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  1. Health & Medicine

    Intestinal Fortitude: Treatment for colitis shows early success

    Given as a drug, a protein fragment called epidermal growth factor induces remission in people with ulcerative colitis, apparently by healing intestinal lesions.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Promising drug cuts tumor metabolism

    Early safety trials of an experimental medicine suggest that it could be used for treating several serious cancers.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Health & Medicine

    Immune test predicts tolerance for radiation

    A new blood test can foretell which cancer patients are likely to suffer serious delayed side effects from radiation therapy.

    By Ben Harder
  4. Health & Medicine

    Genes linked to colon cancer take sides

    Cancers on opposite sides of the colon are genetically distinct and should be studied and treated as separate entities.