Metastatic Tumor A Hybrid Of Cancer Cell And White Blood Cell
7/05/2013
Yale Cancer Center scientists, together with colleagues at the Denver Police Crime Lab and the University of Colorado, have found evidence that a human metastatic tumor can arise when a leukocyte (white blood cell) and a cancer cell fuse to form a genetic hybrid...
Discovery Of Pathway For Deadly Cancer Could Lead To Better Diagnosis, Treatment
7/04/2013
University of Florida Health researchers have discovered a molecular pathway involved in the deadly spread of the most lethal kind of brain cancer...
EMA Approves Extended Xaluprine Shelf Life
7/04/2013
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved an extension of the in-use shelf life for Xaluprine - a liquid formulation of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) treatment mercaptopurine. The in-use shelf life of the product is now 56 days - double the previous amount...
Immune-boosting Colorectal Cancer Drug Shows Promise
7/04/2013
New data on an emerging treatment that aims to fight colorectal cancer by stimulating the immune system have been presented at the ESMO 15th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer...
Shut Down Of Cell Survival Process Found To Influence Fate Of Lung Cancer Tumors
7/04/2013
New research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Princeton University and other collaborators suggests that inactivation of an essential gene responsible for the cell survival process known as autophagy can suppress the growth of non-small-cell lung cancer tumors and render them more benign...
Two Men HIV-Free After Bone Marrow Transplants
7/04/2013
Two HIV-positive men no longer have detectable virus in their blood after receiving bone-marrow transplants to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma...
Scientists Determine Novel Regulation Of Metabolic Pathways In Cancer
7/04/2013
Cancer cells have alterations in metabolic pathways as a result of oncogenes that promote tumor growth. NRF2 (nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2-related factor 2) works as a "master gene" that turns on stress response by increasing numerous antioxidants and pollutant-detoxifying genes to protect the lungs from variety of air pollutants such as diesel exhaust and cigarette smoke...
Ubiquitin's Potential For Treating Diseases
7/04/2013
A tiny protein called ubiquitin - so named because it is present in every cell of living things as dissimilar as hollyhocks and humans - may hold the key to treatment for a variety of diseases from Parkinson's to diabetes. The protein, found in all eukaryotes (organisms with membranous cells), was considered unimportant when it was described in 1975...
A new automated diagnostic test can quickly and accurately identify most leading causes of Gram-positive bacterial blood stream infections and the presence of three antibiotic resistance genes, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine...
Tests Continue Trend In Personalized Medicine For Lung Cancer Patients
7/04/2013
The implementation of personalized health care in cancer relies on the identification and characterization of cancer biomarkers and the availability of accurate detection systems and therapies for those biomarkers. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), a tyrosine kinase, is a more recently characterized cancer biomarker in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...