Cancer Research

Atonal Homolog 1- Is This An Anti-Cancer Gene?

Starting with the tiny fruit fly, and then moving into mouse and human patients, researchers at VIB connected to the Center for Human Genetics (K.U. Leuven) say they have showed that the same gene suppresses cancer in all three. Reciprocally, switching off ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2009 - 12:28am

The team that switched off that cancer

The trigger was a gene. In service to humanity was a tiny fly, Drosophila spp  aka fruit fly. This space pioneer that was flown to space first for radiation studies has been a model in genetics and cancer research. Some three quarters of human genes are f ...

Blog Post - Hatice Cullingford - Feb 26 2009 - 12:36am

Smoking Kills- Women Impacted Most

No, that isn't a New York Times headline(1), Swedish researchers really do say their studies of twins have showed significant genetic differences between men and women who smoke and develop lung disease-  women are more susceptible to the consequences ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 8 2009 - 12:42am

Medulloblastoma- Gene Mutation For Most Common Childhood Brain Cancer Identified

Researchers say they have discovered eight similar genes that, when mutated, appear to be responsible for medulloblastoma – the most common of childhood brain cancers. About 250 Canadian children are diagnosed with various types of brain cancer every year. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 8 2009 - 3:48pm

Red And White Wines Equal In Breast Cancer Risk (Beer Too)

The largest study of its kind to evaluate the effect of red versus white wine on breast-cancer risk concludes that both are equal offenders when it comes to increasing breast-cancer risk. The results of the study were published in the March issue of Cancer ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 8 2009 - 11:56pm

Medical Miracle: 7-Year-Old Girl Has Six Organs Removed For Tumor Surgery... And Then Put Back

A 7-year-old girl from Long Island, NY, is on her way home a little more than four weeks after receiving a historic surgery that involved the removal and partial re-implantation of six organs in order to resect an abdominal tumor that otherwise would be in ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2009 - 10:35pm

Genetic Variations Make A Difference In Cervical Cancer Incidence

Women with certain gene variations appear to be protected against cervical cancer, according to a study led by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and reported in Clinical Cancer Research. Knowing whether or not women h ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 13 2009 - 1:55pm

Early Detection Of Second Breast Cancers Halves Women's Risk Of Death

A group of international researchers has found the first reliable evidence that early detection of subsequent breast tumours in women who have already had the disease can halve the women's chances of death from breast cancer. According to the researc ...

Article - News Releases - May 4 2013 - 3:53pm

News From The War On Cancer...Linking The Pieces

As part of the Darwin Bicentennial Lecture Series at Appalachian State University, Dr. ...

Article - Michael Windelspecht - Mar 20 2009 - 9:47am

Acetaldehyde And Alcohol- More Than Just A Hangover, Maybe Cancer Too

A new study published today in the journal Addiction shows that drinking alcohol is the greatest risk factor for acetaldehyde-related cancer. Heavy drinkers may be at increased risk due to exposure from multiple sources. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 20 2009 - 5:31pm