Cancer Research

Mutations In CTR9 Gene Essential For Cell Regulation Cause Kidney Cancer In Kids

Mutations in a gene named CTR9 gene that helps regulate when genes are switched on and off in cells have been found to cause rare cases of Wilms tumor, the most common kidney cancer occurring in children. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2014 - 8:31am

MYC: Undruggable Cancer Regulator Can Halt Tumor Growth

It's a trick almost everyone knows: to open a locked door, slide a credit card over the latch. Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) used a similar strategy when they attempted to disrupt the function of MYC, a cancer regulator thought ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2014 - 6:31pm

Tomato-Rich Diet Linked To Lower Prostate Cancer Risk

Epidemiologists have correlated eating over 10 portions per week of tomatoes with an 18 percent lower risk of developing prostate cancer, new research suggests. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide and diagnosed rates are high ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 27 2014 - 10:31am

Tissue-Specific Cancers- Repressing The Repressors

In a cell's nucleus, chromosomal DNA is tightly bound to structural proteins known as histones, an amalgam biologists call chromatin. Until a few decades ago, histones were regarded as a nuclear "sidekick," the packing material around which ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2014 - 1:00pm

Blood In Urine Can Be Invisible- And It May Indicate Bladder Cancer

Visible blood in urine is the best known indicator of bladder cancer but new research  finds that invisible blood in urine may be an early warning sign of bladder cancer.  Scientists at the University of Exeter Medical School found that 1 in 60 people ove ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 1 2014 - 11:00am

Handsome Face Linked To Lower Semen Quality

It has generally been believed that more attractive men had better semen quality. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 2 2014 - 1:30pm

Double Mastectomy Doesn't Bring Better Breast Cancer Survival Rates Over Lumpectomy

For breast cancer patients, there are three common surgical interventions: bilateral mastectomy (the removal of both breasts), unilateral mastectomy (the removal of the affected breast), and lumpectomy (the selective removal of cancerous tissue within the ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 3 2014 - 9:01am

Airline Crews Have 2X Incidence Of Melanoma As General Population

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Article - News Staff - Sep 3 2014 - 8:17pm

New Blood Test Predicts How Ovarian Cancer Cells To Which Treatment

A new blood test could allow doctors to predict which ovarian cancer patients will respond to particular types of treatment. The test could be developed and used in hospitals within the next few years.   It would mean medics could see which patients could ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 6 2014 - 9:00am

Ultraviolet Light Mutation Drives Many Skin Cancers

A mutation  in a gene called KNSTRN, which is involved in helping cells divide their DNA equally during cell division, is caused by ultraviolet light is likely the driving force behind millions of human skin cancers, according to new research. Genes that ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 7 2014 - 9:01pm