The Mouth Cancer Foundation is using November's Mouth Cancer Action Month to encourage people to Bite Back at Mouth Cancer, a simple head and neck cancer check which can be carried out by anyone at...
New clue about chemo-resistance in tumors could improve cancer treatments
10/26/2015
Many tumors that develop drug-resistance lack a gene that prevents mutations in healthy cells. Now, a study suggests targeting a mechanism that kicks in when the gene is absent.
New clue about chemo-resistance in tumors could improve cancer treatments
10/26/2015
Many tumors that develop drug-resistance lack a gene that prevents mutations in healthy cells. Now, a study suggests targeting a mechanism that kicks in when the gene is absent.
Scientists grow industrial quantities of red wine compound using tomatoes
10/26/2015
Scientists have used a protein to cause tomatoes to grow large amounts of the nutrients resveratrol and genistein. The technique could be scaled up for industrial production.
Study explores economic impact of cancer diagnoses on families
10/26/2015
A new analysis by University of Wyoming researcher Anna Zajacova indicates that when American adults are diagnosed with cancer, they experience significant decreases in the probability of working, in...
Scientists grow industrial quantities of red wine compound using tomatoes
10/26/2015
Scientists have used a protein to cause tomatoes to grow large amounts of the nutrients resveratrol and genistein. The technique could be scaled up for industrial production.
New DNA research reveals undiscovered white dots on the map
10/26/2015
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have located a previously unknown function in the so-called histones, which allows for an improved understanding of how cells protect and repair DNA...
Signs of faster ageing process identified through gene research
10/26/2015
New research has shed light on the molecular changes that occur in our bodies as we age.
A new algorithm to predict the dynamic language of proteins
10/26/2015
Researchers from the Structural Biology Computational Group of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), led by Alfonso Valencia, in collaboration with a group headed by Francesco Gervasio...
Economic hardship brought on by cancer diagnosis
10/26/2015
Research shows that the chance of working after a cancer diagnosis is 10% lower than before, and that family income drops by 20%, causing economic hardship.