Chemotherapy side effects may be reduced by metal implants
2/16/2014
Cancer patients could one day experience fewer side effects from chemotherapy following a discovery that opens the door for more targeted treatments.Researchers have identified a possible way of treating tumours that would see doctors place harmless metal implants at the cancer site.
HPV not eradicated by popular disinfectants
2/15/2014
Commonly used disinfectants do not kill human papillomavirus (HPV) that makes possible non-sexual transmission of the virus, thus creating a need for hospital policy changes, according to researchers from Penn State College of Medicine and Brigham Young University.
Response to oxidation in live cells evaluated by new NIST method
2/15/2014
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method for accurately measuring a key process governing a wide variety of cellular functions that may become the basis for a "health checkup" for living cells.
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) scientists have shown that old drugs might be able to do new tricks.
Lapse in infection control procedure led to rare bacteria outbreak in cancer clinic
2/15/2014
Improper handling of intravenous saline at a West Virginia outpatient oncology clinic was linked with the first reported outbreak of Tsukamurella spp., gram-positive bacteria that rarely cause disease in humans, in a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
HPV not eradicated by popular disinfectants
2/15/2014
Commonly used disinfectants do not kill human papillomavirus (HPV) that makes possible non-sexual transmission of the virus, thus creating a need for hospital policy changes, according to researchers from Penn State College of Medicine and Brigham Young University.
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) scientists have shown that old drugs might be able to do new tricks.
Lapse in infection control procedure led to rare bacteria outbreak in cancer clinic
2/15/2014
Improper handling of intravenous saline at a West Virginia outpatient oncology clinic was linked with the first reported outbreak of Tsukamurella spp., gram-positive bacteria that rarely cause disease in humans, in a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Dense breast tissue drives early stages of cancer, new study says
2/14/2014
Scientists at the University of Manchester in the UK think that a key biological mechanism may explain for the first time why women with dense breast tissue have an increased risk of developing breast cancer.
Dense breast tissue drives early stages of cancer, new study says
2/14/2014
Scientists at the University of Manchester in the UK think that a key biological mechanism may explain for the first time why women with dense breast tissue have an increased risk of developing breast cancer.