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Why Don't We Get Cancer All The Time?
The seemingly inefficient way our bodies replace worn-out cells is a defense against cancer, according to new research.
The seemingly inefficient way our bodies replace worn-out cells is a defense against cancer, according to new research.
Cancer
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Friday, Dec 21, 2007, 12:49pm
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Friday, Dec 21, 2007, 12:49pm
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Insured Cancer Patients Do Better
Uninsured cancer patients are nearly twice as likely to die within five years as those with private coverage, according to the first national study of its kind and one that sheds light on troubling health care obstacles.
Uninsured cancer patients are nearly twice as likely to die within five years as those with private coverage, according to the first national study of its kind and one that sheds light on troubling health care obstacles.
Cancer
Source: US News
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 20, 2007, 11:35am
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Source: US News
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 20, 2007, 11:35am
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Calculating Drugs' Side Effects
A new computational method that searches an enormous database of protein structures could allow researchers to predict a drug's potential side effects without breaking out a single test tube.
A new computational method that searches an enormous database of protein structures could allow researchers to predict a drug's potential side effects without breaking out a single test tube.
Cancer
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Monday, Dec 17, 2007, 8:59am
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Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Monday, Dec 17, 2007, 8:59am
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Stem Cells Used to Fix Breast Defects
The approach is still experimental, but holds promise for millions of women left with cratered areas and breasts that look very different from each other after cancer surgery. It also might be a way to augment healthy breasts without using artificial implants.
The approach is still experimental, but holds promise for millions of women left with cratered areas and breasts that look very different from each other after cancer surgery. It also might be a way to augment healthy breasts without using artificial implants.
Gene Test Can Indicate Whether Tamoxifen Can Fight Breast Cancer
A test to determine a woman's genetic makeup may predict whether she is likely to benefit from the commonly prescribed breast cancer drug Tamoxifen
A test to determine a woman's genetic makeup may predict whether she is likely to benefit from the commonly prescribed breast cancer drug Tamoxifen
Laser scanner gives 3D view inside tumours
An ultrasound scanner that provides more detailed 3D images of the deformed blood vessels within a tumour could help doctors determine the boundary between cancerous and healthy tissue during surgery.
An ultrasound scanner that provides more detailed 3D images of the deformed blood vessels within a tumour could help doctors determine the boundary between cancerous and healthy tissue during surgery.
Cancer
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 15, 2007, 6:23pm
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 15, 2007, 6:23pm
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Silencing small but mighty cancer inhibitors
As reported in Nature Genetics this week, the Myc protein can stop the production of at least 13 microRNAs, small pieces of nucleic acid that help control which genes are turned on and off. What’s more, in several instances, re-introducing repressed miRNAs into Myc-containing cancer cells suppressed tumor growth in mice.
As reported in Nature Genetics this week, the Myc protein can stop the production of at least 13 microRNAs, small pieces of nucleic acid that help control which genes are turned on and off. What’s more, in several instances, re-introducing repressed miRNAs into Myc-containing cancer cells suppressed tumor growth in mice.
Cancer
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007, 11:05am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007, 11:05am
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New Medicare Rules Bar Cancer Drugs for Patients
"Within a week or 10 days, I could feel the tumors going away in my neck and my arms. I literally could feel them disappearing," Foster said. "There is no comparison. Bexxar is a one-shot deal with no or very few side effects. … This should be the front line of treatment for lymphoma."
"Within a week or 10 days, I could feel the tumors going away in my neck and my arms. I literally could feel them disappearing," Foster said. "There is no comparison. Bexxar is a one-shot deal with no or very few side effects. … This should be the front line of treatment for lymphoma."
Cancer
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007, 11:03am
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007, 11:03am
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War on cancer moves to a new front
A few deadly cells in a tumor may drive the disease. Different drugs could be key to winning the battle.
A few deadly cells in a tumor may drive the disease. Different drugs could be key to winning the battle.
Gleevec, the targeted cancer pill, delivers more good news to patients
Gleevec, the targeted cancer pill that has saved more than 100,000 lives, now is saving more children with a dire leukemia, as well as preventing disease progression with long term use in adults with chronic myeloid leukemia.
