Radiation experts unite to streamline cancer clinical trials
6/16/2015
Regulations on radiation exposure have been a critical bottleneck in starting up new cancer trials, but now radiation experts from the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) network - a joint...
Scientists find genetic variants key to understanding origins of ovarian cancer
6/16/2015
International genome-wide association study (GWAS) also identifies key gene responsible for expressing subtype of ovarian cancerNew research by an international team including Keck Medicine of...
First full genome of a living organism assembled using technology the size of smartphone
6/16/2015
Researchers in Canada and the U.K. have for the first time sequenced and assembled de novo the full genome of a living organism, the bacteria Escherichia Coli, using Oxford Nanopore's MinIONTM...
Scientists are first to see elements transform at atomic scale
6/16/2015
Byproduct of research may lead to new way to irradiate cancer with gold-bonded isotopesChemists at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences, collaborating with PerkinElmer and UCL...
UA researchers discover component of cinnamon prevents colorectal cancer in mice
6/16/2015
University of Arizona College of Pharmacy study shows compound that gives cinnamon its distinctive flavor and smell is a potent inhibitorResearch conducted at the University of Arizona College of...
Cervical cancer screening: review calls for urgent screening changes
6/16/2015
To alter perceptions of cervical cancer, researchers call for awareness campaigns and for the upper age limit for cervical screening to be revisited.
Half of all deaths from 12 cancers 'caused by smoking'
6/16/2015
How many Americans are killed by cigarette smoking each year? An estimated answer to that question has been offered by scientists.
Smoking causes half of all deaths from 12 cancers, estimate shows
6/16/2015
How many Americans are killed by cigarette smoking each year? An estimated answer to that question has been offered by scientists.
Cervical cancer screening: review calls for urgent screening changes
6/16/2015
To alter perceptions of cervical cancer, researchers call for awareness campaigns and for the upper age limit for cervical screening to be revisited.
Vulnerabilities in genome's 'dimmer switches' should shed light on many complex diseases
6/16/2015
Up to one-fifth of human DNA act as dimmer switches for nearby genes, but scientists have long been unable to identify precisely which mutations in these genetic control regions really matter in...