Cancer Research

Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Gene Gets New Life- Inside A Mouse

Researchers from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Texas, USA, have extracted genes from the extinct Tasmanian tiger (thylacine), inserted it into a mouse and observed a biological function – this is a world first for the use of ...

Article - News Staff - May 19 2008 - 10:35pm

The Health Issue Of Nanotechnology- Carbon Nanotubes Can Be 'Like Asbestos' To Lungs

Discovered nearly 20 years ago, carbon nanotubes have been described as the wonder material of the 21st Century. Light as plastic and stronger that steel, they are being developed for use in new drugs, energy-efficient batteries and futuristic electronics. ...

Article - News Staff - May 20 2008 - 4:06pm

C-Jun Protein May Be Key To Neuro-Regeneration

Researchers at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England, University College London, the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan and Cancer Research UK, have for the first time identified a protein that is key to the regeneration of dama ...

Article - News Staff - May 20 2008 - 4:11pm

Metagenomics, Skin And The Human Microbiome

The human body is home to a diverse range of microorganisms, estimated to outnumber human cells in a healthy adult by ten fold. The importance of characterizing human microbiota for understanding health and disease is highlighted by the recent launch of th ...

Article - News Staff - May 22 2008 - 10:11pm

Photodynamic Therapy Kills Cancer Cells... With Light

Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Cornwall, UK, have modified a photodynamic therapy (PDT) treatment that combines a topically applied cream with visible light to destroy cancer cells while leaving surrounding tissue unharmed. The cream is a ...

Article - News Staff - May 23 2008 - 9:16am

Scientific Blogging Site Cures Cancer!

Actually, I have no proof – yet. But an article this month’s issue of Scientific American highlights the myriad therapeutic benefits of blogging, so maybe dashing off a quick article will help with my aching back… Jessica Wapner writes in her article that ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - May 23 2008 - 2:50pm

Estrogen Not Just For Women- It's Implicated In Male Prostate Cancer Also

While estrogen is typically thought of as a "female" hormone, men produce it as well. Researchers say they have pinpointed estrogen as a key player in about half of all prostate cancers. The findings are published in the May 27 online edition of ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2008 - 9:26pm

Copycat Cell- Polymers Mimic Surface Of The Real Thing

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have taken some important first steps to creating a synthetic copycat of a living cell. Dr Cameron Alexander and PhD student George Pasparakis in the have used polymers — long-chain molecules — to construct capsu ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2008 - 11:24am

XPD Helicase Implicated In Accelerated Aging Disease

By studying heat-loving microbes, two research teams have gained new insight into how seemingly small differences in a single protein involved in DNA transcription and repair can lead to strikingly different genetic disorders in humans. The two studies in ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2008 - 12:20pm

Researchers Say PGE2 Is Behind The Puzzling Medical Condition 'Finger Clubbing'

Researchers at the University of Leeds say they have solved a medical condition that puzzled Hippocrates more than 2,000 years ago. The phenomenon of "finger clubbing", a deformity of the fingers and fingernails, has been known for thousands of y ...

Article - News Staff - May 30 2008 - 9:29am