Australian scientists in potential leukaemia breakthrough August 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Australian scientists said Monday they had mapped a blood cell structure which could hold the key to improved drug treatments for diseases such as leukaemia, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. | |
First step towards switching off breast cancer and leukaemia August 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Australian scientists have identified a way to 'switch off' a molecule, a key player in the molecular processes that trigger breast cancer and certain forms of leukaemia. | |
PSA screening may be biased against obese men, leading to more aggressive cancers August 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Testing men for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the blood -- the gold standard screening test for prostate cancer -- may be biased against obese men, whose PSA levels tend to be deceptively low. And ... | |
Researchers unveil vital key to cancer August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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University of Manchester scientists have uncovered the 3-D structure of Mps1 -- a protein that regulates the number of chromosomes during cell division and thus has an essential role in the prevention of cancer -- which will ... | |
Researchers find gene therapy that kills pancreatic cancer cells August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine have published findings that implicate a new chemoprevention gene therapy (CGT) for preventing and treating ... | |
 Unravelling breast cancer susceptibility August 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at St Andrews University's Bute Medical School are investigating a vital link between radiation sensitivity and breast cancer susceptibility. | |
Growth factor predicts poor outcome in breast cancer 9 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The response to insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) in breast cancer cells predicts an aggressive tumor that is less likely to respond to treatment, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears ... | |
Researchers discover atomic bomb effect results in adult-onset thyroid cancer 15 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Radiation from the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, likely rearranged chromosomes in some survivors who later developed papillary thyroid cancer as adults, according to Japanese researchers. | |
Anti-cancer flower power August 25, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Could a substance from the jasmine flower hold the key to an effective new therapy to treat cancer? Prof. Eliezer Flescher of The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University thinks so. He and his colleagues have developed ... | |
Women exposed to negative life events at greater risk of breast cancer August 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Happiness and optimism may play a role against breast cancer while adverse life events can increase the risk of developing the disease, according to a study by Professor Ronit Peled, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ... | |
Hair on a man's head offers clues about prostate cancer August 21, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Some of the drugs given to many men during their fight against prostate cancer can actually spur some cancer cells to grow, researchers have found. The findings were published online this week in a pair of papers in the Proceedings ... | |
Cervical cancer shots less cost-effective with age August 20, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
(AP) -- An expensive vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer makes sense for young teens when it comes to cost-effectiveness, but not for women in their 20s, contends a new report. | |
Researchers discover scent of skin cancer August 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
According to new research from the Monell Center, odors from skin can be used to identify basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer. The findings, presented at the 236th meeting of the American Chemical Society, ... | |
Teen cancer survival rates on the rise August 20, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first national report detailing survival for teenagers and young adults with cancer shows that survival rates climbed by about 11% over two decades.
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Stem cell indicator for bowel cancer should lead to better survival rates August 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Stem cell scientists have developed a more accurate way of identifying aggressive forms of bowel cancer, which should eventually lead to better treatment and survival rates. Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in ... | |
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