Cancer Research

Is There A Connection Between Thyroid Cancer And Volcanoes?

People living in volcanic areas may face a higher risk for thyroid cancer, says a new study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. While the increasing incidence of thyroid cancer has been attributed to more sensitive screening, ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2009 - 7:21pm

A 'Notch' In The Belt For Cancer Therapy R&D

Cancer research took a fascinating step forward thanks to recent research by a collaborative group from Boston; a step that, if it pans out, could impact a wide swath of cancer drug development. The research is still in its early stages- mouse models- but ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Nov 14 2009 - 8:53pm

To Screen Or Not To Screen, And When? That Is The Breast Cancer Question

During the past few days, news media has inundated the U.S. public with word that for the first time in 20 years, a government task force has changed course in its recommendations for breast cancer screening. On the surface, that doesn't seem like an ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Nov 17 2009 - 1:33pm

Mutated Cell Suicide

Recent research done on a plants stem cells revealed an astonishing process that makes plants very unique. The group of stem cells found in plants help produce new tissue for the plant as it grows over time. A mutation in the DNA of these stem cells would ...

Blog Post - Christian F - Nov 19 2009 - 9:58pm

How Do You Treat Cancer? Fool It Into Committing Suicide

Cancer researchers at the University of Oklahoma have found a way to turn ineffective new cancer drugs into deceptive cancer-killers. By using a patented chemical compound called SHetA2, the researchers tricked cancer cells into responding to new treatment ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 1 2009 - 6:41pm

Isolation And Stress May Increase Breast Cancer Susceptibility

Social isolation and stress are two environmental mechanisms likely to contribute to breast cancer susceptibility, researchers from the University of Chicago said this week. Their study, published in PNAS, found that isolation led to higher production of a ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 7 2009 - 7:52pm

Soy And Breast Cancer

What's the relationship between soy consumption and breast cancer? Some major  news from JAMA: ...

Article - Michael White - Dec 9 2009 - 1:30pm

New Nanosensor Measures Cancer Biomarker In Blood

New nanosensors can measure cancer biomarkers in whole blood for the first time, according to an article Nature Nanotechnology, and that could dramatically simplify the way physicians test for biomarkers of cancer and other diseases.  A team led by Mark Re ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:58pm

To Err Is Cellular, To Respond Human (A Call For Action)

This is an experiment to stir up reaction: a significant proportion of the literature is misleading or false, tainting up to 20% of publications. What are the consequences? 1. The wastage of funds on research that is flawed and often misleading. Millions o ...

Article - Hatice Cullingford - Dec 14 2009 - 12:35pm

'Self-Seeding' Plays Crucial Role In Cancer Progression

Cancer is commonly thought to progress by the growth of a primary tumor followed by metastasis, in which cancer cells leave the primary tumor and spread to distant organs. New research conducted by scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center shows ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 28 2009 - 6:56pm