Cancer Research

Biomedical Engineers Use Electric Pulses To Destroy Cancer Cells

A team of biomedical engineers at Virginia Tech and the University of California at Berkeley has developed a new minimally invasive method of treating cancer, and they anticipate clinical trials on individuals with prostate cancer will begin soon. The proc ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 5 2007 - 11:02am

Uncovering Non-Randomness In Genome Sequence Distribution

For some years now, scientists throughout the world have been in a position to use the complete base sequence of the human genome for their analyses. A question often encountered is whether or not specific sequence motifs have a special function. This is l ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 5 2007 - 7:21pm

Clinical Trials For A Herpes Virus That Fights Cancer

A virus that has been specifically designed by scientists to be safe to normal tissue but deadly to cancer is showing early promise in a preliminary study, researchers said today at the ESMO Conference Lugano (ECLU), Switzerland, 5-8 July 2007. The virus, ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2007 - 11:06am

Breast Cancer And Race

A study of more than 2,200 women at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia shows that African American women have more advanced breast cancer at the time of diagnosis than Caucasian women. In addition, African American women tend to have bre ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2007 - 1:51am

Penn Researchers Discover How MicroRNAs Control Protein Synthesis

While most RNAs work to create, package, and transfer proteins as determined by the cell’s immediate needs, miniature pieces of RNA, called microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression. Recently, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Med ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2007 - 5:23pm

Uncooked Fish Linked To Liver Cancer In Asia

An age old preference for eating uncooked fish dishes like “koi-pla” puts people in SE Asia at risk of ingesting trematodes that can cause a type of liver cancer called cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the bile ducts), say researchers. Banchob Sripa (Khon Kae ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2007 - 11:34pm

Western Diet Increases Risk Of Breast Cancer In Post-Menopausal Women

A new study finds that the more “western” the diet-- marked by red meat, starches and sweets-- the greater the risk for breast cancer among postmenopausal Chinese women. According to researchers who conducted the analysis at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Phil ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2007 - 1:06pm

New Gene Mutation Identified In Common Type Of Dementia

Researchers have identified a new gene mutation linked to frontotemporal dementia, according to a study published in the July 10, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Frontotemporal dementia, one form of whic ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2007 - 2:18pm

Scientists Find The Master Switch For 'Good Fat'

Not all fat is bad. Brown fat is a type of adipose tissue that generates heat and counters obesity caused by overeating. Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a long-sought "master switch" in mice for the production of brown ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 11 2007 - 1:39am

Human Embryonic Stem Cells Are The Ultimate Perpetual Fuel Cell, Says Study

A startling discovery on the development of human embryonic stem cells by scientists at McMaster University will change how future research in the area is done. A study this week reports on a new understanding of the growth of human stem cells. It had been ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2007 - 12:01am