Posts Tagged ‘cancer’
Health & Medicine - Nov 8, 2011 12:44 - 0 Comments
Clearest view yet of complex tied to cancer
BROWN (US) — Scientists have determined the structure of an enzyme complex that regulates vital cell functions. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 3, 2011 11:34 - 1 Comment
Web calculator flags cancer risks early
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — A computer-based tool could help speed early diagnosis of patients suffering from two of the most common forms of cancer, saving up to 5,000 lives a year. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 2, 2011 10:36 - 5 Comments
Vitamin D: No cure-all for older women
BROWN (US) — Postmenopausal women receive no additional mortality benefit from vitamin D after controlling for health risk factors such as abdominal obesity, a new study finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 1, 2011 11:34 - 0 Comments
Single test for many cancer mutations
U. WASHINGTON-SEATTLE (US) — More patients with ovarian cancer carry mutations predisposed to cancer—and in more genes—than previously thought. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 4, 2011 11:15 - 1 Comment
Bone med: Mixed blessing for breast cancer
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — A drug commonly used to protect bone boosts disease-free survival in postmenopausal breast cancer patients—but may have an adverse effect on younger women. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 23, 2011 10:15 - 0 Comments
Stem cells morph into cancer busters
PENN STATE (US) — Adult stem cells from mice converted to antigen-specific T cells may lead to a simpler, more efficient way to use the body’s immune system to fight cancer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 23, 2011 9:47 - 0 Comments
Soy-chemo cocktail blocks cancer spread
U. ILLINOIS (US) — The soy peptide lunasin is able to prevent highly metastatic colon cancer from attaching to the liver, particularly in patients who have developed a resistance to chemotherapy. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 22, 2011 11:05 - 1 Comment
Calcium raises cancer risk for some men
USC (US) — High calcium intake causes prostate cancer among African-American men who are genetically good absorbers of the mineral, according to new research. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 22, 2011 10:38 - 0 Comments
Cells chatter to overcome wimpy ‘dial-up’
EMORY (US) — For the first time, scientists have quantified the data capacity of a biochemical signaling pathway and found a surprise—it’s way lower than even an old-fashioned, dial-up modem. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2011 12:12 - 1 Comment
Surgeons remove ‘glowing’ cancer
PURDUE (US) — The first fluorescence-guided surgery on an ovarian cancer patient was performed using a cancer cell “homing device” and imaging agent. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2011 10:59 - 1 Comment
Laser tags detect prostate cancer
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — New laser technology can discriminate between cancerous prostate cells in bodily fluids from those that are healthy—and may ultimately help doctors determine when cancer will spread. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 6, 2011 16:29 - 0 Comments
Mexican immigrants quickly adopt US diet
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Mexicans who migrate to the US often begin eating a typical “American diet,” which may put their health at risk, a new study shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 31, 2011 17:10 - 1 Comment
Tiny devices in tumors generate oxygen
PURDUE (US) — Micro devices implanted inside tumors to generate oxygen boost the cancer-killing power of radiation and chemotherapy. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 29, 2011 10:57 - 0 Comments
How gene linked to cancer moves cells
CORNELL (US) — Mutations to the p53 gene have been linked to half of all cancers, and now researchers have identified how the gene controls cell movement and invasion into other areas of the body. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 15, 2011 15:48 - 0 Comments
Surgery feels ‘hands on’ when it’s not
U. LEEDS (UK) — New technology will give surgeons performing keyhole surgery a sense of touch, important when checking where tumors are and whether they are malignant or benign. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 8, 2011 14:38 - 0 Comments
Communication empowers cancer patients
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Cancer patients get a sense of control in an otherwise seemingly helpless situation when they are able to control how and when loved ones learn of their medical condition. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 20, 2011 12:04 - 1 Comment
Cancer, stem cells: Separated at birth?
USC (US) — Protein mutation helps determine the path a healthy cell will take—toward cancer or toward stem-like cells that can be used to treat a variety of diseases. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 8, 2011 10:57 - 0 Comments
Early cells in deadly brain cancer found
U. OREGON (US) — Biologists have isolated the earliest cells to show abnormal growth in the fatal brain cancer glioma—the same cancer that killed U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy in 2009. (more…)
