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Brain tumor growth can be slowed, new study suggests
4/08/2015
For most patients with a common brain tumor, the outlook is grim. Aggressive and stubborn, glioblastoma is hard to wipe out with surgery, radiation or chemotherapy.
Breast cancer screening: 90 per cent of all cancers can be detected with MRI
4/08/2015
Around 90 per cent of all breast cancers can be definitively diagnosed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Study suggests new role for gene in suppressing cancer
4/08/2015
Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered that a previously known gene also helps cells divide normally and that its absence can cause tumours.
UCLA research links HIV to age-accelerating cellular changes
4/08/2015
Study suggests adults infected with the virus can develop age-related diseases a decade earlier than their uninfected peersPeople undergoing treatment for HIV-1 have an increased risk for earlier...
MIPT researchers put safety of magic anti-cancer bullet to test
4/08/2015
A group of MIPT researchers together with their colleagues from Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Australia and the Netherlands have carried out the first systematic study analyzing the safety of so-called...
Origin of cancer wasting identified in fruit flies
4/08/2015
The progressive wasting of muscle and fat tissue throughout the body is one of the most visible and heartbreaking manifestations of cancer, yet little is known about how tumors cause distant tissues...
Cancer genes turned off in deadly brain cancer
4/08/2015
New therapy approach goes directly to the source of cancer development Scientists use small molecule that suppresses cancer-causing genes in glioblastoma Nanotechnology crosses...
Mayo Clinic researchers combine common genetic variants to improve breast cancer
4/08/2015
Recent large-scale genomic analyses have uncovered dozens of common genetic variants that are associated with breast cancer.
Studies find $1 test using gold nanoparticles outperforms PSA screen for prostate cancer
4/08/2015
Cancer biomarkers cling to gold nanoparticles, providing more accurate early-stage detectionA test that costs less than a $1 and yields results in minutes has been shown in newly published...
NTU finds new treatment options for colon cancer
4/08/2015
Existing chemo drug reduced colon tumor growth by halfThis is NTU scientist Dr. Parag Kundu in his lab, with the images of mice colon tumors on his laptop.