Cancer
Testosterone prescriptions have sharply dropped in the past few years
GALVESTON, Texas - Testosterone use in the United States tripled between 2001 and 2011, mostly in men without a clear...
Altered gene regulation is more widespread in cancer than expected
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A large-scale study provides new insights into the mechanisms that can lead to cancer. It...
Biologists discover process that neutralizes tumors
Credit: Hui Lab, UC San Diego Researchers from the University of California San Diego have identified an unexpected mechanism that...
Isotopia Co. and Bar-Ilan U. developing new method for diagnosis and treatment of cancer
The Israeli Isotopia Company, in collaboration with Prof. Rachela Popovtzer of Bar-Ilan University, is conducting a joint study to develop...
In end-of-life cancer care, geography may be destiny
When it comes to how much end-of-life care a patient with cancer receives, geography may, indeed, be destiny, according to...
WSU study reveals how shift work disrupts metabolism
Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University SPOKANE, Wash. - Working night shifts or other nonstandard work schedules increases...
Crystal structure reveals how curcumin impairs cancer
Credit: UC San Diego Health Through x-ray crystallography and kinase-inhibitor specificity profiling, University of California San Diego School of Medicine...
Researchers discover llama-derived nanobody can be potential therapy for hard-to-treat diseases
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found a nanobody that holds promise to advance targeted therapies...
Discovery of a new on/off switch affecting cell-to-cell communications
Cellular functions rely on several communications networks that allow cells to rapidly respond to signals affecting the organism. A new...
New treatment option available for men suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia
Credit: UC San Diego Health Physicians at UC San Diego Health are now offering prostate artery embolization (PAE) as a...
ASHG honors Andrew Adey with early-career award
Credit: Andrew Adey ROCKVILLE, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Andrew Adey, PhD, as the...
Brain cancer: Typical mutation in cancer cells stifles immune response
The exchange of a single amino acid building block in a metabolic enzyme can lead to cancer. In addition, it...
Nanoparticles give immune cells a boost
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Programming the body's immune system to attack cancer cells has had promising results for treating blood cancers...
Leukemia researchers discover way to predict healthy people at risk for developing AML
(TORONTO, Canada, July 9, 2018) - An international team of leukemia scientists has discovered how to predict healthy individuals at...
Evolution of melanoma reveals opportunities for intervention
UC San Francisco researchers have identified the sequence of genetic changes that transform benign moles into malignant melanoma in a...
Roots of leukemia reveal possibility of predicting people at risk
Scientists have discovered that it is possible to identify people at high risk of developing acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) years...
Penn study finds mutation driving deadlier brain tumors and potential therapy to stop it
PHILADELPHIA - A poorly understood mutation in the brain cancer glioblastoma (GBM) is now being implicated for the first time...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards over $3.6 million to nine top clinical investigators
New York, NY (July 6, 2018) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named six new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators...
UVA develops way to create medicines without side effects
Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications A new technique for precisely targeting molecules within cells is paving the...
Breast cancer growth signals are enhanced by a protein outside cells
Credit: Sampayo et al., 2018 New research uncovers how a sticky protein called fibronectin promotes the activity of estrogen in...
