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It's a virus that is responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer but a new study by University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers indicates that only about half of the girls...
Exhaled carbon dioxide alerts malaria mosquito to human presence
1/23/2015
While human odor guides malaria mosquitoes to human homes, once they take up residence, it is exhaled carbon dioxide that triggers them to land on skin for their next blood meal.
New imaging system may improve effectiveness of cancer surgery
1/23/2015
With the goal of making it easier for surgeons to detect malignant tissue during surgery and hopefully reduce the rate of cancer recurrence, scientists have invented a new imaging system that...
Major study links gene to drug resistance in testicular cancer
1/23/2015
A major research study has uncovered several new genetic mutations that could drive testicular cancer - and also identified a gene which may contribute to tumours becoming resistant to current...
Leeds Scientist to test new MRI method to predict who will benefit from chemotherapy
1/23/2015
Leading scientists and clinicians from Leeds have been awarded a grant worth around £200,000 by medical research charity Breast Cancer Campaign to test a new method using magnetic resonance...
Avoiding or delaying surgery through close monitoring of renal tumors
1/23/2015
In patients with small renal tumors confined to the kidneys, close, active monitoring, as opposed to immediate surgery, is associated with low rates of tumor growth or death, according to a study by...
Regulating the toxicity of silver nanoparticles
1/23/2015
The use of colloidal silver to treat illnesses has become more popular in recent years, but its ingestion, prohibited in countries like the US, can be harmful to health.
In women with Alzheimer's disease, prostate cancer drug slows memory loss
1/23/2015
Women with Alzheimer's disease showed stable cognition for a year when a drug that is more commonly used to treat advanced prostate cancer was added to their drug regimen, according to a new study...
A groundbreaking TGen-led discovery of the likely genetic cause of an ovarian cancer that strikes young women and girls is featured in the annual report of the American Society of Cancer Oncology...
Immune system response may play a key role in viral therapy's effectiveness against tumors
1/23/2015
Viral therapy for childhood cancer could possibly improve if treatments such as chemotherapy do not first suppress patients' immune systems, according to findings published in the journal Molecular...