University of Arizona researchers identify food additive that may prevent skin cancer
1/29/2016
Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy have discovered that a compound found in the natural food additive annatto prevents the formation of cancer cells and skin damage from UV...
Standard BMI inadequate for tracking obesity during leukemia therapy
1/29/2016
An interdisciplinary research team at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles has found that body mass index (BMI) is an inadequate method for estimating changes in body fat...
Cancer drug target visualized at atomic resolution
1/29/2016
A new study shows that it is possible to use an imaging technique called cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to view, in atomic detail, the binding of a potential small molecule drug to a key...
University of Arizona researchers identify food additive that may prevent skin cancer
1/29/2016
Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy have discovered that a compound found in the natural food additive annatto prevents the formation of cancer cells and skin damage from UV...
In lung cancer, not all HER2 alterations are created equal
1/29/2016
A joint study by University of Colorado Cancer Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology shows two distinct causes of HER2 activation in lung...
Finding the right antithrombotic (anti-clotting) drug for you
1/29/2016
A new blood clotting analysis system designed in Japan makes it easier to determine the effects of taking one or more antithrombotic (anti-clotting) drugs.
New molecular profiling for glioma
1/29/2016
Novel, more accurate classification for brain tumors may open new therapeutic targets and help physicians to choose treatment.
Vital clues to future cancer development in normal breast tissue DNA
1/29/2016
Detecting molecular alterations in early breast cancer development is key in the development of more effective cancer prevention and early detection strategies.
Epigenetics drives weight differences between identical twins
1/29/2016
Having overweight parents significantly increases your risk of obesity, but the inheritance of specific mutations can't always explain why this is the case.
Poor or minority adolescent and young adult patients are less likely to beat Hodgkin lymphoma
1/29/2016
Patients who are diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma between the ages of 15 and 39 are less likely to survive the disease if they are black, Hispanic, or live in a neighborhood with low socioeconomic...