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Idaho breast cancer detection program linked to late diagnoses
3/23/2015
Breast cancers linked to Idaho's Women's Health Check program were significantly more likely than nonlinked cancers to be diagnosed at a later stage of disease, a new study suggests.
World-first cancer drugs could work in larger group of patients
3/23/2015
A pioneering class of drugs that target cancers with mutations in the BRCA breast cancer genes could also work against tumours with another type of genetic fault, a new study suggests.
Text message reminders boost breast cancer screening attendance
3/23/2015
Women who received a text message reminding them about their breast cancer screening appointment were 20 per cent more likely to attend than those who were not texted, according to a study published...
Tobacco industry 'using well-resourced tactics' to prevent global tobacco control
3/23/2015
In the fifth edition of The Tobacco Atlas, the authors say the tobacco industry is hampering global efforts to reduce tobacco use by using a number of 'well-resourced' tactics.
Researchers in Berlin tweak the immune system to target cells bearing tumor antigens
3/23/2015
Researchers at the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Berlin-Buch, have succeeded in generating cells of the immune system...
UCSF team finds key to making neurons from stem cells
3/23/2015
Pnky, a noncoding RNA found in brain stem cells, may have a broad range of clinical applicationsA research team at UC San Francisco has discovered an RNA molecule called Pnky that can be...
Cancer therapy 'tumor sanctuaries' and the breeding ground of resistance
3/23/2015
Tumors acquiring resistance is one of the major barriers to successful cancer therapy.
Even at a molecular level, taking it slow helps us cope with stress
3/23/2015
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a new molecular pathway critical to aging, and confirmed that the process can be manipulated to help make old blood like new...
Chemical found in nettles and ants could improve cancer drug
3/22/2015
Researchers have found that sodium formate, a chemical found in stinging nettles and ants, could greatly increase the ability of a drug to shut down cancer cells.
Buckyballs become bucky-bombs
3/22/2015
New creation could one day be used for demolition of cancer cellsThis is an artist's illustration of a bucky-bomb.