http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. One of the biggest risk factors for liver, colon or stomach cancer is chronic inflammation of those organs, often caused by viral or bacterial infections. A new study from MIT offers the most comprehensive look yet at how such infections provoke tissues into becoming cancerous. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-comprehensive-chemical-genetic-inflammation-cancer.html Inflammatory disorders Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:00:05 EST news258645053 Cardiomyocytes, the workhorse cells that make up the beating heart, can now be made cheaply and abundantly in the laboratory. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-stem-cell-technique-abundance-key.html Medical research Mon, 28 May 2012 15:00:11 EST news257415820 Doctors have long known that treating patients with multiple cancer drugs often produces better results than treatment with just a single drug. Now, a study from MIT shows that the order and timing of drug administration can have a dramatic effect. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-one-two-aggressive-breast-cancer-cells.html Cancer Fri, 11 May 2012 07:11:46 EST news255939045 Gaining access to the inner workings of a neuron in the living brain offers a wealth of useful information: its patterns of electrical activity, its shape, even a profile of which genes are turned on at a given moment. However, achieving this entry is such a painstaking task that it is considered an art form; it is so difficult to learn that only a small number of labs in the world practice it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-robot-reveals-brain-cells.html Neuroscience Sun, 06 May 2012 13:20:01 EST news255508667 Chemicals in pharmaceutical drugs can obviously save lives. But as more and stronger chemicals have been introduced, our basic knowledge of the broader health impact of all these chemicals has not kept up with the rapid pace of innovation. There is exceptionally little information on how chemicals in our drugs and also in the environment around us, including on the food we eat, impact some of the most important cells in our body: stem cells. Without basic knowledge and tests on the impact of chemicals on our stem cells, we may be unwittingly damaging essential regenerative functions in our body. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-chemicals-drugs-impact-stem-cells.html Medical research Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:10:01 EST news246033516