For Longer Life, Exercise 15 Minutes A Day And Cut TV Hours
8/16/2011
Two new studies suggest it might be easier to make a significant difference to people's risk of death than we think. Researchers in Taiwan found that just 15 minutes exercise a day appears to be enough to lengthen lifespan, even for people with cardiovascular disease, while researchers in Australia found that long hours spent watching TV can shorten lifespan...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Aug. 15, 2011
8/16/2011
ONCOLOGY: How a virus causes skin cancer Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare but aggressive form of skin cancer. It was recently found that most cases of MCC are caused by Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV). However, the mechanisms by which this virus causes MCC are unknown...
Human Breast Tumor Evasion Of The Antitumor Immune Response
8/16/2011
The main cause of death in women with breast cancer is spread of the original tumor to distant sites, a process known as metastasis. Immune cells known as NK cells help limit tumor progression and metastasis in animal models...
Researchers Identify A Signaling Pathway As Possible Target For Cancer Treatment
8/16/2011
In a new study published in the August 16th issue of Developmental Cell, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center identified a molecular mechanism that guarantees that new blood vessels form in the right place and with the proper abundance...
Childhood Eye Tumor Made Up Of Hybrid Cells With Jumbled Development
8/16/2011
A research team led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has identified a potential new target for treatment of the childhood eye tumor retinoblastoma. Their work also settles a scientific debate by showing the cancer's cellular origins are as scrambled as the developmental pathways at work in the tumor...
Childhood Cancer Survivors In Poor Health At Greater Risk For Unemployment In Adulthood
8/16/2011
Childhood cancer survivors with poor physical health and neurocognitive deficits are more likely to be unemployed or work part-time in adulthood, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...
New Tool Matches Medical Treatment Data To New Cancer Cases To Improve Prostate Cancer Treatment
8/16/2011
Prostate cancer, the most common form of cancer in U.S. men, is also one of the most treatable: 90 percent of patients who undergo intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in the early stages are disease free after five years, according to the journal Seminars in Radiation Oncology...
Triple Therapy Leads To Remission In Cutaneous Lymphoma
8/16/2011
A three-pronged immunotherapy approach nearly doubles five-year survival among patients with rare leukemic form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, reports a new study by dermatologists from the Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania...
A study conducted by Hebrew University researchers has found that that there can be very short latency periods between the time of exposure and development of cancer in workers in tasks with intense or prolonged exposure to electro-magnetic fields (EMFs). Previous studies have described excess risks for cancer from such high occupational exposures...
How Molecular Motors Go Into "Energy Save Mode"
8/16/2011
The transport system inside living cells is a well-oiled machine with tiny protein motors hauling chromosomes, neurotransmitters and other vital cargo around the cell. These molecular motors are responsible for a variety of critical transport jobs, but they are not always on the go...