Posts by: Patricia Inacio PhD

Patricia Inacio PhD

Patricia holds a Ph.D. in Cell Biology from University Nova de Lisboa, and has served as an author on several research projects and fellowships, as well as major grant applications for European Agencies. She has also served as a PhD student research assistant at the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York.

April 11, 2017

Yoga Gives Prostate Cancer Patients a Leg Up on Treatment Side Effects

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Practicing yoga twice a week improved fatigue, sexual, and urinary function in prostate cancer patients undergoing cancer radiation treatment, according to the first clinical trial assessing how yoga might benefit ... Read more

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017

Scientists Find Genes That Could Work Together to Suppress Prostate Cancer

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Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom and collaborators have identified genes that could help prevent prostate, skin, and breast cancer. Their goal was to find genes that ... Read more

March 27, 2017March 27, 2017

Compound in Broccoli May Halt Cancer Progression by Modulating Damaging Class of RNAs, Study Suggests

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Eating broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables can lower a man’s risk of developing prostate cancer, thanks to a phenotype linked to the highly enriched levels of sulforaphane in these vegetables. Now, ... Read more

March 14, 2017March 14, 2017

Small Molecules Targeting Defective RNAs Show Therapeutic Potential in Prostate Cancer

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Scientists at Florida’s Scripps Research Institute have developed a new drug candidate targeting prostate cancer, highlighting the therapeutic potential of a new class of drugs called small molecule RNA inhibitors. The study, “Defining ... Read more

June 22, 2016June 22, 2016

Coffee Off List of Carcinogens, WHO Study Reports

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Coffee should no longer classified as a carcinogen to humans, according to World Health Organization (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer. The new assessment is summarized in a report titled ... Read more

January 4, 2016January 4, 2016

Prostate Cancer’s Advance May Be Aided by Class of Immune Cells

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers discovered that a class of immune cells — myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) — plays a critical role in prostate cancer progression, and ... Read more

December 22, 2015

Prostate Cancer Researchers Aim to Make Therapy Effective Again in Resistant Patients

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A signaling pathway that promotes prostate cancer growth may offer a new therapeutic target for advanced prostate cancer patients, researchers say in a study titled “Checkpoint Kinase 2 Negatively Regulates Androgen Sensitivity and Prostate ... Read more

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015

New Prostate Cancer Genetic Variants Identified In microRNAs

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In a new study entitled “A Large-Scale Analysis of Genetic Variants within Putative miRNA Binding Sites in Prostate Cancer,” researchers discovered genetic variations within miRNA binding sites that are associated ... Read more

March 4, 2015March 4, 2015

New Target to Fight Prostate Cancer Progression Found

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In a new study entitled “Expression and Functional Role of Orphan Receptor GPR158 in Prostate Cancer Growth and Progression” researchers report the discovery of a new promising target – GPR158 – ... Read more

February 3, 2015March 3, 2015

Combined MRI/ultrasound Efficient For High-risk Prostate Cancer Detection

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In a recent study entitled “Comparison of MR/Ultrasound Fusion–Guided Biopsy With Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer” researchers showed that by combining target magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with ... Read more