Archive: 15/12/2016

Coping mechanism suggests new way to make cancer cells more vulnerable to chemotherapies

The same signal that drives aggressive growth in a deadly cancer cell type also triggers coping mechanisms that make it "notoriously" hard to kill, according to a study published online December 15 in Cell. When stressed, ...

Dec 15, 2016

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Neurons anticipate body's response to food and water

Using leading-edge technology, neuroscientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) gained new insight into the brain circuitry that regulates water and food intake. In a new study, the team of researchers monitored ...

Dec 15, 2016

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Asian head and neck cancer patients live longer with immunotherapy than mixed race group

Asian head and neck cancer patients live longer with the immunotherapy pembrolizumab than the overall population, according to a sub-analysis of the KEYNOTE-012 trial presented at the ESMO ASIA 2016 Congress in Singapore.

Dec 15, 2016

Potentially avoidable breast cancer surgeries cost patients and health-care system

The number of breast cancer patients that have to be reoperated on in Canada is too high and impacts patient wellbeing and health care costs, according to UBC research.

Dec 15, 2016

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Patient prostate tissue used to create unique model of prostate cancer biology

For the first time, researchers have been able to grow, in a lab, both normal and primary cancerous prostate cells from a patient, and then implant a million of the cancer cells into a mouse to track how the tumor progresses. ...

Dec 15, 2016

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Decreased rates of pressure injuries linked to better preventive care

Rates of new pressure injuries in U.S. hospitals and other acute care settings have decreased by about half over the past decade, according to national survey data reported in the Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing.

Dec 15, 2016

New approach for cancer prevention in BRCA1 mutation-positive women

Women with inherited mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes are at substantially higher risk of breast cancer. For these women, effective prevention strategies are their best hope to reduce their breast cancer risk. In FY11, ...

Dec 15, 2016

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Depressed children respond differently to rewards than other kids

For many children, December often is linked to presents and excitement, but when a young child doesn't seem all that enthused about getting gifts, it could be a sign that something is wrong. Measuring brain waves, researchers ...

Dec 15, 2016

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Study reveals how diabetes drug metformin prevents, suppresses cancer growth

Considerable evidence has indicated that the drug metformin, used for more than 50 years to treat type 2 diabetes, also can prevent or slow the growth of certain cancers; but the mechanism behind its anticancer effects has ...

Dec 15, 2016

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Alzheimer's: Proteomics gives clues toward alternatives to amyloid

In Alzheimer's research, one particular protein looms large: plaque-forming amyloid-beta. Yet doctors now recognize that plaques can accumulate decades before symptoms appear. Recent clinical trials aimed at controlling or ...

Dec 15, 2016

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