Oncology & Cancer
Cancer hijack
Genetically unstable breast cancer cells appear to hijack a mechanism used by healthy stem cells to determine how they should develop into different tissues, according to new research.
Jul 19, 2013
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News tagged with therapeutic strategy
Oncology & Cancer
Self-perpetuating signals may drive tumor cells to spread
A team of international researchers from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (USA) has identified a self-perpetuating signaling circuit inside connective tissue cells ...
Jul 16, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Clinical trials for cancer, one patient at a time
Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers are developing a new approach to cancer clinical trials, in which therapies are designed and tested one patient at a time. The patient's tumor is "reverse engineered" ...
Jul 15, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Herding cancer cells to their death
An advanced tumor is a complex ecosystem. Though derived from a single cell, it evolves as it grows until it contains several subspecies of cells that vary dramatically in their genetic traits and behaviors. This cellular ...
Jun 20, 2013
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Medical research
A new model—and possible treatment—for staph bone infections
Osteomyelitis – a debilitating bone infection most frequently caused by Staphylococcus aureus ("staph") bacteria – is particularly challenging to treat.
Jun 19, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover new weapon in fight against cervical cancer
Scientists at the University of Leeds have found a way to target and destroy a key protein associated with the development of cervical and other cancers.
May 30, 2013
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Medical research
Research shows how immune system peacefully co-exists with 'good' bacteria
The human gut is loaded with commensal bacteria – "good" microbes that, among other functions, help the body digest food. The gastrointestinal tract contains literally trillions of such cells, and yet the immune system ...
May 22, 2013
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Medical research
New perspective needed for role of major Alzheimer's gene
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists' picture of how a gene strongly linked to Alzheimer's disease harms the brain may have to be revised, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found.
May 7, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
How some cancers 'poison the soil' to block metastasis
Cancer spread or metastasis can strike unprecedented fear in the minds of cancer patients. The "seed and the soil" hypothesis proposed by Stephen Paget in 1889 is now widely accepted to explain how cancer cells (seeds) are ...
Apr 30, 2013
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Medical research
Estrogen fuels autoimmune liver damage
A life-threatening condition that often requires transplantation and accounts for half of all acute liver failures, autoimmune hepatitis is often precipitated by certain anesthetics and antibiotics. Researchers say these ...
Apr 30, 2013
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