Cancer Research

Burning Tumors With Magnetism

Cancer cells, like normal cells, begin to perish as soon as the temperature hits 43°C. So, the obvious challenge is to find out how cancer cells can be heated up without affecting the normal, healthy cells. One idea to deal with it, is known as magnetic h ...

Article - Gunnar De Winter - Jul 3 2011 - 7:11am

Leukemia And Lymphoma Breakthrough: Half-Matched Transplants May Mean Donors For All

A new finding may mean that nearly all leukemia and lymphoma patients in need of a transplant can find donors. Results of two clinical trials show transplant results with half-matched bone marrow or umbilical cord blood are comparable to fully matched tiss ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2011 - 11:20pm

Are Cancers New Species?

Cancer is one of the scourges of modern society. An increasing number of people are fighting it, and a lot of research is being done in order to understand it better, hopefully leading to treatments or cures. At present, the dominant theory is that cancer ...

Article - Gunnar De Winter - Jul 27 2011 - 7:04am

Genetically Modified Immune Cells Attack Leukemia Tumors

A new cancer therapy has been recently described in the New England Journal of Medicine, and Science Translational Medicine. The therapy is based on the idea that T cells, the frontline fighters of the human immune system are quite good at their job, whic ...

Article - Gunnar De Winter - Aug 12 2011 - 7:41am

Cancer Gene Therapy Using Nanobodies From Camels

Usually when you think of drugs, you think of mules, but camels have also unique properties, except those can be used in future drug development. Members of the camelid family have particular heavy-chain antibodies in their blood known as nanobodies that m ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 17 2011 - 11:30am

Annual Cervical Cancer Screening- Even If Unnecessary, Primary Doctors Recommend Them

As health care costs continue to rise and more people want more services for less money, it will be important that doctors engage in evidence-based medicine.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have determined that the majority of primary ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 18 2011 - 12:19am

Biological Computer Identifies And Kills Cancer Cells

A new study, published in Science, describes a multi-gene synthetic circuit that can distinguish between cancer and non-cancer cells, after which it can target the cancer cells for destruction. Through recognizing five intracellular cancer-specific molecu ...

Article - Gunnar De Winter - Sep 3 2011 - 11:44pm

Top 10 Ways To Get Better Cancer Care Advice

Cancer patients quickly find themselves learning a new language and, keen to trust in science and medicine, they sometimes don't take time to fully understand their treatment options, and the risks and benefits of each choice, because they know docto ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 20 2011 - 1:28pm

Switch Causes Cancer Cells To Create Their Own Anti-Cancer Medicine

Researchers have created a protein 'switch' that instructs cancer cells to produce their own anti-cancer medication and lab tests showed it can activate a powerful cell-killing drug when the device detects a marker linked to cancer. The goal in ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2011 - 2:12pm

Did Healthier Hot Dogs Lead To A Drop In Colon Cancer Deaths?

While the incidence of colon cancer has not dropped since 1978, deaths have.  Earlier diagnosis, better treatment? Perhaps healthier hot dogs.   2011 data from the SEER Cancer Statistics Review from the National Cancer Institute shows colon cancer is stil ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 25 2011 - 5:31am