New research unlocks how melanoma can resist newly approved drug combo therapy
1/19/2015
In a new study led by UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center member Dr. Roger Lo, researchers have uncovered how melanoma becomes resistant to a promising new drug combo therapy utilizing...
Statins inhibit spread of some cancers in laboratory tests
1/19/2015
Cholesterol-lowering drugs appear to be a promising, cost-effective way to reduce the risk of metastases in some cancers, according to laboratory research led by the University of Pittsburgh School...
Coenzyme A plays leading role in nitric oxide function so essential to cell metabolism
1/19/2015
Case Western Reserve and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center researchers and physicians have discovered that the molecule known as coenzyme A plays a key role in cell metabolism by...
Poor metabolic health increases risk for postmenopausal breast cancer irrespective of BMI
1/19/2015
Postmenopausal women who were metabolically unhealthy, as assessed by insulin abnormalities, were at increased risk for breast cancer compared with their metabolically healthy counterparts...
Intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment for children with anaemia
1/19/2015
Researchers from Tanzania and South Africa, who are part of the Cochrane Infectious Disease Group, hosted at LSTM, have conducted an independent review to assess the effect of intermittent...
New research unlocks how melanoma can resist newly approved drug combo therapy
1/19/2015
In a new study led by UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center member Dr. Roger Lo, researchers have uncovered how melanoma becomes resistant to a promising new drug combo therapy utilizing...
Damaged DNA amplified
1/19/2015
In the majority of cases, the onset of cancer is characterised by a minor change in a person's genetic material.
What are the health benefits of selenium?
1/19/2015
Find out about the potential health benefits of consuming foods containing selenium including reducing arthritic inflammation, lowering risk of prostate cancer and skin cancer.
Novel approach developed to visualize, measure protein complexes in tumors
1/19/2015
Cancer diagnosis and treatment decisions are often hampered by a lack of knowledge of the biological processes occurring within the tumor.
Scientists discover how cancers can evade treatment
1/19/2015
The drugs were designed to keep cancer cells at bay by preventing their growth, survival and spread.