Cancer Research

Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors Who Got Thyroid Cancer Have Rearranged Chromosomes

Radiation from the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 likely rearranged chromosomes in some survivors who later developed papillary thyroid cancer as adults, according to Japanese researchers. Writing in Cancer Research, the scien ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 29 2008 - 1:11am

Discovery- 'Mother' Of All Blood Stem Cells

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered the earliest form of human blood stem cells and deciphered the mechanism by which these embryonic stem cells replicate and grow. They also found a surprising biological marker that pinpoints these stem cel ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 29 2008 - 4:53pm

This Day In Science History: August 31st

Scientific happenings, big and small, on this day in history But first, today’s quiz: The answer may seem obvious, but don’t be fooled – it’s not what you think. On this day in 1886, the first earthquake on record with significant human consequence (over 1 ...

Article - Kimberly Crandell - Sep 1 2008 - 1:24pm

50 Year Cell Division Mystery Solved, Say Researchers

Researchers from Oregon State University say they have resolved a controversy that cellular biologists have been arguing over for nearly 50 years, with findings that may aid research on everything from birth defects and genetic diseases to the most classic ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 2 2008 - 10:47pm

Male Height Linked To Prostate Cancer Risk (Sort Of)

A man's height is a marker for risk of prostate cancer development but is more strongly linked to progression of the cancer, say a group of British researchers who conducted their own study and also reviewed 58 other published studies. In the Septembe ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 3 2008 - 12:06am

A Boost For Bayes: Cross-validation And Bootstrapping Worthless For Small Sample Data, Say Researchers

Today there is rapidly growing interest in 'intelligent' computer-based methods that use various classes of measurement signals, from different patient samples, for instance, to create a model for classifying new observations. This type of method ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 3 2008 - 10:19am

Down Syndrome Affects Embryonic Stem Cells

Down Syndrome (DS) belongs to the group of conditions called 'aneuploidies', defined by an abnormal loss or gain of genetic material, i.e. fragments of chromosomes or whole chromosomes. Aneuploidies cause congenital anomalies that are a prime cau ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2008 - 12:26pm

White House Announces 2007 National Medal Of Science Laureates

The National Medal of Science is the nation's highest honor for science and engineering. President George W. Bush has named the recipients of the 2007 National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for science and engineering. Honorees wil ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2008 - 10:44pm

Cake That Can Ward Off Cancer? We Just Joined The Health Food Bandwagon

Staying healthy is a tasteless job. Linseed is said to protect against cancer, for example, but not many people like the taste. Researchers have now isolated the valuable components of the flax seeds so when they are incorporated in bread, cakes or dressin ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 5 2008 - 5:21pm

Atomic Structure Of Fatty Acid A Step Toward Anti-Obesity Drugs

Mammalian fatty acid synthase is one of the most complex molecular synthetic machines in human cells. It is also a promising target for the development of anti-cancer and anti-obesity drugs and the treatment of metabolic disorders. Now researchers at ETH ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 6 2008 - 12:00am