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Schoolgirl comment points to antibiotics as new cancer treatments
1/30/2015
Professor Michael P. Lisanti, Director of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Unit, led the research.
Stomach acid-powered micromotors get their first test in a living animal
1/30/2015
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have shown that a micromotor fueled by stomach acid can take a bubble-powered ride inside a mouse.
Prostate cancer: Androgen receptor activates different genes when bound to antiandrogens
1/30/2015
The androgen receptor in prostate cancer cells can activate different sets of genes depending on whether it binds with an androgen hormone or an antiandrogen drug, according to a new study led by...
Study finds potential new drug target for lung cancer
1/29/2015
A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers suggests that targeting a key enzyme and its associated metabolic programming may lead to novel drug development to treat lung...
Genetic variation offers new way to spot the most dangerous childhood cancers
1/29/2015
A study of kidney cancer found that children with the poorest survival after chemotherapy were those whose cancers had the greatest genetic variation among cells.
Drug combo suppresses growth of late-stage prostate cancer tumors
1/29/2015
Low doses of metformin, a widely used diabetes medication, and a gene inhibitor known as BI2536 can successfully halt the growth of late-stage prostate cancer tumors, a Purdue University study...
Cancer fear and discomforting thoughts impact colorectal cancer screening uptake
1/29/2015
Men and women who worry about cancer are more likely to want to get screened for colon cancer, but feeling uncomfortable at the thought of cancer makes them less likely to actually go for the test...
New method for identifying most aggressive childhood cancers
1/29/2015
A research group at Lund University in Sweden has found a new way to identify the most malignant tumours in children.
Game theory explains social interactions of cancer cells
1/29/2015
Researchers at the University of Basel and the University of East Anglia were able to predict the interactions of cancer cells using game theory.
Researchers find potential anti-cancer use for anti-epilepsy drug
1/29/2015
Scientists at the University of York have discovered that a drug used widely to combat epilepsy has the potential to reduce the growth and spread of breast cancer.