Cancer Research

Gold Nanoparticles 'Cook' Cancer Cells

Researchers are describing a long-awaited advance toward applying the marvels of nanotechnology in the battle against cancer. They have developed the first hollow gold nanospheres — smaller than the finest flecks of dust — that search out and "cook&qu ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 22 2009 - 1:27pm

Omega-3 Fatty Acid Can Kill Cancer Cells, Says Study

Docosahexanoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oils, has been shown to reduce the size of tumours and enhance the positive effects of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, while limiting its harmful side effects. The rat experiments described in ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2009 - 11:12am

Can Exercise Reduce The Risk Of Breast Cancer?

A new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine study will examine whether women at higher risk of breast cancer can use exercise to meaningfully reduce their risk of getting the disease.  Starting from a premise that reducing estrogen in the body redu ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2009 - 11:22am

Discovered- A New Molecular Mechanism Linking Viral Infection To Cancer Susceptibility

Portuguese scientists discovered a new molecular mechanism that allows gamma herpes viruses to chronically infect patients and helps to explain why these patients present an abnormally high incidence of the lymphocyte (or white blood cell) cancer lymphoma, ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Apr 8 2009 - 2:41pm

Breast Cancer In The Brain- A Genetic Clue

New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) identifies three genes that specifically mediate the metastasis, or spread, of breast cancer to the brain and illuminates the mechanisms by which this spread occurs. The st ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2009 - 1:09pm

New Clues On Link Between Helicobacter Pylori And Stomach Cancer

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is considered one of the most important risk factors for stomach (or gastric) cancer with as much as 65% of all cases linked back to the bacteria, although exactly how this occurs is not fully clear. ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - May 8 2009 - 5:26pm

Brain Radiation For Lung Cancer?

A national Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) study led by a Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center physician at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee has found that a course of radiation therapy to the brain after treatment for locally advanced non-sma ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 3 2009 - 7:33pm

New target for relief of cancer pain?

A possible breakthrough in understanding of cancer pain has been announced. A group at Heidelberg University, led by Prof Dr Rohini Kuner, has just published an article in Nature Medicine entitled Hematopoietic colony–stimulating factors mediate tumor-ner ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jun 15 2009 - 12:59pm

Breast Cancer- Growth Factor Signaling In Tamoxifen Resistance

Differences in growth factor (GF) signaling may cause the poor prognosis in some breast cancer cases. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Medical Genomics, suggests that some estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers respond poorly to tam ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 23 2009 - 4:00pm

Twinkle, Twinkle, Nanostar...

Purdue University researchers have created magnetically responsive gold nanostars that gyrate when exposed to a rotating magnetic field and can scatter light to produce a pulsating or "twinkling" effect. This twinkling allows them to stand out mo ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:55pm