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New study finds length of DNA strands can predict life expectancy

Can the length of strands of DNA in patients with heart disease predict their life expectancy? Researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, who studied the DNA of more ...

Medical research created Mar 10, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Common food preservative may slow, even stop tumor growth

Nisin, a common food preservative, may slow or stop squamous cell head and neck cancers, a University of Michigan study found.

Cancer created Oct 31, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breakthrough in understanding lung cancer vulnerabilities points the way to new targeted therapy

More effective treatments for one of the deadliest forms of cancer are one step closer thanks to groundbreaking research from an international collaborative study.

Cancer created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No workout? No worries: Scientists prevent muscle loss in mice, despite disease and inactivity

If you want big muscles without working out, there's hope. In the March 2012 print issue of the FASEB Journal, scientists from the University of Florida report that a family of protein transcription factors, called "Forkhead (F ...

Medical research created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New hope for setback-dogged cancer treatment

Several drugs companies have ineffectively tried to produce antibodies that bind to the IGF-1 receptor on the cell surface, which has a critical part to play in the development of cancer. Scientists at Karolinska Institutet ...

Cancer created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Viruses kill pancreatic tumors in preclinical model

(Medical Xpress) -- An intra-tumor injection of a virus prevented further growth of some pancreatic tumors and eradicated others in mouse models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. However, some tumors continued growing ...

Medical research created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Excessive worrying may have co-evolved with intelligence

Worrying may have evolved along with intelligence as a beneficial trait, according to a recent study by scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and other institutions. Jeremy Coplan, MD, professor of psychiatry at SUNY ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Early biomarker for pancreatic cancer identified

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have identified a new biomarker and therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer, an often-fatal disease for which there is currently ...

Cancer created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Unexpected discovery highlights new role for cell death regulator

An unexpected discovery of how the body controls cell death has revealed a potential new therapeutic target.

Medical research created Jun 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Peptide found to induce autophagy resulting in defense against diseases

(Medical Xpress)—A multi-disciplined team of researchers from the United States and The Netherlands has found that introducing a certain type of peptide into mice cells induces autophagy, which in turn helps in fighting ...

Medical research created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Melanoma a big threat to older men

(HealthDay) -- Older men have an increased risk of developing melanoma, but most are careless about sun protection and do not know how to properly check themselves for signs of skin cancer, a new survey reveals.

Cancer created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Robotic surgery proves successful, less invasive way to treat HPV-related oral cancer

Over the past few decades, doctors have noted a surprising trend in cancer of the tonsils and base of the tongue. Though oral cancer previously appeared predominantly in elderly patients with a history of tobacco and alcohol ...

Cancer created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study reports steady increases in long-term survival among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

A study by the Children's Oncology Group (COG) reported that five-year survival for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL, the most common type of pediatric cancer) among children treated through COG clinical trials increased ...

Cancer created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Protein found to regulate spread of pancreatic cancer cells

Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London have identified a new protein that makes pancreatic cancer cells less 'sticky' and therefore less able to attach to and invade other tissue.

Cancer created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study examines outcomes of patients who refuse transfusion following cardiac surgery

Jehovah's Witness patients who undergo cardiac surgery do not appear to be at increased risk for surgical complications or death when compared to patients who undergo cardiac surgery and receive blood transfusions, according ...

Cardiology created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast