Probing cancer's molecular make-up
8/28/2014
Scientists have shown how to better identify and measure vital molecules that control cell behaviour - paving the way for improved tools for diagnosis, prediction and monitoring of cancer.
Better classification to improve treatments for breast cancer
8/28/2014
Breast cancer can be classified into ten different subtypes, and scientists have developed a tool to identify which is which.
For those affected, breast cancer is a dramatic diagnosis. Patients often have to endure chemotherapy and surgery, which, depending on the individual scenario, may mean breast conserving surgery or...
Choosing antiplatelet therapy in East Asian patients
8/28/2014
A specific set of guidelines are needed for the treatment of East Asian patients who require antiplatelet drugs, according to an expert consensus statement published online in Nature Reviews...
Depression untreated in many cancer patients, new approach could help
8/28/2014
New research finds that nearly three quarters of depressed cancer patients do not receive treatment for their depression. A new treatment program for depression could help.
Potential for early attack on malaria offered by cancer-fighting drugs
8/28/2014
Scientists searching for new drugs to fight malaria have identified a number of compounds -- some of which are currently in clinical trials to treat cancer -- that could add to the anti-malarial...
The epigenetic signature could be key to glioblastoma's therapeutic resistance
8/28/2014
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found one of the keys to why certain glioblastomas - the primary form of a deadly brain cancer - are resistant to drug...
Binge-like eating behavior in female mice suppressed by new estrogen-based compound
8/28/2014
Binge eating, an eating disorder in which a person frequently consumes unusually large amounts of food in a short period of time, affects about 5 to 10 percent of U.S.
Potential to predict breast cancer outcomes with new biomarker
8/28/2014
A protein named p66ShcA shows promise as a biomarker to identify breast cancers with poor prognoses, according to research published ahead of print in the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Gentle separation of cells using tilted acoustic tweezers
8/28/2014
Precise, gentle and efficient cell separation from a device the size of a cell phone may be possible thanks to tilt-angle standing surface acoustic waves, according to a team of engineers.