Industry News
Link found between obesity and blood clots in pediatric patients
1/18/2016
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have found an association between obesity and the formation of blood clots in the veins of children and adolescents.
Link between obesity and increased risk of colorectal cancer revealed
1/18/2016
Obesity has long been associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer, but the link has never been understood.
Brothers-in-arms: How P53 and telomeres work together to stave off cancer
1/18/2016
When it comes to genes associated with cancer, none have been studied more extensively than p53, a tumor suppressor gene that serves as the guardian of our genetic information.
Australia trails world in lung cancer screening
1/17/2016
Australia lags behind other countries in research towards implementing targeted lung cancer screening, even though there are 2.
Report: Wide variation in cancer rates in Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders
1/17/2016
A new report describes cancer among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs), and reports striking variation in the cancer burden within this population, reflecting vast...
One hookah session delivers 125 times the smoke of one cigarette
1/16/2016
New research has arisen that looks into the harms of hookah smoking. Study authors say one hookah smoking session delivers 10 times the carbon monoxide of a single cigarette.
Historic national coalition formed to accelerate next generation immunotherapy in cancer
1/15/2016
Leaders from large pharma including Celgene and Amgen, biotech including NantWorks, NantKwest, Etubics, Altor Bioscience, and Precision Biologics, major academic cancer centres and community...
How obesity promotes colorectal cancer
1/15/2016
Scientists have identified the mechanism linking obesity to colorectal cancer and suggested an approved therapy to prevent the cancer's development.
Signals that make early stem cells identified
1/15/2016
Stem cells work throughout our lives as a sort of handyman, repairing damaged tissues and renewing some normal ones, like the skin we shed.
New particle can track chemo
1/15/2016
Discovery could reveal how well -- and how fast -- treatment finds and kills cancer.