Cancer Research

Another Scientist Getting Silly About Religion

Here we go again, this time it is Stuart Kauffman’s turn to write silly things about science and religion.  Kauffman  is a serious and brilliant scientist, best known for his work on complexity theory and its application to evolutionary biology. But he ha ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Jun 30 2008 - 9:37am

Caffeine May Protect Against Multiple Sclerosis

Caffeine has been found to protect mice from a disease similar to Multiple Sclerosis (MS), according to a new study. As if we needed another excuse to drink coffee. MS is disorder of the central nervous system marked by weakness, numbness, a loss of muscle ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2008 - 6:56pm

EMEA Confirms Positive Benefit-Risk Balance With Raptiva(R) For The Treatment Of Psoriasis

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 1 /PRNewswire/--- European Commission Approved Product Information Update to Include Data on up to Three Years of Treatment With Raptiva(R), the Longest for any Approved Biological Therapy for Psoriasis GENEVA, Switzerland, July ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 1 2008 - 5:30am

Silence Therapeutics Announces Board Changes

LONDON, July 1 /PRNewswire/--- Appoints Annette Clancy and Jerry Randall as non-executive directors Silence Therapeutics plc (London AIM: SLN) ('the Company') today announced changes to its Board of Directors as part of the company's plan f ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 1 2008 - 6:33am

The Spiritual Effects Of Psilocybin In Those Sacred Mushrooms

In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in "sacred mushrooms," produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins team reports that those effects appear to last more than a year. Writing in the Journal of Ps ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2008 - 8:54am

H2S- Rotten Egg Smell May Save Lives In Extreme Blood Loss

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that the administration of minute amounts of inhaled or intravenous hydrogen sulfide, or H2S – the molecule that gives rotten eggs their sulfurous stench – significantly improves survival from extreme blood ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2008 - 4:40pm

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Reaches 1 Terabase, 300 Human Genomes In 6 Months

The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has sequenced the equivalent of 300 human genomes in just over six months, reaching a staggering 1,000,000,000,000 letters of genetic code that will be read by researchers worldwide and aiding in the quest to understand ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2008 - 6:38pm

“Lab-on-a-Chip” Is A Realistic Goal In The Near Future

A portable chip that detects everything from food-borne diseases, pathogens and pollution in water, to AIDS, cancer, hepatitis, drug-abuse, and flu in humans in a little over an hour, is set to be commercially released in no more than three years, experts ...

Article - Audrey Amara - Mar 19 2009 - 8:43pm

Calorie Restriction And Longevity- If You Are Not A Mouse, You May Not Live Longer

Calorie restriction related to longevity is a hot topic. Calorie restriction slows the aging process in rats and mice but no one is sure how. One recently popular hypothesis is that it slows aging by decreasing a thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine (T3), wh ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2008 - 1:32pm

How Breast Cancer Cells Break Free And Form Metastases

When tumor cells acquire the capacity to move around and invade other tissues, there is a risk of metastases and cancer treatment becomes more difficult. At the Institut Curie, CNRS Director of Research Philippe Chavrier and his group have just discovered ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 6 2008 - 9:43am