Industry News
First NHS specialist cervical smear clinic opens for women who have been sexually abused
8/06/2015
In a first for the NHS, Barts Health NHS Trust in partnership with the My Body Back Project has launched a UK-wide pilot service offering women who have been sexually assaulted access to specialist...
New genetic test may guide better anti-HER2 treatment selection
8/06/2015
A genetic test for PIK3CA mutations may help to identify patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who are less likely to benefit from combination anti-HER2 therapy, according to a study published...
Endoscopes still contaminated after cleaning, study shows
8/06/2015
Potentially harmful bacteria can survive on endoscopes used to examine the interior of the digestive tract, despite a multi-step cleaning and disinfecting process, according to a study published in...
Cancer treatment models get real
8/06/2015
Rice University scientists mimic biological conditions to view effect on tumor samplesBone cancer cells populate the surface of a bioscaffold in an electron microscope image.
Penn scientists identify key genetic factor that keeps moles from turning into melanoma
8/06/2015
Research also yields realistic new model of melanoma for testing therapiesMoles are benign tumors found on the skin of almost every adult.
Delay in treatment, missed diagnostic testing found among lung cancer patients
8/06/2015
Study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery examines how long it takes to begin care and what steps are taken to determine appropriate treatmentPatients undergoing surgery for lung cancer...
Penn study details powerful molecular promoter of colon cancers
8/06/2015
Cancer researchers already know of some oncogenes and other factors that promote the development of colon cancers, but they don't yet have the full picture of how these cancers originate and spread.
Scientists discover cancer markers may be present early during human development
8/06/2015
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute researchers find possible cancer markers in neural crestResearchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have uncovered a link between the genomes of cells...
Scientists solve structure of important protein for tumor growth
8/06/2015
Atomic structure of HIFs to drive discovery of new drugs to treat cancerIn a collaborative study between Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) and the Argonne National...
Source of liver stem cells identified
8/06/2015
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists have identified stem cells in the liver that give rise to functional liver cells.