Cancer Research

Gene Therapy Safety Examined Using Adult Stem Cells

A new study by UC Davis researchers provides evidence that methods using human bone marrow-derived stem cells to deliver gene therapy to cure diseases of the blood, bone marrow and certain types of cancer do not cause the development of tumors or leukemia. ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2008 - 3:41pm

Genetic Variation In Mitochondria Linked To Macular Degeneration

Genetic variation in the DNA of mitochondria – the 'power plants' of cells – contributes to a person’s risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), say investigators in the first study to examine the mitochondrial genome for changes ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2008 - 8:04pm

Atrazine Herbicide Disrupts Human Hormone Activity- Study

A common weedkiller in the U.S., atrazine, already suspected of causing sexual abnormalities in frogs and fish, has now been found to alter hormonal signaling in human cells, scientists from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) report. Atrazin ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2008 - 1:02am

College Student's Lab-On-a-Chip Device Mimics Golgi Apparatus, Builds Sugar Molecules

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduating senior Jeffery Martin has put his basic knowledge of sugars to exceptional use by creating a lab-on-a-chip device that builds complex, highly specialized sugar molecules, mimicking one of the most important cellu ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2008 - 4:23pm

Breast Cancer Grows Faster In Younger Women- Study

A new approach to estimating tumor growth based on breast screening results from almost 400,000 women is published today in Breast Cancer Research. This new model can also estimate the proportion of breast cancers which are detected at screening (screen te ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2008 - 6:52pm

Researchers Say RBM3 Is A New Cancer Gene

Researchers at the OU Cancer Institute have identified a new gene that causes cancer, according to an article in Oncogene. The gene and its protein, both called RBM3, are vital for cell division in normal cells. In cancers, low oxygen levels in the tumors ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2008 - 12:03pm

NDC80- Protein Cowboy Lassoes Chromosomes And May Soon Rescue Chemotherapy

A protein that is indispensable for passing on an accurate copy of the genome from mother to daughter cells can be compared to a cowboy’s lasso, say scientists at the The FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation (IFOM). It 'catches' chromo ...

Article - News Staff - May 9 2008 - 9:45am

Capitalists, Genetic Tests And Your DNA

Everyone knows there is a lot of crazy stuff on the internet, but did you know there is a lot of great writing about genes, genetics, and human diseases? And believe it or not, sometimes these pieces are written by people who know what they're talkin ...

Article - Michael White - May 11 2008 - 10:57pm

Researchers Find Human Aging Gene- In Fruit Flies

Working at the University of Oxford and The Open University, Dr Lynne Cox and Dr Robert Saunders say they have found a fast and effective way to investigate important aspects of human aging. Their discovery of a gene in fruit flies means they can now be us ...

Article - News Staff - May 11 2008 - 9:47pm

A Look At The Architecture Of Autophagy

A team of Canadian researchers has completed a massive survey of the network of protein complexes that orchestrate the fundamental processes of life. In the online edition of the journal Science, researchers from the Université de Montréal describe protein ...

Article - News Staff - May 13 2008 - 9:29am