31 genes discovered that are key to kidney cancer
7/03/2014
A genomic analysis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the most common form of kidney cancer, from 72 patients has uncovered 31 genes that are key to development, growth and spread of the...
Increase in Medicare-backed breast cancer screenings unsustainable
7/03/2014
Breast cancer screening costs for Medicare patients skyrocketed between 2001 and 2009, but the increase did not lead to earlier detection of new breast cancer cases, according to a study published by...
Health care spending could be reduced by cutting unnecessary blood testing
7/03/2014
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center used two relatively simple tactics to significantly reduce the number of unnecessary blood tests to assess symptoms of heart attack and chest pain...
Study points the way forward for global HIV services and other chronic conditions
7/03/2014
Millions of people in need would benefit from HIV services in developing countries that are moving towards universal health coverage if these services were run more efficiently and integrated better...
Deep-freezing testicular tissue produces healthy baby mice
7/02/2014
Researchers from Japan have produced healthy baby mice by cryopreserving - deep-freezing - testicular tissue, culturing it to produce sperm and inseminating immature egg cells.
Cancer risk: Aspirin and smoking affect aging of genes
7/02/2014
The risk of developing cancer increases with age. Factors like smoking and regular aspirin use also affect the risk of cancer - although in the opposite sense.
Enlightening cancer cells
7/02/2014
Harald Janovjak, Assistant Professor at IST Austria, together with Michael Grusch, Associate Professor at the Institute of Cancer Research of the Medical University of Vienna, "remote-controlled" the...
Helping dogs 'sniff out' cancer - Open University unveils new life-changing device
7/02/2014
A prototype of new technology to help specially trained dogs 'sniff out' the tell-tale signs of cancer in biological samples has been unveiled by The Open University (OU) at the 2014 Royal Society...
New approach identifies cancer mutations as targets of effective melanoma immunotherapy
7/02/2014
A new approach demonstrated that the recognition of unique cancer mutations appeared to be responsible for complete cancer regressions in two metastatic melanoma patients treated with a type of...
New way to combat drug resistance for melanoma patients
7/02/2014
Moffitt Cancer Center researchers developed a new way to identify possible therapeutic targets for patients with drug resistant melanoma.