News tagged with research institutions
Reseach reveals genomic similarities between breast cancer, ovarian cancers
One subtype of breast cancer shares many genetic features with high-grade serous ovarian cancer, a cancer that is very difficult to treat, according to researchers supported by the National Institutes of ...
Cancer
Sep 23, 2012 |
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Genomic study shows colon and rectal tumors constitute a single type of cancer
The pattern of genomic alterations in colon and rectal tissues is the same regardless of anatomic location or origin within the colon or the rectum, leading researchers to conclude that these two cancer types ...
Cancer
Jul 18, 2012 |
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Scientists find that chromosomal abnormalities are associated with aging and cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- Two new studies have found that large structural abnormalities in chromosomes, some of which have been associated with increased risk of cancer, can be detected in a small fraction of people without a ...
Genetics
May 08, 2012 |
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Vaccine triggers immunity to prevent colon cancer
(Medical Xpress)—A first-of-its-kind vaccine developed by University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) researchers successfully prompted the immune system to respond to early indications of colon cancer in people at ...
Cancer
Jan 08, 2013 |
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Study finds new targets for drugs to defeat aggressive brain tumor
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) researchers have identified over 125 genetic components in a chemotherapy-resistant, brain tumor-derived cell line, which could offer new hope for drug treatment to destroy ...
Cancer
Dec 14, 2012 |
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Despite hype, costly prostate cancer treatment offers little relief from side effects
Prostate cancer patients receiving the costly treatment known as proton radiotherapy experienced minimal relief from side effects such as incontinence and erectile dysfunction, compared to patients undergoing a standard radiation ...
Cancer
Dec 13, 2012 |
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New opportunity for rapid treatment of malaria
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers have identified a new means to eradicate malaria infections by rapidly killing the blood-borne Plasmodium parasites that cause the disease.
Medical research
Oct 25, 2012 |
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Rare breast cancer poses new set of challenges
(HealthDay)—No doubt the ubiquitous pink ribbons, along with walks and races and the designation of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, have focused the public eye on breast cancer and helped ...
Cancer
Oct 05, 2012 |
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Trojan horse drug therapy provides new approach to treating breast cancer
When Linda Tuttle was diagnosed with breast cancer, she never imagined her experience would inspire her colleagues to design new treatments to tackle the disease.
Cancer
Oct 02, 2012 |
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Autism, development delay often missed in Hispanics
(Medical Xpress)—Hispanic children often have undiagnosed developmental delays and large numbers of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic children who first were thought to have developmental delay actually had autism, researchers ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Aug 28, 2012 |
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'Jack Spratt' diabetes gene identified
Type 2 diabetes is popularly associated with obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. However, just as there are obese people without type 2 diabetes, there are lean people with the disease.
Genetics
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Blacks have trouble clearing cervical cancer virus
Provocative new research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer: They seem to have more trouble clearing HPV, the virus that causes the disease.
Cancer
Apr 01, 2012 |
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Researchers reveal how cancer cells change once they spread to distant organs
Oncologists have known that in order for cancer cells to spread, they must transform themselves so they can detach from a tumor and spread to a distant organ. Now, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have revealed ...
Cancer
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Vaccine for metastatic breast, ovarian cancer shows promise
Treatment with a recombinant poxviral vaccine showed a positive response in both metastatic breast cancer and ovarian cancer, according to a trial published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Ca ...
Cancer
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Trade practices key in deciding a trade's moral legitimacy
Los Angeles, CA (JULY 28, 2011) How goods are traded, not just what is traded, is a principal consideration when deciding the legitimacy of a particular industry, according to a study recently published in Administrative Sc ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 28, 2011 |
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