A Link Between Stem Cell Regulation And Cancer
8/07/2012
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the University of Manchester, and the MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a new role for an oncogenic signaling pathway in embryonic stem cell (ESC) self-renewal and in reprogramming adult cells into an ESC-state, which will aid in the development of future cancer therapies...
Health Hazards Of Chemical Compounds In The Work Area: MAK Value Lowered For Chlorinated Biphenyls
8/07/2012
Chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of substances for which the 2012 List of MAK and BAT Values submitted by the Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) specifies new, and in this case, significantly lower values than previously recommended...
Inflammatory Pathways Key To Understanding Link Between Depressive Symptoms And Cancer Survival
8/07/2012
Research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has found that symptoms of depression in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic kidney cancer are associated with survival and inflammatory gene regulation may explain this link...
New Kidney Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
8/06/2012
In the current edition of Nature Medicine, researchers at the University of Tübingen and immatics biotechnologies GmbH report on the results of two clinical trials testing the kidney-cancer vaccine IMA901. The vaccine, which is composed of ten synthetic tumor-associated peptides (TUMAPs), is used to treat individuals suffering from kidney cancer...
Risk Of Brain Tumors May Be Lower In Those With Allergies
8/06/2012
New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that there's a link between allergies and reduced risk of a serious type of cancer that starts in the brain. This study suggests the reduced risk is stronger among women than men, although men with certain allergy profiles also have a lower tumor risk...
Pluristem's PLX Cells Show Efficacy In Treating Lung Disease
8/06/2012
Statistically significant animal model results indicate PLX cells could improve the lives of people worldwide with interstitial lung disease in a four billion dollar market Pluristem Therapeutics, Inc...
Afinitor Approved In Europe For Advanced Breast Cancer
8/06/2012
E.U. approval has been granted to Novartis drug Afinitor® (everolimus) after successful completion of the Phase III BOLERO-2 (Breast cancer trials of OraL EveROlimus-2) trial...
Plant-Based Compound Slows Breast Cancer In A Mouse Model
8/06/2012
The natural plant compound phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) hinders the development of mammary tumors in a mouse model with similarities to human breast cancer progression, according to a study published August 2 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Edible plants are gaining ground as chemopreventative agents...
The Unique Role Of Heat-Shock Factor In Supporting Highly Malignant Cancers
8/06/2012
Whitehead Institute researchers have found that increased expression of a specific set of genes is strongly associated with metastasis and death in patients with breast, colon, and lung cancers...
Critical Tumor Suppressor Identified For Cancer
8/05/2012
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified a protein that impairs the development and maintenance of lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes), but is repressed during the initial stages of the disease, allowing for rapid tumor growth...