Gleevec, the targeted cancer pill that has saved more than 100,000 lives, now is saving more children with a dire leukemia, as well as preventing disease progression with long term use in adults with chronic myeloid leukemia.
Cancer
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Dec 10, 2007, 9:49am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Dec 10, 2007, 9:49am
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New study reveals for first time how BRCA1 mutations cause breast cancer
An international team of researchers led by Columbia University Medical Center’s Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and Sweden’s Lund University has, for the first time, revealed how mutations in the BRCA1 gene lead to breast cancer. Findings show that one way BRCA1 mutations cause cancer is by knocking out a powerful tumor suppressor gene known as PTEN.
An international team of researchers led by Columbia University Medical Center’s Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and Sweden’s Lund University has, for the first time, revealed how mutations in the BRCA1 gene lead to breast cancer. Findings show that one way BRCA1 mutations cause cancer is by knocking out a powerful tumor suppressor gene known as PTEN.
Cancer
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Sunday, Dec 09, 2007, 3:33pm
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Sunday, Dec 09, 2007, 3:33pm
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Why People With Schizophrenia Have Lower Rates Of Cancer: New Clues
A series of studies presented December 8 at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) annual meeting elucidates evidence that there is a genetic link between schizophrenia and cancer, providing a surprising possible scientific explanation for lower rates of cancer among patients with schizophrenia -- despite having poor diets and high rates of smoking -- and their parents.
A series of studies presented December 8 at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) annual meeting elucidates evidence that there is a genetic link between schizophrenia and cancer, providing a surprising possible scientific explanation for lower rates of cancer among patients with schizophrenia -- despite having poor diets and high rates of smoking -- and their parents.
Cancer
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Sunday, Dec 09, 2007, 3:33pm
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Sunday, Dec 09, 2007, 3:33pm
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Genes, cancer are ties that bind
Genetics -- what made them a family -- put 6 women at huge risk for a deadly illness but also gave them knowledge to prevent it
Genetics -- what made them a family -- put 6 women at huge risk for a deadly illness but also gave them knowledge to prevent it
Genetics
Source: Chicago Tribune
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 08, 2007, 11:48am
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Source: Chicago Tribune
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 08, 2007, 11:48am
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Tumor Consumes Man's Face for More Than 35 Years
ose Mestre has spent the majority of his life slowly disappearing underneath a massive 12-pound facial deformation, which has now rendered him not only blind in one eye but virtually unrecognizable.
ose Mestre has spent the majority of his life slowly disappearing underneath a massive 12-pound facial deformation, which has now rendered him not only blind in one eye but virtually unrecognizable.
Leukemia patient's battle is food for thought
Jack Witherspoon, 7, learned to cook while undergoing treatment uses his passion to put on a fundraiser for his cancer center.
Jack Witherspoon, 7, learned to cook while undergoing treatment uses his passion to put on a fundraiser for his cancer center.
Healthcare
Source: LA Times
Posted on: Friday, Dec 07, 2007, 10:40am
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Source: LA Times
Posted on: Friday, Dec 07, 2007, 10:40am
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From kinase to cancer
The story of discovering PI3 kinase, and what it means for a fundamental pathway in cancer.
The story of discovering PI3 kinase, and what it means for a fundamental pathway in cancer.
Molecular Biology
Source: The Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Dec 07, 2007, 10:40am
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Source: The Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Dec 07, 2007, 10:40am
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Discover's Scientist of the Year
Researchers working to save humanity from poverty, cancer, and cosmic loneliness.
Researchers working to save humanity from poverty, cancer, and cosmic loneliness.
Astronomy, genetics, epidemiology
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Friday, Dec 07, 2007, 10:39am
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Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Friday, Dec 07, 2007, 10:39am
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Treating Breast Cancer with Heat
Heating breast-cancer cells with focused beams of microwave energy after chemotherapy can significantly shrink and kill tumors, according to results from a new clinical trial. The treatment increases blood flow into tumors, allowing chemotherapy drugs to more easily invade cancer cells.
Heating breast-cancer cells with focused beams of microwave energy after chemotherapy can significantly shrink and kill tumors, according to results from a new clinical trial. The treatment increases blood flow into tumors, allowing chemotherapy drugs to more easily invade cancer cells.
