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Example sentences for: colon

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Scientists have found a genetic flaw in 6 percent of Ashkenazi Jews that doubles the risk of colon cancer . The official optimistic spin: Understanding the mechanics of the flaw will lead to new methods of preventing colon cancer.
RNA from a colon tumor liver metastasis was extracted with Trizol (Life Technologies) and further purified on RNeasy columns (Qiagen) using the protocol supplied by the manufacturers.
Minnesota Colon Cancer Control Study (MCCCS)
Stein et al [ 29] have found that cytokines such as interleukin-2, interferon-γ and tumour necrosis factor-α were capable of decreasing the expression of MDR1 mRNA in the colon carcinoma cell lines HCT15 and HCT16.
We found that PKC activators rescued high levels of MHCII expression in colon carcinoma cells and failed to do so in mesothelioma and hepatocellular carcinoma cells.