Disparities in exposure to toxins may drive higher diabetes rates in minorities
Unequal exposure to environmental pollutants acting as endocrine-disrupting chemicals is an under-recognized risk factor that may play a key role...
Quality of care for older Texas patients with colon cancer on the rise, still room for improvement
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- Research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center finds adherence to...
Wider sampling of tumor tissues may guide drug choice, improve outcomes
Credit: Guardant Health, see video at A new study focused on describing genetic variations within a primary tumor, differences between...
Developing new molecular methods for synthetizing treatments for drug-resistant cancers
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - Anita Mattson, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Worcester Polytechnic Institute...
Children undergoing radiation for cancer may have alternative to sedation
Credit: University of North Texas While radiation therapy is the most common cancer treatment for children under age 10, preparation...
Cures and scientific breakthroughs happen through collaboration, new study confirms
Credit: The above image, Fig. 2 from the paper, was generated using Cytoscape, an Open Source tool funded by the...
Targeting cancer without destroying healthy T-cells
A unique approach to targeting the abnormal T-cells that cause T-cell lymphomas could offer hope to patients with the aggressive...
Oncotarget: Researchers identify potential therapeutic target in aggressive breast cancer cells
Credit: Oncotarget ORCHARD PARK, New York - (November 15, 2017) - An especially aggressive breast cancer cell can respond to...
Single men ‘less likely’ to participate in bowel screening
Credit: University of Stirling Single men are significantly less likely to participate in bowel screening tests compared to those who...
Children’s exposure to secondhand smoke may be vastly underestimated by parents
Four out of 10 children in the US are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to the American Heart Association. A...
Tapeworm drug fights prostate cancer
Credit: Kim E. Andreassen Cancer researchers at the University of Bergen (UiB) in Norway have in the recent years experienced...
Converging blockchain and next-generation AI technologies to accelerate biomedical research
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Wednesday, 15th of November, 2017, 10AM EST, Baltimore, MD, Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based next-generation artificial intelligence...
Type 2 diabetes associated with risk of aggressive breast cancer in black women
(Boston)-- African American women with type 2 diabetes (often referred to as adult-onset diabetes) are at a greater risk for...
African-American women with type 2 diabetes may have higher risk for ER-neg breast cancer
Bottom Line: Among African-American women, those with type 2 diabetes may have a higher risk of developing estrogen receptor (ER)-negative...
Multifunctional fluorescent nanoparticles for cancer surgery show promise
Even with pre-operative imaging techniques, surgeons still rely on visual inspection to locate malignant tissues during surgery. New research released...
CHLA is awarded more than $1 million from St. Baldrick’s Foundation to fund cancer research
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Three physician-researchers with the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los...
A new strategy for prevention of liver cancer development
Credit: UC San Diego Health Primary liver cancer is now the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and its...
Cornell study reveals why testicular cancer is so responsive to chemo
Credit: Credit: Tim Pierpont, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell researchers have taken a major step toward answering a key...
Development of new protein may lead to novel treatment options for cancer, birth defects
(Boston)--Researchers have engineered an artificial protein that may block malignant properties of cancer cells as well as correct certain birth...
HPV testing is better than the Pap test at detecting cervical cancer
A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that testing for cervical cancer using HPV testing...
