Comments on: Cancer Research Blog Carnival #4

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By: Swan

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By: Reagan Houston,MS,PE

Reagan Houston,MS,PE — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:13:15 +0000

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By: nic

nic — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:01:09 +0000

ill see what i can dig up on it, pretty neat. With the newer models of cancer, usually involving a “cancer stem cell,” its not all surprising to me.

By: Sorting Out Science » Blog Archive » Carnivalia

Sorting Out Science » Blog Archive » Carnivalia — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:03:39 +0000

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By: nosugrefneb

nosugrefneb — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:16:17 +0000

We had cotton candy, but you came too late. Next time…

Interesting thing about the stem cells. I saw a paper recently on the miRNA signatures of embryonic stem cells. Cool stuff. Would be interesting to see if there’s much overlap with their expression in cancers.

By: nic

nic — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:23:12 +0000

wheres the popcorn and the Zipper? no not the leucine flavor, those spinny vomit-inducing rides that steal all the change from your pocket.

quick note, i find it interesting that often biomarkers for cancer are the same markers we use evaluating stem cells.

By: Walter

Walter — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:38:26 +0000

Thanks for the kind words Ben, and for including my post. This is the best edition yet!

By: Idiot Savant

Idiot Savant — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:33:06 +0000

I decided not to be lazy and read up some on the VEGF-inhibiting drugs. Neat stuff.

So according to Omics! post, it seems as if the toxicity margin for VEGF-inhibiting drugs would be really narrow since the levels between cancer patients and control patients don’t vary much. Perhaps because VEGF release by a tumor (and subsequent angiogensis) occurs so locally and is not really circulated? (Unless you’ve got severe metastases…)

Teach me Ben!

By: Idiot Savant

Idiot Savant — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:22:12 +0000

That’s interesting Ben. (Can I use your real name on this thing? Should I just call you Nos? Nosu?)

The VEGF-trap is pretty neat, but how do we know what levels of free VEGF cause tumor angiogenesis? That seems like it could be a neat PhD thesis–figuring out what dose of VEGF-trap to give without compromising the body’s natural (and much needed!) ability to form new blood vessels.

But I take it that tumors form blood vessels much more rapidly than our bodies.

Is there a wide toxicity margin for drugs that inhibit angiogenesis? Rather, are there drugs being given to inhibit angiogenesis??