Cancer Research

Est3 Protein Interaction With Telomeres May Provide Some Answers About Aging

It may take just one or two proteins to polish off a simple cellular task, but life-or-death matters, such as caring for the ends of chromosomes known as telomeres, require interacting crews of proteins, all with a common goal but each with a specialized t ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2008 - 6:35pm

Judy Evans: A Starring Role On A BBC 'Women In Medicine' Documentary, An Embittered Sex Discrimination Case, And Life Since Then

ScientificBlogger Matthew Brown had the chance to sit down with Dr. Judy Evans, a Consultant Plastic Surgeon in the UK, to talk about her award-winning Women In Medicine documentary on the BBC, her sex discrimination and victimization court case, and her l ...

Article - Matthew Brown - Aug 25 2008 - 10:10pm

Happy Accidents: A Must-Read For Open Scientists

I usually limit my book reviews to Goodreads or Shelfari but this one deserves much more attention. In Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs; When Scientists Find What They're NOT Looking for, Morton Meyers reviews examples of t ...

Article - Jean-Claude Bradley - Aug 26 2008 - 10:11am

This Day In Science History: August 26th

Scientific happenings, big and small, on this day in history… But first, today’s quiz: What event, which took place on this day in 1883, produced the most violent explosion known in human history? You probably know the answer; it’s just a matter of thinkin ...

Article - Kimberly Crandell - Aug 26 2008 - 10:58pm

Australian To Lead The World In Cancer Fight

MELBOURNE, Australia, August 27 /PRNewswire/-- Professor David Hill, Director of The Cancer Council Victoria, will commence in his role as President of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) on 27 August 2008 at the World Cancer Congress in Geneva. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 27 2008 - 2:33am

Genmab Announces 2008 First Half Year Results

COPENHAGEN, August 27 /PRNewswire/--- Summary: Genmab Reports Results for the Six Month Period Ended June 30, 2008 Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced today results for the six month period ended June 30, 2008. During this period, Genmab reported the followin ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 27 2008 - 12:33pm

Evolution's Most Important Molecular Inventions

Most people probably think of change when they hear the word evolution, but some of evolution's most amazing molecular inventions have stuck around hundreds of millions, even billions of years. The complex protein machinery needed to express genes, me ...

Article - Michael White - Aug 27 2008 - 6:55pm

Algeta Reports Positive Headline Phase II Data On Pain Palliation With Alpharadin

OSLO, August 28 /PRNewswire/--- Results Further Support the Clinical Profile of This Novel Anti-Cancer Agent Under Development to Improve the Survival of Patients With Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer (HRPC) ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 28 2008 - 4:33am

New Research Reveals That Mycamine(R) Is An Effective Treatment In Children, Young Babies And Premature Infants

STAINES, England, August 28 /PRNewswire/--- Not for distribution in the United Kingdom- Research Adds to Already Demonstrated Efficacy in Adult Population Parents and paediatricians are today welcoming the results of new research that adds additional supp ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 28 2008 - 12:33pm

Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors Who Got Thyroid Cancer Have Rearranged Chromosomes

Radiation from the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 likely rearranged chromosomes in some survivors who later developed papillary thyroid cancer as adults, according to Japanese researchers. Writing in Cancer Research, the scien ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 29 2008 - 1:11am