Why Federal Panel Recommends Against PSA-Based Screening For Prostate Cancer
10/10/2011
USPSTF (US Preventive Services Task Force) has recommended against PSA-based screening for prostate cancer, what they class as a Grade D recommendation. The task force adds that its recommendations apply to adult American males who have no symptoms which point towards prostate cancer - the recommendation includes any age, family history or race...
Why Federal Panel Recommends Against PSA-Based Screening For Prostate Cancer
10/10/2011
USPSTF (US Preventive Services Task Force) has recommended against PSA-based screening for prostate cancer, what they class as a Grade D recommendation. The task force adds that its recommendations apply to adult American males who have no symptoms which point towards prostate cancer - the recommendation includes any age, family history or race...
New Genes Involved In Susceptibility To Melanoma Identified
10/10/2011
The genomic analysis technologies enable the study of genetic factors related to numerous diseases. In few areas this researches brought such a big and useful volume of information as in the case of melanoma...
Novel Technique Uses RNA Interference To Block Inflammation
10/10/2011
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers - along with collaborators from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals - have found a way to block, in an animal model, the damaging inflammation that contributes to many disease conditions...
Bone Loss Side Effects Of Breast Cancer Medication Prevented By Drug
10/10/2011
A new study has found that an osteoporosis drug protects against the bone damaging side effects of certain breast cancer medications. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that some breast cancer patients could take zoledronic acid in addition to their anti-cancer medications to maintain bone health...
Small Molecules Can Starve Cancer Cells
10/10/2011
All cells in our body have a system that can handle cellular waste and release building blocks for recycling. The underlying mechanism is called autophagy and literally means "self-eating". Many cancer cells have increased the activity of this system and the increased release of building blocks equip the cancer cells with a growth advantage and can render them resistant towards treatment...
According to Anna R. Giuliano, Ph.D., program leader in cancer epidemiology at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and colleagues in the Netherlands, earlier circumcision of males in South Africa may be a positive step in slowing the spread of both HIV and the human papillomavirus (HPV)...
New Genes Involved In Susceptibility To Melanoma Identified
10/10/2011
The genomic analysis technologies enable the study of genetic factors related to numerous diseases. In few areas this researches brought such a big and useful volume of information as in the case of melanoma...
Novel Technique Uses RNA Interference To Block Inflammation
10/10/2011
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers - along with collaborators from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals - have found a way to block, in an animal model, the damaging inflammation that contributes to many disease conditions...
New Membrane Lipid Measuring Technique May Help Fight Disease
10/10/2011
Could controlling cell-membrane fat play a key role in turning off disease? Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago think so, and a biosensor they've created that measures membrane lipid levels may open up new pathways to disease treatment...