Researchers Use Zebrafish To Provide Insights Into Causes And Treatment Of Human Diseases
7/09/2012
Zebrafish, popular as aquarium fish, now have an important place in research labs as a model organism for studying human diseases...
Leukemia And Myelodysplasia Patients May Benefit From Rabbit Antibodies
7/09/2012
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center's Bone Marrow Transplant Program have demonstrated that the use of antibodies derived from rabbits can improve the survival and relapse outcomes of leukemia and myelodysplasia patients receiving a stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor...
Hope For New Therapies For Liver Cancer Following Development Of Mouse Model
7/09/2012
Researchers have created the first mouse model demonstrating the role of a cancer promoting gene, Astrocyte elevated gene-1 (AEG-1), in hepatocellular carcinoma, or liver cancer. The mouse model represents a critical step in understanding the molecular mechanisms of liver cancer progression and could lead to novel therapies for the disease...
Discovery Has Potential To Prevent Metastasis In Prostate And Other Cancers
7/09/2012
Prostate cancer doesn't kill in the prostate - it's the disease's metastasis to other tissues that can be fatal...
Molecule Discovered That Starves Lung Cancer And Improves Ventilator Recovery
7/09/2012
A new research report published online in the FASEB Journal reveals a connection among sugar, cancer, and dependence on breathing machines - microRNA-320a. In the report, Stanford scientists show that the molecule microRNA-320a is responsible for helping control glycolysis...
Why Do Cancer Rates Increase As We Age?
7/08/2012
As we age, our risk of developing cancer increases, now researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center say that this is because our tissue landscape changes as we age. The study is published in the journal Oncogene. James DeGregori, Ph.D...
Maligant Transformation In Chronic Leukemia May Be Powered By MiR Loss
7/08/2012
Loss of a particular microRNA in chronic lymphocytic leukemia shuts down normal cell metabolism and turns up alternative mechanisms that enable cancer cells to produce the energy and build the molecules they need to proliferate and invade neighboring tissue. The findings come from a new study led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G...
A Single Cancer Cell Can Produce Up To 5 Daughter Cells
7/08/2012
It's well known in conventional biology that during the process of mammalian cell division, or mitosis, a mother cell divides equally into two daughter cells. But when it comes to cancer, say UCLA researchers, mother cells may be far more prolific...
Clot-Busting Drugs Delivered Directly To Obstructed Blood Vessels By Novel Nanotherapeutic
7/08/2012
Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a novel biomimetic strategy that delivers life-saving nanotherapeutics directly to obstructed blood vessels, dissolving blood clots before they cause serious damage or even death...
Why Do Cancer Rates Increase As We Age?
7/07/2012
As we age, our risk of developing cancer increases, now researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center say that this is because our tissue landscape changes as we age. The study is published in the journal Oncogene. James DeGregori, Ph.D...