FDA approves first pathogen reduction system to treat plasma
12/24/2014
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Intercept Blood System for plasma, the first pathogen reduction system for use by blood establishments in the preparation of plasma in order...
'Resistance will be futile' - Insight into cancer's evolving defense mechanism
12/24/2014
Turning the tables, Katherine Borden at the University of Montreal's Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) has evoked Star Trek's Borg in her fight against the disease.
Cancer detected at the cellular level by lens-free microscope
12/24/2014
UCLA researchers have developed a lens-free microscope that can be used to detect the presence of cancer or other cell-level abnormalities with the same accuracy as larger and more expensive optical...
How breast cancer cells break free to spread in the body
12/24/2014
More than 90 percent of cancer-related deaths are caused by the spread of cancer cells from their primary tumor site to other areas of the body.
Mouse study finds immune system could promote hair growth
12/24/2014
Cancer researchers have found an unexpected association between the macrophages of the immune system and regenerative skin stem cells.
New approach to diagnose blood clots in lungs of patients over 50
12/24/2014
Researchers from Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City have identified a new "sliding scale" model used to rule out potentially deadly blood clots in the lungs, known as pulmonary embolisms...
Single genetic abnormality accelerates, removes the brakes on Ewing sarcoma tumor growth
12/23/2014
The genetic abnormality that drives the bone cancer Ewing sarcoma operates through two distinct processes - both activating genes that stimulate tumor growth and suppressing those that should keep...
Vessel research offers new direction to study how cancer spreads
12/23/2014
Researchers have understood very little about how blood and lymphatic vessels form in the mammalian gut - until now.
Top blood transfusion-related complication more common than previously reported
12/23/2014
Two studies published in the January issue of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists® (ASA®), shed new light on the prevalence of...
Combining images and genetic data proves gene loss behind aggressive ovarian cancers
12/22/2014
Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that loss of a gene called PTEN triggers some cases of an aggressive form of ovarian cancer, called high-grade serous ovarian cancer, according to a study...