Cancer
Helping make brain surgery safer
Credit: Professor Robert McLaughlin, University of Adelaide. A biopsy needle that can help surgeons identify and avoid blood vessels in...
Scientists synthesize molecule capable of eliminating hepatitis C virus
The compound called GA-Hecate also acts on bacteria, fungi and cancer cells and will be tested against Zika and yellow...
Anticancer vaccines gain new lease of life with personalisation techniques
ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress, 13-16 December, Geneva, Switzerland Lugano, Switzerland, 19 December 2018 - Anticancer vaccines have gained a new lease...
DNA 'webs' aid ovarian cancer metastasis, study reveals
Credit: Lee et al., 2018 Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that ovarian cancer...
New study demonstrates effectiveness and safety of vaginal estrogen
Women who were followed for 18 years in the Nurses' Health Study showed no increased risk of cardiovascular disease or...
High cost of re-operation after breast-conserving surgery
A small number of women require re-operation after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) for breast cancer, if the surgical margins are not...
Thinking outside the box and outside the tumor to detect lung cancer
Ohio researchers pioneer new computer imaging method to detect likelihood of cancer based on changes in blood vessels and regions...
Prostate cancer scoring method may underestimate mortality risk in black men
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Black men diagnosed with prostate cancer classified as low risk may actually have a more-aggressive form...
Scientists gain insights into traffic cop function of gene expression protein
UNC scientists led by Brian Strahl, PhD, and Raghuvar Dronamraju, Ph.D., uncovered a key regulatory step in gene expression that...
The CNIO and Hospital 12 de Octubre find a potential new combination therapy against a rare disease
Credit: CNIO Myelofibrosis is a severe and very rare haematological disease for which treatment has only been partially effective to...
Two ways cancer resists treatment are actually connected, with one activating the other
Penn study identifies chain reaction in cells that helps cancer survive treatments that target BRAF mutationsCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA -...
HPV discovery raises hope for new cervical cancer treatments
Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have made a...
Study of traditional medicine finds high use in Sub-Saharan Africa despite modern medicine
Researchers who have undertaken the first systematic review of into the use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicines (TCAM) in...
Vaccine, checkpoint drugs combination shows promise for pancreatic cancers
Credit: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center discovered a combination of a cancer...
Nature's sweets
Borrowing a natural recipe for sugar synthesisCredit: Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash Today, sugar has a villainous reputation. And while...
Depression, anxiety may take same toll on health as smoking and obesity
Incidence of arthritis, heart disease, stroke -- but not cancer -- strongly swayed by psychological status, UCSF study shows An...
Natalie Joseph, M.D., M.P.H., recognized for contributions to HPV vaccination
Credit: Boston Medical Center BOSTON- Natalie Joseph, MD, MPH, a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist at Boston Medical Center (BMC),...
NIH funds new study on a gene vital to circadian rhythms
Credit: Virginia Tech Circadian rhythms (from the Latin circa diem -- "around a day") based on the Earth's 24-hour rotation...
Researchers develop first ever model for patient-specific treatment of appendix cancer
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - DEC. 17, 2018 - Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) have recently developed...
10-year follow-up after negative colonoscopies linked to lower colorectal cancer risk
Kaiser Permanente study published in JAMA Internal Medicine OAKLAND, Calif., December 17, 2018 -- Ten years after a negative colonoscopy,...