human cancer

collocation in English

meaningsofhumanandcancer

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human
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhjuː.mən/us
/ˈhjuː.mən/
a ...
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cancer
noun
uk
/ˈkæn.sər/us
/ˈkæn.sɚ/
a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often ...
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(Definition ofhumanandcancerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Knocking down gene expression for growth hormone-releasing hormone inhibits proliferation ofhumancancercell lines.
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Aberrant nucleocytoplasmic localization of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein inhumancancer correlates with moderate/poor tumor differentiation.
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The study showed that standardhumancancercell lines.
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Although mice do not spontaneously develop prostate cancer, the murine models ofhumancancerhave provided new tools for the investigation of prostate carcinogenesis.
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This has so far only been used in orthotopic models withhumancancercells, but the next stage would certainly be to trial this in transgenic mouse models.
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They are ahumancancer, a creeping agony in the flesh of the lands which they misgoverned, and rotting every fibre of life.
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There are many types ofhumancancerand for most the causes are not fully understood.
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There is no evidence that any type ofhumancanceris transmissible through donated blood.
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The relationship between exposure to metronidazole andhumancanceris unclear.
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This effect is directly related tohumancancerin the form of drug resistance.
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Transgenic mice generated to carry cloned oncogenes and knockout mice lacking tumor suppressing genes have provided good models forhumancancer.
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One study of curcumin onhumancancercells in vitro used hybrid molecules with the anti-nausea drug thalidomide to induce apoptosis in myeloma cancer cells.
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The cells involved in the life cycle undergo movement, chemical signaling, and development, which are applicable tohumancancerresearch.
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He has also de-bunked the relation of viruses to certain subsets ofhumancancer.
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It was discovered that rapamycin had an anticancer activity and was a non-cytotoxic agent with cytostatic activity against severalhumancancertypes.
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Early studies in cancer cell lines and inhumancancerpatients indicate superior efficacy to the taxanes.
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The applications of the disciplines of pharmacology, immunology, cell biology, and molecular genetics to intervention inhumancancerare also included.
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As many cancers are marked by unchecked cell division, this signaling pathway has become increasingly significant in the study ofhumancancer.
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The book, which is translated into numerous languages, becomes a cornerstone of modern oncology by establishing a systematic and comprehensive basis for diagnosinghumancancer.
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