Terahertz Pulses That Destroy Skin Tissue, Increase Tumor-Suppressing Proteins At The Same Time
3/18/2013
Terahertz (THz) radiation, a slice of the electromagnetic spectrum that occupies the middle ground between microwaves and infrared light, is rapidly finding important uses in medical diagnostics, security, and scientific research. As scientists and engineers find evermore practical uses for this form of radiation, questions persist about its potential human health risks...
Breast Cancer Patients Should Avoid High-Fat Dairy Products
3/18/2013
Patients who have suffered from breast cancer should avoid consuming high-fat dairy products in order to improve their long-term survival. The study, carried out by Kaiser Permanente researchers and published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, is one of the first of its kind to identify a link between high fat dairy consumption and poorer breast cancer survival...
Key Step In The Manufacture Of Red Blood Cells Decoded
3/18/2013
A healthy adult must generate as many as one hundred billion new red blood cells each day, to maintain the numbers circulating in his blood. A team of EPFL researchers has identified a key step in the process by which red blood cells are born...
Unique Monoclonal Antibody Can Recognize A Cancer-Associated Protein Inside A Cell And Destroy It
3/17/2013
Researchers have discovered a unique monoclonal antibody that can effectively reach inside a cancer cell, a key goal for these important anticancer agents, since most proteins that cause cancer or are associated with cancer are buried inside cancer cells...
Breast Cancer Survivors Advised To Eat Low Fat Dairy Products
3/17/2013
Patients who consume high-fat dairy products following breast cancer diagnosis increase their chances of dying from the disease years later, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente researchers...
Shift Work Raises Ovarian Cancer Risk
3/16/2013
Women who work shifts might have a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer, researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, USA, reported in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. In an Accompanying Commentary in the same journal, authors added that "owls" (night types) may be less affected by shift work than "larks"(morning types)...
Smoking Linked With Worse Urothelial Cancer Prognosis In Patients, Especially Women
3/16/2013
Smoking significantly increases individuals' risk of developing serious forms of urothelial carcinoma and a higher likelihood of dying from the disease, particularly for women. That is the conclusion of a recent study published in BJU International...
First-In-Class Chemical Compound Might Control Metastases
3/16/2013
It's the spread of the original cancer tumor that kills most people. That's why cancer researchers vigorously search for drugs that can prevent metastases, the spread of cancer...
Unique Monoclonal Antibody Can Recognize A Cancer-Associated Protein Inside A Cell And Destroy It
3/16/2013
Researchers have discovered a unique monoclonal antibody that can effectively reach inside a cancer cell, a key goal for these important anticancer agents, since most proteins that cause cancer or are associated with cancer are buried inside cancer cells...
Breakthrough Prostate Cancer Test Closer To Clinical Trial
3/15/2013
The University of Surrey has signed a world-wide non-exclusive agreement with international diagnostic specialist Zeus Scientific to develop and market its breakthrough urine biomarker, EN2. This signals a significant step forward in the battle against prostate cancer which kills nearly 11,000 men in the UK every year...