In Ovarian Cancer, Faulty Proteins May Prove Significant In Identifying New Treatments
1/16/2012
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute study results suggest that more patients than initially thought could potentially be treated with a new class of drugs, PARP inhibitors A constellation of defective proteins suspected in causing a malfunction in the body's ability to repair its own DNA could be the link scientists need to prove a new class of drugs will be effective in treating a...
A new study published in the journal Nature Medicine by NYU Cancer Institute researchers, shows how the cancer causing gene Notch, in combination with a mutated Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) protein complex, work together to cause T- cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). T-ALL is an aggressive blood cancer, predominately diagnosed in children...
New, Noninvasive Way To Identify Lymph Node Metastasis
1/15/2012
Using two cell surface markers found to be highly expressed in breast cancer lymph node metastases, researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, working with colleagues at other institutions, have developed targeted, fluorescent molecular imaging probes that can non-invasively detect breast cancer lymph node metastases...
Deodorant Preservative Found In Breast Tissue From Cancer Patients
1/14/2012
A new study led by the University of Reading in the UK that examined breast tissue samples from 40 women who underwent mastectomies for breast cancer, found they contained widespread traces of parabens, preservatives commonly used in deodorants, make-up, body lotions, moisturisers and many other cosmetic products...
Deodorant Preservative Found In Breast Tissue From Cancer Patients
1/13/2012
A new study led by the University of Reading in the UK that examined breast tissue samples from 40 women who underwent mastectomies for breast cancer, found they contained widespread traces of parabens, preservatives commonly used in deodorants, make-up, body lotions, moisturisers and many other cosmetic products...
Indexing Ovarian Cancer Symptoms - How Valuable Are They
1/13/2012
A study published January 13 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reveals that in the UK and the U.S., symptom indices used to identify individuals with symptoms connected with ovarian cancer who may need additional screening is on the rise, however, in order to help better detect cancer they may need to be reevaluated...
Indexing Ovarian Cancer Symptoms - How Valuable Are They
1/13/2012
A study published January 13 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reveals that in the UK and the U.S., symptom indices used to identify individuals with symptoms connected with ovarian cancer who may need additional screening is on the rise, however, in order to help better detect cancer they may need to be reevaluated...
Brain Tumors Sensitized To Chemotherapy By Selectively Stopping Glutathione
1/13/2012
Brain cancer cells are particularly resistant to chemotherapy - toxins enter the cells, but before the toxins can kill, cancer cells quickly pump them back outside. In fact, brain cancer cells are even better than healthy cells at cleaning themselves. This means that when hit with chemotherapy, healthy cells tend to die before brain cancer cells...
Update On The Waste-Disposal Units Of Living Cells
1/13/2012
Important new information on one of the most critical protein machines in living cells has been reported by a team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley...
Tissue Made In The Lab Picks Up The Slack Of Petri Dishes In Cancer Research
1/13/2012
New research demonstrates that previous models used to examine cancer may not be complex enough to accurately mimic the true cancer environment...