Cancer Research

Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Lower Prostate Cancer Genetic Risk

A diet rich in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids found in certain fish or fish oil, nuts, seeds, and vegetable oils may help lower prostate cancer risk in individuals with a genetic predisposition to cancer. While many genetic mutations are known to pred ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2007 - 10:25am

Morning Sickness Moms Have A 30 Percent Lower Chance Of Breast Cancer Later In Life

It may not seem so at the time, but women who suffer through morning sickness during their pregnancies actually may be fortunate. Those women may have a 30 percent lower risk of developing breast cancer later in life than mothers-to-be who experience nine ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2007 - 12:42am

Bullseye On Cancer: Hunter-Killer Nanoparticles Target Cancer Cells

Nanobiotechnology holds a lot of promise and people have often speculated how it will impact the world of medicine. Unfortunately promising nanostructured systems so far have turned out to be extremely toxic to humans. Now a group of researchers at the Uni ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2007 - 11:40am

Will Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Work? A Protein Marker May Be Able To Tell Us

A team of researchers, led by surgeons at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia, has found further evidence supporting the ability of a protein to predict how well a patient with advanced pancreatic cancer will do after surgery, chemotherap ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2007 - 3:36pm

Toronto Company Lands $20 Million Stem Cell Banking Contract

Tissue Regeneration Therapeutics Inc. will exclusively license its human umbilical cord perivascular cell (HUCPVC) technology to Stem Cell Authority Ltd. for family stem cell banking in the U.S. The technology originated at the University of Toronto and ha ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 23 2007 - 1:55pm

Groundbreaking Screening Tool To Detect Bone Mass Deficiencies In Children With Chronic Diseases

Pediatricians now have a practical tool to help determine whether children with chronic diseases like Crohn’s, juvenile arthritis and anorexia nervosa – or those undergoing cancer treatment – are at increased risk for bone mass deficiencies, fracture or os ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2007 - 1:12pm

Arguing With Supermodels About Anorexia

Misstatements and ignorance claiming that families "cause" eating disorders is like blaming parents for diabetes or asthma or cancer says an international group of eating disorders researchers. Recent damaging statements by fashion model Gisele B ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2007 - 1:18pm

Potatoes Are Good For Your Immune System, Study Says

It has long been known that eating potatoes is good for bowel health, but new research suggests that they may also have a beneficial effect on the whole immune system. Especially if eaten cold or in a potato salad, Anne Pichon reports in Chemistry&Indu ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 10 2009 - 11:30pm

Understanding Topotecan's Cancer Inhibiting Power

Topotecan, a cancer inhibitor, interacts with an important protein (TopoIB), causing a (cancer) cell to malfunction. The TopoIB protein is responsible for the removal of loops from DNA, which arise amongst other things during cell division. The TopoIB prot ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2007 - 7:42pm

New Lung Cancer Treatment- Tree Bark

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined how a substance derived from the bark of the South American lapacho tree kills certain kinds of cancer cells, findings that also suggest a novel treatment for the most common type of lung cancer ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2007 - 9:55pm