New Discoveries On The State Of Hemoglobin In Living Red Blood Cells
10/24/2011
Professor Qin Wenbin from BaoTou Medical College first identified the hemoglobin (Hb) A2 phenomenon 30 years ago. His first paper on this phenomenon was published in Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica, in Chinese, in 1981...
Use Of PET/CT Scans As Prostate Cancer Staging Tool Supported By Trio Of Studies
10/24/2011
Recent studies have suggested that C-11 choline positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (PET/CT) scans can be utilized as a staging and potentially therapeutic tool in prostate cancer. The results of three studies, released during a meeting of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association (http://www.ncsaua.org/default...
PSA Test Valuable In Predicting Biopsy Need, Low-Risk Prostate Cancer
10/24/2011
The prostate-specific antigen test, commonly known as the PSA test, is valuable in predicting which men should have biopsies and which are likely to be diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer, a Mayo Clinic study has found. The findings were released during a meeting of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association (http://www.ncsaua.org/default.aspx) in Rancho Mirage, Calif...
Long-Term Protection Against Skin Cancer May Be Provided By Sleeping Sickness Drug
10/24/2011
An antiparasitic agent used to treat African sleeping sickness might someday be used to prevent nonmelanoma skin cancers...
Potential Link Between Body Weight, Diet And Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
10/24/2011
Body weight in young adulthood and diet appeared to be associated with the risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to results presented at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, being held Oct. 22-25, 2011...
Association Between NSAID Use And Lower Colorectal Cancer Mortality Rates Among Postmenopausal Women
10/24/2011
Postmenopausal women who reported having used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for at least 10 years at the time of enrollment in the Women's Health Initiative study had a lower risk for death from colorectal cancer compared with women who reported no use of these drugs at enrollment, according to data presented at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Canc...
Risk For Endometrial Cancer Increased By Significant Weight Gain In Adulthood
10/24/2011
Postmenopausal women who gained weight during adulthood had an increased risk for endometrial cancer compared with women who maintained a stable weight, according to data from the American Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort. Victoria L. Stevens, Ph.D...
The Complexities Of DNA Repair
10/24/2011
An international team of scientists led by UC Davis researchers has discovered that DNA repair in cancer cells is not a one-way street as previously believed. Their findings show instead that recombination, an important DNA repair process, has a self-correcting mechanism that allows DNA to make a virtual u-turn and start over. The study's findings, which appear in the Oct...
Discovery May Predict Probability Of Breast Cancer Metastasis
10/24/2011
Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah have discovered a new way to model human breast cancer that could lead to new tools for predicting which breast cancers will spread and new ways to test drugs that may stop its spread. Their results are published online in the journal Nature Medicine...
Bioengineered Protein Shows Preliminary Promise As New Therapy For Hemophilia
10/24/2011
A genetically engineered clotting factor that controlled hemophilia in an animal study offers a novel potential treatment for human hemophilia and a broad range of other bleeding problems...