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BOSTON, July 31 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists have identified a protein that prevents the body's immune system from attacking Hodgkin's lymphoma cells.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers in Boston said their discovery could result in development of targeted therapies that can disable such molecular "bodyguards" and boost a patient's ability to fight the blood cancer.
Dr. Margaret Shipp, who led the research, said if the strategy proves successful, patients might escape some complications -- such as heart damage and the threat of a second cancer -- caused by standard treatments that include radiation.
The study is available online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and is to appear in an upcoming print issue of the journal.
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Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney told a conservative audience in Washington Friday he would make sweeping changes to Medicare and Social Security.
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Studies of the genome of Miscanthus, a large perennial grass, could speed the development of biofuels derived from the plant, U.S. researchers say.
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