Scientists design a PSA-activated protoxin that kills prostate cancer November 10, 2006 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Scientists have found a way of using a protein made by prostate cancer to target and kill the cancer cells themselves. In preliminary studies the new therapy affected only the prostate, without causing damage to other healthy ... | |
Blocking the effect of inflammation-causing cells lowered prostate cancer cells invasion April 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Recent studies have suggested an association between chronic inflammation and cancers of the prostate, colon, stomach and liver. Now scientists at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine report success in blocking ... | |
Celebrex-Lipitor combo may halt prostate cancer April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Researchers at Rutgers’ Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy have shown that administering a combination of the widely used drugs Celebrex (celecoxib, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) and Lipitor (atorvastatin, a cholesterol ... | |
New cancer gene found May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Researchers at the OU Cancer Institute have identified a new gene that causes cancer. The ground-breaking research appears in Nature’s cancer journal Oncogene. | |
Discovery of gene mechanism could bring about new ways to treat metastatic cancer July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have uncovered how a gene, melanoma differentiation associated gene-7/interleukin-24 (mda-7/IL-24), induces a bystander effect that kills cancer cells ... | |
Plants make vaccine for treating type of cancer July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Plants could act as safe, speedy factories for growing antibodies for personalized treatments against a common form of cancer, according to new findings from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The findings came in ... | |
A new way to fight cancer: the silver shield March 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 62 vote(s)
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Fasting for two days protects healthy cells against chemotherapy, according to a study appearing online the week of Mar. 31 in PNAS Early Edition. Mice given a high dose of chemotherapy after fasting continued to thrive. ... | |
Researchers one step closer to elusive cancer vaccine October 29, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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When cells become cancerous, the sugars on their surfaces undergo distinct changes that set them apart from healthy cells. For decades, scientists have tried to exploit these differences by training the immune system to attack ... | |
Immune system 'escape hatch' gives cancer cells traction July 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Scientists at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere say they have mapped out an escape route that cancers use to evade the body’s immune system, allowing the disease to spread unchecked. | |
New blood marker may predict prostate cancer spread February 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Researchers report finding a new blood biomarker that enables close to 98 percent accuracy in predicting the spread of prostate cancer to regional lymph nodes. Their study is published in the March 1 issue of Clinical ... | |
New findings may help prevent stomach cancer May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Prompt treatment of a microbe that causes stomach ulcers and other ailments can reverse damage to the lining of the stomach and ultimately prevent one of the most lethal forms of cancer from developing there, MIT researchers ... | |
Largest genome study of cancer types finds many mutations March 07, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, where one-third of the human genome was sequenced, have now pioneered decoding the sequence of cancer genomes. They have carried out the broadest survey yet of the human ... | |
 Scientists discover new gene that prevents multiple types of cancer February 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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A decades-old cancer mystery has been solved by researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). "We not only found a critical tumor suppressor gene, but have revealed a master switch for a tumor suppressive ... | |
Naturally-occurring apple compounds reduce risk of pancreatic cancer October 03, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Eating flavonol-rich foods like apples may help reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer, says a team of international researchers. Quercetin, which is found naturally in apples and onions, has been identified as one of the ... | |
 Cancer cells enlist adult stem cells to promote metastasis November 07, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Everyone knows that tumors are packed with cancer cells, but many normal cells live among these deviants. The normal cells form a structural framework called the stroma, which was once thought to resemble ... | |
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