"Pure" Human Blood Stem-Cell Discovery Opens Door To Expanding Cells For More Clinical Use
7/08/2011
For the first time since stem cells were discovered here 50 years ago, scientists have isolated a human blood stem cell in its purest form as a single stem cell capable of regenerating the entire blood system. This breakthrough opens the door to harnessing the power of these life-producing cells to treat cancer and other debilitating diseases more effectively...
Second Most Common Cause Of Cancer Related Mortality Can Be Stopped Before It Starts
7/07/2011
Although two thirds of Americans have been screened for colorectal cancer by 2010, approximately 22 million citizens still remain to be screened for this deadly disease. Presently colorectal cancer is the second largest cause of cancer related deaths in the United States; however if an increased number of people get screened, the mortality rate could be significantly reduced...
Northern U.S. States Ahead Of Others In Reducing Colorectal Cancer Related Deaths
7/07/2011
A report published today, in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention which is a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research has stated that southern states are lagging behind in improvements related to colorectal cancer mortality rates while most of the efforts are focused towards the northern part of the United States...
Lack Of Clarity About HPV Vaccine And The Need For Cervical Cancer Screening
7/07/2011
The research will be presented today [Thursday 7 July] at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Academic Primary Care, hosted this year by the Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol...
Understanding Glioblastoma At The Genetic, Molecular Level
7/07/2011
Glioblastoma is the most common and most lethal form of brain tumor in people. Research published in the International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design offers a novel way to determine what biological functions go awry when the tumor first begins to form...
Results of the multi-centre European Network on Radioembolisation with Yttrium-90 Resin Microspheres (ENRY) analysis of the long-term outcomes related to survival and safety of radioembolisation using SIR-Spheres in patients with inoperable primary liver tumours were published on-line today in Hepatology, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases...
Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB) Receive FDA Clearance For Phase 3 Bone Marrow Transplant Trial
7/07/2011
Global regenerative medicine company Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB) (PINK:MBLTY), today announced that it has received clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a Phase 3 clinical trial for bone marrow regeneration in patients with blood cancers...
Review Of Lung Tumor From A Patient Who Never Smoked Revealed At IASLC Meeting In Amsterdam
7/07/2011
A first-of-its-kind study of a patient with lung cancer who never smoked was presented by TGen and the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer, July 3-7 in Amsterdam. Researchers for the first time sequenced the entire DNA and RNA of a patient with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung, said Dr...
Genetic Marker Linked To Rectal Cancer Treatment
7/07/2011
A team of researchers led by Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) oncologist Heinz-Josef Lenz, M.D., has identified a genetic marker that may predict which patients with rectal cancer can be cured by certain chemotherapies when combined with surgery...
Eggs May Help Prevent Heart Disease And Cancer
7/07/2011
One of nature's most perfect foods may be even better for us than previously thought. While eggs are well known to be an excellent source of proteins, lipids, vitamins and minerals, researchers at the University of Alberta recently discovered they also contain antioxidant properties, which helps in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer...