News tagged with cancer development

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Key mechanism for controlling body's inflammatory response discovered

Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London have discovered how a key molecule controls the body's inflammatory responses. The molecule, known as p110delta, fine-tunes inflammation to avoid excessive reactions that can ...

Immunology created Sep 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Severe hunger increases breast cancer risk in war survivors

Jewish women who were severely exposed to hunger during World War Two were five times more likely to develop breast cancer than women who were mildly exposed, according to research in the October issue of IJCP, the Intern ...

Cancer created Sep 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like prostate cancer, bladder cancer patients may benefit from anti-androgen therapy

Bladder cancer patients whose tumors express high levels of the protein CD24 have worse prognoses than patients with lower CD24. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in the Proceedings of the National Ac ...

Cancer created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Humble hero or hidden villain? The ongoing story of aspirin's powers

The humble aspirin has a remarkable history dating back to ancient Egyptian times when the bark of weeping willow (which contains salicin from which the aspirin formulation is derived) was found to have anti-inflammatory ...

Medications created Sep 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows vitamin E may decrease cancer risk in Cowden syndrome patients

Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered that vitamin E may prevent cancer in patients with an under-recognized genetic disorder.

Cancer created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer risk linked to early-life diet and metabolic syndrome

Striking new evidence suggesting that diet and related factors early in life can boost the risk for breast cancer—totally independent of the body's production of the hormone estrogen—has been uncovered by a team of researchers ...

Cancer created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Whole-genome scan helps select best treatment for childhood cancer

A whole-genome scan to identify large-scale chromosomal damage can help doctors choose the best treatment option for children with neuroblastoma, one of the most common types of childhood cancer, finds an international collaboration ...

Cancer created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell death mystery yields new suspect for cancer drug development

A mysterious form of cell death, coded in proteins and enzymes, led to a discovery by UNC researchers uncovering a prime suspect for new cancer drug development.

Cancer created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Gene mutation can allow proteins to gather, spark tumor growth

Prostate cancer is generally treated as if it's a single disease. But researchers have discovered a new type of the cancer that appears to affect 15 percent of patients, a finding that paves the way for better diagnosis and ...

Cancer created Sep 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genome-wide scan maps mutations in deadly lung cancers; reveals embryonic gene link

Scientists have completed a comprehensive map of genetic mutations linked to an aggressive and lethal type of lung cancer.

Genetics created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New gene variants raise risk of neuroblastoma, influence tumor progression

Researchers have discovered two gene variants that raise the risk of the pediatric cancer neuroblastoma. Using automated technology to perform genome-wide association studies on DNA from thousands of subjects, the study broadens ...

Genetics created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers return blood cells to stem cell state

Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a reliable method to turn the clock back on blood cells, restoring them to a primitive stem cell state from which they can then develop into any other type of cell in the body.

Medical research created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

'CYCLOPS' genes may serve as an Achilles' heel in tumor cells

BOSTON--The genomic tumult within tumor cells has provided scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard with clues to an entirely new class of genes that may serve as an Achilles' ...

Genetics created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study suggests patients should be screened before receiving vemurafenib

Different genetic mistakes driving skin cancer may affect how patients respond to the drug vemurafenib, providing grounds to screen people with melanoma skin cancer before treatment, a new study by Cancer Research UK scientists ...

Cancer created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protein that helps tumor blood vessels mature could make cancer drugs more effective

Since anti-cancer drugs are carried to tumors by the bloodstream, abnormal blood vessel development can hamper delivery. In a paper published Aug. 14 in Cancer Cell, researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medica ...

Cancer created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast