HER3-positive circulating tumor cells home in on omentum; new target to thwart ovarian cancer spread
7/16/2014
Circulating tumor cells spread ovarian cancer through the bloodstream, homing in on a sheath of abdominal fatty tissue where it can grow and metastasize to other organs, scientists at The University...
How Cancer may be avoidable in the future
7/16/2014
Is cancer an inevitable consequence of aging?Although it is widely thought that cancer is an inevitable consequence of aging, the risk of developing several common cancers decreases with age.
New technology developed for the diagnosis of cancer cells
7/16/2014
The type of therapy a cancer patient receives, largely depends on the trained eye of a pathologist. Investigating diseased organs and tissues under the microscope is one of their tasks.
Following acute hemorrhagic anemia, SWI assesses signal strength in different brain regions
7/16/2014
Acute hemorrhagic anemia can decrease blood flow and oxygen supply to brain, and affect its physiological function.
The search for new antibiotics and cancer therapies could be transformed by innovative technique
7/16/2014
Antibiotic resistance is depleting our arsenal against deadly diseases and infections, such as tuberculosis and Staph infections, but recent research shows promise to speed up the drug discovery...
Genetic findings suggest new theory that turns cancer on its head
7/16/2014
A new theory of how cancer works could lead to the next generation of treatments of the disease.
HER3-positive circulating tumor cells home in on omentum; new target to thwart ovarian cancer spread
7/16/2014
Circulating tumor cells spread ovarian cancer through the bloodstream, homing in on a sheath of abdominal fatty tissue where it can grow and metastasize to other organs, scientists at The University...
Measures to improve cancer screening in Ontario ineffective
7/16/2014
Ontario spent nearly $110 million dollars between 2006 and 2010 on bonuses to motivate family doctors to screen more of their patients for cancer but these bonuses were associated with little or no...
Two genetic programs discovered that may help turn stem cells into blood
7/16/2014
The ability to reliably and safely make in the laboratory all of the different types of cells in human blood is one key step closer to reality.
New study reveals how cholesterol promotes cancer
7/15/2014
Researchers have discovered a protein that, when bound with cholesterol, sends signals down a pathway that encourages cell growth and division, promoting cancer.