Posts Tagged ‘cancer’
Health & Medicine - Dec 23, 2009 13:29 - 2 Comments
Soy peptide fights inflammation, leukemia
U. ILLINOIS (US)—Lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation that accompanies such chronic health conditions as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 23, 2009 12:48 - 4 Comments
Cancer drug taps green tea extract
EMORY (US)—By combining an established cancer drug with green tea extract, researchers hope to determine if the combination is helpful in reducing head and neck cancer risk. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 21, 2009 14:24 - 0 Comments
Remodel job may curb cancer cells
TEXAS A&M (US)—It may be possible to slow or even stop malignant cancer cells from spreading by altering their architecture, new research suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 14, 2009 18:14 - 4 Comments
Whole blood testing via nanosensors
YALE (US)—Nanosensors have been used to measure biomarkers in whole blood for the first time, a step which researchers believe will dramatically simplify the way physicians test for biomarkers of cancer and other diseases. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 14, 2009 17:52 - 0 Comments
Cancer catalog advances targeted therapies
PRINCETON (US)—A systematic listing of the ways a particular cancerous cell has “gone wrong,” gives researchers a powerful tool that could eventually make possible new, more targeted therapies for patients. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 10, 2009 12:08 - 0 Comments
Think you know that cell? Think again
BROWN (US)—Cells are not static. They can transform themselves over time—but change can have dangerous implications. Benign cells, for example, can suddenly change into cancerous ones. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 8, 2009 16:46 - 0 Comments
Nanomagnets may speed blood tests
YALE (US)—A team has developed a way to rapidly manipulate and sort different cells in the blood using liquids comprised of magnetic nanoparticles. The advance could dramatically improve the speed and sensitivity of tests used to detect cancer biomarkers, blood disorders, viruses, and other diseases. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 8, 2009 11:13 - 2 Comments
Seizure med may combat kidney condition
YALE (US)—An anticonvulsant drug commonly used to treat epilepsy reduces cysts in mice that are associated with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a difficult-to-treat ailment that afflicts 600,000 people in the United States. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 8, 2009 10:57 - 3 Comments
In cancer-ridden rats, loneliness kills
U. CHICAGO/YALE (US)—Social isolation and related stress could contribute to human breast cancer susceptibility. The finding is part of an ongoing effort to identify environmental contributions to cancer risk. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 4, 2009 18:14 - 1 Comment
DNA discovery: ‘New trick from an old horse’
UC DAVIS (US)—A protein that plays a key role in copying DNA also plays a vital role in repairing breaks in it. The findings will clarify how cancer cells can resist radiation and chemotherapy, as well as how cells become cancerous in the first place, say researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 3, 2009 13:25 - 0 Comments
Missing cell ‘cap’ signals sickness
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Wearing a cap can be much more than a fashion statement. In mammal cells, it’s an indication of good health. A bundled cap of thread-like fibers holds a healthy cell’s nucleus in place, researchers have found. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 2, 2009 17:07 - 3 Comments
Team unravels mystery of ubiquitin chains
CALTECH (US)—Researchers have been able to view in detail, and for the first time, the previously unexplained process by which long chains of a protein called ubiquitin are added to proteins that control the cell cycle. The finding may one day lead to the development of targeted cancer therapies. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 2, 2009 12:14 - 0 Comments
Cancer’s sweet tooth may be its downfall
EMORY (US)—Cancer cells tend to consume more blood sugar than healthy cells and scientists have discovered a way to possibly exploit that craving for glucose. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2009 14:39 - 3 Comments
Big dose of x-ray after heart attack
DUKE (US)—Acute heart attack patients receive an average dose of radiation that is equal to 725 chest X-rays, or 30 percent of the recommended annual limit, during an average hospital admission, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2009 12:09 - 4 Comments
Chemo exacerbates insomnia for cancer patients
U. ROCHESTER (US)—Three quarters of cancer patients and survivors treated with chemotherapy suffer insomnia or sleep disorders that often become chronic conditions, hindering patients’ ability to fully recover. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 25, 2009 12:34 - 1 Comment
Childhood abuse may lead to early aging
BROWN (US)—Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be at greater risk of developing a variety of aging-related medical conditions as adults, including cardiovascular disease and cancer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 20, 2009 12:34 - 1 Comment
Infrared scanners scope out early cancer
U. FLORIDA (US)—Traditional endoscopes provide a peek inside patients’ bodies. Now, an engineering researcher is designing ones capable of “seeing” beneath the surface of tissues. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 11, 2009 16:48 - 2 Comments
Underwater killer triggers cellular suicide
RUTGERS (US)—Scientists have found a chemical culprit responsible for the rapid, mysterious death of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean. This same chemical may hold unexpected promise in cancer research. (more…)
