Aspirin Can Help Prevent Ovarian Cancer
10/10/2012
Women who use aspirin on a regular basis have a lower risk of developing serous ovarian cancer, according to a recent study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, a journal of the Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology...
Gene 'Bursting' Plays Key Role In Protein Production
10/10/2012
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have mapped the precise frequency by which genes get turned on across the human genome, providing new insight into the most fundamental of cellular processes - and revealing new clues as to what happens when this process goes awry...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: October 8, 2012
10/09/2012
Synaptic protein linked to Levodopa-induced dyskinesia Dopamine replacement is a standard treatment for Parkinson's disease; however, one of the side effects is a movement disorder known as Levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID)...
Prostate Cancer Severity Predicted With Two Genetic Signatures
10/09/2012
Two separate genetic signatures seem to be able to tell how severe a patient's prostate cancer is going to be, which would dramatically improve prognoses and make it easier for doctors to decide on the most appropriate treatment early on, American and British researchers report in two articles published today in the journal The Lancet Oncology...
New Research Takes Us Another Step Towards Understanding And Treating Melanoma
10/09/2012
These proteins are required for melanocyte stem cell self-maintenance and, as such, correct pigmentation throughout the mice's life span. Without these two proteins, the mice's fur turns white. Their research is published in the review Cell Report and paves the way for serious possibilities in terms of stopping the formation of melanomas, tumours that originate from melanocyte cells...
Drinking Milk Said To Protect From Colon Cancer Progression
10/09/2012
A protein that exists in milk can significantly reduce the rate at which colon cancer cells grow over time, researchers from the University of Lund, Sweden, reported in the Journal of Dairy Science, the official journal of the American Dairy Science Association. Previous studies have shown that milk can reduce the risk of developing diabetes and metabolic syndrome...
New Blood Tests To Put Clinical Trials For Allergic Asthma On The Fast Track
10/09/2012
The Centre of Excellence for the Prevention of Organ Failure (PROOF Centre) and AllerGen NCE (Allergy, Genes and Environment Network of Centres of Excellence) are working together to develop blood tests that will speed up clinical trials investigating the efficacy of drugs treating allergic disease...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: October 8, 2012
10/09/2012
Synaptic protein linked to Levodopa-induced dyskinesia Dopamine replacement is a standard treatment for Parkinson's disease; however, one of the side effects is a movement disorder known as Levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID)...
Researchers headed by Erwin Wagner, the Director of the BBVA Foundation-CNIO Cancer Cell Biology Programme at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), have deciphered how a stress-inducible gene regulator, AP-1, controls the survival of liver tumor-initiating cells...
Faster Diagnosis For Breast Cancer When Women Assisted By Patient Navigators
10/09/2012
Researchers from The George Washington University published a study showing that breast cancer patients can reduce potentially dangerous delays in the identification of breast cancer with the assistance of patient navigation services...