Cell Adhesion Abnormalities Implicated In Cardiovascular Disease And Cancer
2/18/2013
Research carried out by scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology and The University of Manchester has revealed new insights into how cells stick to each other and to other bodily structures, an essential function in the formation of tissue structures and organs...
Indian Plant Could Have Applications In Drug Development For Hormone-Dependent Cancers
2/18/2013
Scientists at the Georgia Regents University Cancer Center have identified an Indian plant, used for centuries to treat inflammation, fever and malaria, that could help kill cancer cells...
New Medical Tool Could Help Surgeons Carrying Out Complex Procedures In The Operating Theatre
2/18/2013
Researchers have developed a dye which provides a quick and accurate method of checking heparin levels in the blood. Heparin is an important anti-coagulant which has a significant role in major surgery. The scientists in the Department of Chemistry at York have used inspiration from biological systems to allow the dye to bind heparin even in highly competitive human serum...
Risk Of Therapy-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia Persists
2/18/2013
While advancements in cancer treatment over the last several decades have improved patient survival rates for certain cancers, some patients remain at risk of developing treatment-related leukemia, according to results of a study published online in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH)...
Indian Plant Could Have Applications In Drug Development For Hormone-Dependent Cancers
2/18/2013
Scientists at the Georgia Regents University Cancer Center have identified an Indian plant, used for centuries to treat inflammation, fever and malaria, that could help kill cancer cells...
New Medical Tool Could Help Surgeons Carrying Out Complex Procedures In The Operating Theatre
2/18/2013
Researchers have developed a dye which provides a quick and accurate method of checking heparin levels in the blood. Heparin is an important anti-coagulant which has a significant role in major surgery. The scientists in the Department of Chemistry at York have used inspiration from biological systems to allow the dye to bind heparin even in highly competitive human serum...
Prostate Cancer And The Role Of Radical Prostatectomy
2/18/2013
Even in the presence of screening, there is benefit to radical prostatectomy (RP) in prostate cancer patients, however, the benefit is limited to a subgroup of patients and can take years to become evident according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...
Predicting Disease Course, Tailoring Care, By Tracking Leukemia's Genetic Evolution
2/18/2013
Tumors are not factories for the mass production of identical cancer cells, but are, in reality, patchworks of cells with different patterns of gene mutations...
Clinical Screening Program Developed For No.1 Genetic Cause Of Colon Cancer
2/18/2013
Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that colorectal cancer outcomes could be improved with regular genetic screening for Lynch syndrome, the most common hereditary, adult-onset cause of colorectal cancer, as published in the online version of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Lynch syndrome is the most common genetic cause of colon cancer in adults...
IVF Does Not Appear To Increase Cancer Risk, Study
2/18/2013
A study on Israeli women receiving fertility treatments found that IVF (in vitro fertilization) does not appear to raise the risk of breast and other female cancers, says a new report published in Fertility & Sterility...