Worldwide spread of beneficial blood cell gene variant tracked
7/31/2014
Two beneficial variants of a gene controlling red blood cell development have spread from Africa into nearly all human populations across the globe, according to a new study led by King's College...
Irreversible inhibitor for KRAS gene mutation identified by cancer researchers
7/31/2014
UT Southwestern Medical Center cancer researchers have found a molecule that selectively and irreversibly interferes with the activity of a mutated cancer gene common in 30 percent of tumors.
Blood and saliva test for HPV-related cancers 'in development'
7/31/2014
Johns Hopkins researchers have achieved 70% accuracy with a new blood and saliva test for predicting recurrence of HPV-related cancers. However, further refinements are needed.
The efficiency of tissue regeneration may be increased by stem cell advance
7/31/2014
A new stem-cell discovery might one day lead to a more streamlined process for obtaining stem cells, which in turn could be used in the development of replacement tissue for failing body parts...
Moffitt Cancer Center seeks prostate cancer patients and caregivers for unique study
7/30/2014
Moffitt Cancer Center is recruiting patients and their caregivers for a research study that takes a closer look at the uptake of prostate cancer specific information and health services of men who...
Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck, today announced the initiation of an international Phase II study designed to assess the efficacy and safety of MSB0010718C, an...
Endoscopic resection not always best for localized, early-stage esophageal cancer
7/30/2014
A new study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute by Northwestern Medicine® researchers, sheds new light on the risks associated with the growing popularity of endoscopic...
Radiation therapy best practices and quality standards
7/30/2014
A two-step decision tree analysis, incorporating Donabedian's model, is a feasible process to evaluate and distill the many available quality standards, guidelines, recommendations and indicators in...
Genetic mutations linked to salivary gland tumors
7/30/2014
Research conducted at the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has discovered links between a set of genes known to promote tumor growth and mucoepidermoid carcinoma, an oral...
Reducing nicotine in tobacco products could lead to an increase in DNA damage
7/30/2014
A new in vitro study has revealed that nicotine and cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine, can potentially inhibit DNA damage caused by a certain carcinogen in smoke.