Immunity Proteins Produce Cancer-Causing DNA Mutations
7/15/2013
Researchers have identified a set of proteins involved in immunity that produce mutations in the body's DNA which can potentially cause cancer. The finding was published in the journal Nature Genetics. The proteins belong to a group called apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like (APOBEC) cytidine deaminases...
Study: Women Who Survived Childhood Cancer Still Have Good Chance Of Conceiving
7/15/2013
Researchers have found that although females who survived cancer in their childhood have an increased risk of infertility, they still have a good chance of conceiving. The study, published in The Lancet Oncology, revealed that around two-thirds of women who suffered from childhood cancer become pregnant...
Air Pollution Estimated To Cause Over 2 Million Deaths Annually
7/15/2013
Over two million deaths occur each year as a direct result of human-caused outdoor air pollution, a new study has found. In addition, while it has been suggested that a changing climate can exacerbate the effects of air pollution and increase death rates, the study shows that this has a minimal effect and only accounts for a small proportion of current deaths related to air pollution...
Potential Target To Arrest Cancer Cell Growth Suggested By Chromosome Shortening Findings
7/15/2013
A team of scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has identified why disruption of a vital pathway in cell cycle control leads to the proliferation of cancer cells...
DNA Computation Performed In Living Cells
7/15/2013
Chemists from North Carolina State University have performed a DNA-based logic-gate operation within a human cell. The research may pave the way to more complicated computations in live cells, as well as new methods of disease detection and treatment...
Molecular Discovery Puts Cancer Treatment In A New Perspective
7/15/2013
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the National Institutes of Health have obtained ground-breaking new knowledge about proteases - important enzymes which, among other things, play a role in the development of cancer cells. The findings may be significant for the development of cancer drugs, and have just been published in Journal of Biological Chemistry...
Study: Women Who Survived Childhood Cancer Still Have Good Chance Of Conceiving
7/14/2013
Researchers have found that although females who survived cancer in their childhood have an increased risk of infertility, they still have a good chance of conceiving. The study, published in The Lancet Oncology, revealed that around two-thirds of women who suffered from childhood cancer become pregnant...
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered that a protein used by cancer cells to evade death also plays a vital role in heart health. This dual role complicates efforts to develop cancer drugs that target the protein, but may lead to new therapies for heart muscle damage. The research appeared in a recent edition of the scientific journal Genes & Development...
Researchers Develop New Method For Tracking Cell Signaling
7/14/2013
Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, together with collaborators in Germany, have developed a new method for identifying the cell of origin of intracellular and secreted proteins within multicellular environments...
Late Stage Lung Cancer Drug Gilotrif (Afatinib) Approved By FDA
7/13/2013
The FDA has approved the use of Gilotrif (afatinib) to treat patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have certain epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations in their tumors. Lung cancer is one of the leading cancer-killers, with an estimated 159,480 people dying from the disease this year in the U.S. alone...