Cancer Research

Unknotting DNA Clue To Cancer Syndrome

A new UC Davis study that explains the actions of a gene mutation that causes early onset cancer provides a fundamental insight into the mechanism of DNA-break repair. People with Bloom's syndrome, a rare genetic disease, typically develop cancer in t ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 4 2007 - 10:49am

Edinburgh Scientists Identify Factor That Causes Embryonic Stem Cell Specialization

Scientists at the Institute for Stem Cell Research, of the University of Edinburgh show that mouse embryonic stem cells need the protein FGF4 to become competent to be converted into specialized cell types, such as brain or muscle cells. These findings add ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 4 2007 - 11:26am

Defect In Critical Gene Leads To Accelerated Lung Tumor Growth

Cancer causing mutations occur in our bodies every day – but luckily, we have specific genes that recognize these malignant events and keep cells from growing out of control. Only a few of these genes – called tumor suppressors – are currently known. Now s ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 5 2007 - 12:55pm

One Reason Why Chromosomes Break, Leading To Cancer

In the past ten years, researchers in genome stability have observed that many kinds of cancer are associated with areas where human chromosomes break. They have hypothesized – but never proven – that slow or altered replication led to the chromosomes brea ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2007 - 10:13am

Green Tea May Cure Dandruff Too

Green tea could hold promise as a new treatment for skin disorders such as psoriasis and dandruff, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Researchers studied an animal model for inflammatory skin diseases, which are often characterized by patches of d ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2007 - 5:50pm

Defining Obesity Down

As more people become fat, fat becomes more acceptable- even normal- and the definition of 'obesity' gets pushed further out. Today, fat is the new 'normal', according to Florida State University Assistant Professor of Economics Frank H ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2007 - 11:07pm

Intense Ultrasound Attacks Cancer

An intense form of ultrasound that shakes a tumor until its cells start to leak can trigger an “alarm” that enlists immune defenses against the cancerous invasion, according to a study led by researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineerin ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2007 - 10:09am

Breast Implants Linked To Suicide

The long-term risk of suicide is tripled for women who have undergone cosmetic breast implant surgery, according to a new study led by Loren Lipworth, Sc.D., of the International Epidemiology Institute in Rockville, Md, and the Vanderbilt University Medica ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 8 2007 - 2:35pm

The American Dream- Illegal Immigrant To Brain Surgeon

“Terra Firma-- A Journey from Migrant Farm Labor to Neurosurgery” chronicles Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Alfredo Quinones’ amazing journey from illegal immigrant, migrant farm worker to prominent Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon and brain cancer researcher. The c ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2007 - 12:01pm

Want Your Carcinogens More Efficiently? Pick Chew Over Cigarettes

It may not be inhaled into the lungs, but smokeless tobacco exposes users to some of the same potent carcinogens as cigarettes. In the August issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Resear ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2007 - 1:35pm