Cancer
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:31am
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Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:31am
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Promising Approach To A More Effective Sunscreen
Chronic exposure to the sun increases the risk of an individual developing skin cancer because UV light from the sun can cause genetic mutations that enable cells in the skin to grow in an uncontrolled manner.
Chronic exposure to the sun increases the risk of an individual developing skin cancer because UV light from the sun can cause genetic mutations that enable cells in the skin to grow in an uncontrolled manner.
Healthcare
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:30am
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:30am
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Waste Energy, Fight Disease
Mice genetically engineered to burn energy less efficiently live longer and are resistant to several age-related diseases, including cancer, hardening of the arteries, and obesity. The finding suggests that drugs based on this strategy could one day help stave off these age-related conditions in people, the researchers say.
Mice genetically engineered to burn energy less efficiently live longer and are resistant to several age-related diseases, including cancer, hardening of the arteries, and obesity. The finding suggests that drugs based on this strategy could one day help stave off these age-related conditions in people, the researchers say.
Genetics
Source: Science
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:29am
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Source: Science
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:29am
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The ghost of research past
Carrots are still taken to prevent cancer, despite clinical results suggesting they don't work.
Carrots are still taken to prevent cancer, despite clinical results suggesting they don't work.
Cancer
Source: Nature
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:29am
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Source: Nature
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:29am
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Skin cream tackles skin cancers in mice
A skin cream that can hyperactivate the body's natural DNA repair mechanisms has been shown to protect mice from skin cancer, and to reduce the growth of cancers already present.
A skin cream that can hyperactivate the body's natural DNA repair mechanisms has been shown to protect mice from skin cancer, and to reduce the growth of cancers already present.
Boy Defies Cancer Odds Multiple Times
For more than a year, seven-year-old Jake Paternoster has battled cancer. Despite its recurrence several times, he continues to defy the odds.
For more than a year, seven-year-old Jake Paternoster has battled cancer. Despite its recurrence several times, he continues to defy the odds.
Cancer cells softer than healthy cells
Cancer cells, like ripe fruit, are much softer than healthy cells. The researchers used a nanotechnology device called an Atomic Force Microscope that allowed them to give a little poke to healthy cells and cancerous cells that had spread from the original site of tumors.
Cancer cells, like ripe fruit, are much softer than healthy cells. The researchers used a nanotechnology device called an Atomic Force Microscope that allowed them to give a little poke to healthy cells and cancerous cells that had spread from the original site of tumors.
Making Skin Cells Into Stem Cells Minus the Cancer
Shinya Yamanaka, leader of one of two research groups responsible for turning skin cells into embryonic stem cell equivalents, has duplicated his breakthrough without using a gene that made the new cells cancerous.
Shinya Yamanaka, leader of one of two research groups responsible for turning skin cells into embryonic stem cell equivalents, has duplicated his breakthrough without using a gene that made the new cells cancerous.
Stem Cells
Source: Wired
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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Source: Wired
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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DNA methylation shown to promote development of colon tumors
Growing understanding of this process is a promising pathway to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of certain cancers with minimal side effects
Growing understanding of this process is a promising pathway to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of certain cancers with minimal side effects
Cancer
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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Lincoln had cancer, doctor theorizes
Some have speculated that Lincoln suffered from depression, had syphilis or was gay. Others wonder why Lincoln was so tall and lanky. Now a doctor theorizes that the 16th president was dying from cancer.
Some have speculated that Lincoln suffered from depression, had syphilis or was gay. Others wonder why Lincoln was so tall and lanky. Now a doctor theorizes that the 16th president was dying from cancer.
Cancer
Source: Chicago Tribune
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 4:18pm
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Source: Chicago Tribune
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 4:18pm
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Graveyard Shift Work Linked to Cancer
More scientists are looking at a link between night shifts and cancer.
More scientists are looking at a link between night shifts and cancer.
Novel Mechanism For Spread Of Sarcoma Tumors Discovered
The first instance in which the modification and destruction of a protein, rather than a failure to make the protein, drives the spread of cancer
The first instance in which the modification and destruction of a protein, rather than a failure to make the protein, drives the spread of cancer
Cancer
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 12:21pm
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 12:21pm
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Key Genetic Trigger Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Identified
Cancer
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 29, 2007, 1:08pm
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 29, 2007, 1:08pm
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