Researchers Develop Laser Technology To Fight Cancer
7/25/2012
Researchers at the Center for Laser Applications at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma have developed a technology that goes on a "seek and destroy" mission for cancerous tumors. They have harnessed the power of lasers to find, map and non-invasively destruct cancerous tumors...
Protection Against Barrett's Esophagus From Aspirin
7/25/2012
Aspirin use appears to reduce the risk of Barrett's esophagus (BE), the largest known risk factor for esophageal cancer, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association...
Improved Understanding Of Mechanisms Underlying Blood Disorders
7/25/2012
A Finnish research team together with researchers from New York, USA, has uncovered a protein structure that regulates cell signalling and the formation of blood cells...
Bloodstream Scavenger Inhibits Clotting Without Increased Bleeding
7/25/2012
A compound that mops up debris of damaged cells from the bloodstream may be the first in a new class of drugs designed to address one of medicine's most difficult challenges - stopping the formation of blood clots without triggering equally threatening bleeding...
Very Promising Target For Treatment Of Melanoma, As Part Of A Combination Therapy
7/25/2012
A melanoma is a malignant form of skin cancer and is one of the most aggressive types of tumors there is. Treatment is particularly difficult, because melanomas are usually resistant against conventional chemotherapy treatments. Agnieszka Gembarska and Chris Marine...
Newly-Discovered Molecular Mechanism Might Explain The Link Between Stem Cells And Cancer
7/25/2012
Stem cells hold great promise for the medicine of the future, but they can also be a cause of disease. When these self-renewing, unspecialized cells fail to differentiate into diverse cell types, they can start dividing uncontrollably, leading to cancer...
The world's largest review of all the evidence on the best way of managing and treating common pre-cancerous and cancerous conditions of the oesophagus (gullet) has found that good endoscopy equipment, more endoscopic surgery, and more tissue sampling are required to improve care for patients...
Liver Function Micromanaged By MiR-122
7/24/2012
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenously encoded RNAs that regulate the stability or translation of mRNA molecules, and emerging research suggests that they have diverse roles in normal physiology and disease. In this issue, two groups investigated the role of the predominant liver miRNA, miR-122...
Cutting Salt Could Reduce Stomach Cancer
7/24/2012
If people in the UK cut the amount of salt they consumed to the recommended daily maximum, it could prevent one in seven cases of stomach cancer, said the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) on Tuesday, after examining the latest figures for diet and cancer incidence. The recommended daily maximum intake of dietary salt is 6.0 g, about the same as in a level teaspoon...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: July 23, 2012
7/24/2012
ONCOLOGY PES1 controls a balancing act in breast cancer Estrogen signaling is known to be an important driving force in many breast cancers. Estrogen can signal through two different estrogen receptors (ERs), ERα and ERβ, but the effects that engagement of each of these receptors has on cell growth and survival differs...