Cancer
UC Riverside researchers find potent chemical agents that can thwart cancer metastasis
Credit: Carrie Rosema Recently, a research team led by Maurizio Pellecchia at the University of California, Riverside, discovered a way...
Study finds that enzymes ‘partner up’ to accelerate cancer, aging diseases
Credit: Zach Donnell BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A new study from molecular biologists at Indiana University has identified cellular processes that...
Sun exposure gets personal with wearable UV sensors
Credit: RMIT University Keeping an eye on your personal ultraviolet (UV) exposure throughout the day could soon be as simple...
New American Cancer Society cookbook offers more than 130 recipes for cancer patients
Credit: American Cancer Society ATLANTA - September 25, 2018 - The American Cancer Society will release the second edition of...
Prostate cancer clinical trial seeking Rx approach answers for survival and quality of life
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans Scott Cancer Center has enrolled the first...
Establishing metastasis
Credit: Created by Paula Traktman from images appearing in Figure 5C of the September 4, 2018 article by Mon, MacKinnon...
Indoor HEPA filters significantly reduce pollution indoors when outside air unhealthy, study finds
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Outdoor air pollution is a major contributor to indoor air pollution -- but high-efficiency particulate air...
Keystone Symposia and Cancer Research UK announce multi-year collaboration
SILVERTHORNE, COLORADO, USA - September 24, 2018 - Keystone Symposia and Cancer Research UK are pleased to announce their new...
Hybrid operating room streamlines diagnosis, treatment of lung cancer
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (September 25, 2018) - Representing a paradigm shift in thoracic surgery,...
Artificial intelligence to improve drug combination design & personalized medicine
Credit: Zac Goh A new auto-commentary published in SLAS Technology looks at how an emerging area of artificial intelligence, specifically...
Protein produced in gut could stave off deadly bone marrow transplant complication
(New York, NY - September 24, 2018) -- Researchers at Mount Sinai have discovered that an antimicrobial protein found in...
Women with non-small cell lung cancers live longer than men, WCLC study shows
Women diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) live longer than their male counterparts, according to results of a SWOG...
EACS issues position paper to improve cancer research and care
The European Academy of Cancer Sciences (EACS), an independent advisory body of medical specialists and researchers, has issued a position...
Horwitz Prize awarded for work on hormones
Credit: Public Domain Columbia University has decided to award the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize 2018 to: Pierre Chambon Institute of...
Black women more likely to skip crucial breast cancer treatments
A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that black women are more likely to skip...
More than half of countries are not on track to meet global targets for chronic diseases
**Country-level data available** Cancers, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes were responsible for 12.5 million deaths among people aged...
Most nations falling short of UN targets to cut premature deaths from chronic diseases
Credit: NCD Countdown 2030 People in the UK, US and China have a higher risk of dying early from conditions...
Novel biomarker found in ovarian cancer patients can predict response to therapy
Credit: Ernst Lengyel et al. Despite months of aggressive treatment involving surgery and chemotherapy, about 85 percent of women with...
What can salad dressing tell us about cancer? Think oil and vinegar
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Ann Margaret Hedges Researchers led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have...
CWRU receives NIH funding to develop new paradigm in fight against colorectal cancer
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Certain genes that code for proteins have long been known to contribute...