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"Good" Fat May Be New Weapon In Obesity Fight, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Joslin Diabetes Center Report 8/21/2008 CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new understanding of the origins of brown fat cells -- the "good" kind of...
To most dieters, no fat is good fat. But in work published this week in Nature, an insight into the origin of a special class of calorie-burning fat cells could lead to new ways of boosting metabolism and combating obesity, researchers say. You'll...
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An aggressive childhood brain tumor known as medulloblastoma originates in normal brain "stem" cells that turn malignant when acted on by a known mutant, cancer-causing oncogene, say researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the University...
NATICK, Mass. — Patty Franchi Flaherty, founder of the nonprofit organization Ovations for the Cure of Ovarian Cancer, peacefully succumbed to her nine-year battle with the disease August 18, 2008 surrounded by friends and family. She was 53 years...
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Oracle(R) Healthcare Transaction Base and Oracle Fusion Middleware Form Foundation for Translational Research Infrastructure Created to Improve Disease Understanding and Treatment REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/...
New England franchisees have donated over $7 Million for the Jimmy Fund BELLINGHAM, Mass., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Dunkin' Donuts store owners in New England Monday raised just over $800,000 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Jimmy Fund...
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