Cancer Research

Just as the risk of developing alcoholism is strongly influenced by genetic factors, mutations in gene coding – such as the aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2*2) allele – also appear to protect against the risk. Scientists have only just begun to apply gene-the ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 3 2008 - 7:25pm

How To Grow A New Head: The Amazing Regenerative Powers Of Planaria

Planarians have fascinated centuries of biologists by their amazing powers of regeneration. If you decapitate a planarian, the body can grow a new head, and the head can grow a new body. In fact, if you cut out a very tiny chunk from the side of a planaria ...

Article - Michael White - Jan 4 2008 - 9:52pm

Free Issue Of Chronic Illness Magazine Discusses Childhood Cancer Success Stories

A diagnosis of childhood cancer 50 years ago meant almost certain death. Now, because of scientific advances, the majority of newly diagnosed children can expect to survive. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 6 2008 - 7:30am

SalL: Cancer-Fighting Enzyme Is Discovered By... Oceanographers

You may not think of oceanography when it comes to cancer research but an unexpected discovery in marine biomedical laboratories at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography has led to information on how a marine organism creates a natural product currently ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 5 2008 - 4:06pm

Have Kids, Get Prostate Cancer- Unless You Have A Lot Of Them

A new study from Danish researchers has found that childless men have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer than fathers, and that, paradoxically, the more children a father has, the lower the risk of the disease. The study appears in the February 15, ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 4 2009 - 12:29pm

Solving The Mystery Of Idiosyncratic Drug Reactions

A mysterious and unpredictable group of side effects from modern medications called idiosyncratic drug reactions (IDRs) likely will persist as a major health care problem unless there is a dramatic increase in research funding, according to a 20-year revie ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2008 - 11:31am

Identified: 480 Genes That Contol Human Cell Division

A team of U.S., Israeli and German scientists used computational biology techniques to discover 480 genes that play a role in human cell division and to identify more than 100 of those genes that have an abnormal pattern of activation in cancer cells. Mali ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2008 - 7:54pm

Study: U.S. Showed Least Improvement Among Surveyed Countries In Preventable Deaths

The Commonwealth Fund has issued another indictment of US health care, this one stating that the United States showed the least improvement among 19 countries when it comes to preventable deaths. The new research is published in the January/February issue ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 8 2008 - 2:14am

Study: Four Healthy Behaviors Can Add 14 Years To Your Life

It seems like common sense but a new study adds empirical weight to commonly held beliefs about health: 1) Don't smoke 2) Exercise 3) Moderate alcohol intake 4) Eating 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day People who do those four things live on ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 8 2008 - 2:27am

Early Study: Freeze-Dried Tendons Work In Hard-To-Treat ACL Injuries

Donated, freeze-dried tendon grafts loaded with gene therapy may soon offer effective repair of injured tendons, a goal that has eluded surgeons to date. According to study data published today in Molecular Therapy, a new graft technique may provide the fi ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 8 2008 - 10:53am