., has found that cancer patients with dementia have a dramatically lower survival rate than patients with cancer alone, even after controlling for factors such as age, tumor type and tumor stage.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 0:23:13 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA&#8217;s newest distinguished investigator to expand infectious diseases research efforts</title>
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					Biao He, who has worked extensively on the interactions between paramyxoviruses and host proteins, vaccine development and cancer therapies, has joined the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine as the latest Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 5:25:21 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Three faculty named Georgia Cancer Coalition Scholars</title>
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					Three University of Georgia scientists-John Vena, Jason Zastre and Claire Robb-have been named by the Georgia Cancer Coalition as Distinguished Cancer Scholars for 2008-09. Together, they will receive $1.25 million over five years to support their research efforts through the coalition's Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scientists program. The coalition selects scientists engaged in the most promising areas of cancer research who can strengthen the state's research talent, capacity, infrastructure and funding.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:40:50 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Link between unexploded munitions in oceans and cancer</title>
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					During a research trip to Puerto Rico, ecologist James Porter took samples from underwater nuclear bomb target USS Killen, expecting to find evidence of radioactive matter - instead he found a link to cancer.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:32:47 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA receives $8.3 million NIH grant to study stem cells, cancer</title>
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					The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Georgia a five-year, $8.3 million grant to further its research into the role cell-surface sugars known as glycans play in the development of stem cells and cancer cells.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:14:29 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA researchers discover mechanism that explains enzymes link to cancer&#8217;s progress</title>
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					For the first time, researchers at the University of Georgia's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences have shown a mechanism that explains how two essential components of human telomerase-normally active only in early prenatal development but turned back on during cancer growth-are "recruited" from distinct sites in the cell to the telomere, an area at the end of a chromosome that normally protects it from destruction.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:31:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA research may lead to safer, more effective gene therapy</title>
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					The potential of gene therapy has long been hampered by the risks associated with using viruses as vectors to deliver healthy genes, but a new University of Georgia study helps bring scientists closer to a safe and efficient gene delivery method that doesn't involve viruses.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:52:18 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA researchers one step closer to cancer vaccine</title>
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					When cells become cancerous, the sugars on their surfaces undergo distinct changes that set them apart from healthy cells. For decades, scientists have tried to exploit these differences by training the immune system to attack cancerous cells before they can spread and ravage the body.
Now, researchers at the University of Georgia Cancer Center have synthesized a carbohydrate-based vaccine that - in mice - has successfully triggered a strong immune response to cancer cells.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:27:09 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA researchers set sigts on early detection of pancreatic cancer</title>
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					Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, but work being conducted by a team of University of Georgia researchers aims to help physicians diagnose the disease early, when it's more easily treated.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:47:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA study finds common component of fruits, vegetables kills prostate cancer cells</title>
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					A new University of Georgia study finds that pectin, a type of fiber found in fruits and vegetables and used in making jams and other foods, kills prostate cancer cells.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 6 Aug 2007 23:26:42 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>UGA researcher finds physical, emotional burden of breast cancer lingers for older survivors</title>
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					Surviving breast cancer is both a physical and an emotional ordeal, but the consensus among researchers is that life generally returns to normal for most women within two years of completing treatment.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 6 Apr 2007 3:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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