Cancer Research

Is Your Sofa Poisoning You?

New research presented at Life Sciences 2007 shows how the UK’s most commonly used brominated flame retardant, TBBPA, bio-accumulates within the human body, meaning that even low concentrations could cause cells to become cancerous and have dramatic effect ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 25 2007 - 7:22pm

Researchers Identify Genetic Link In Breast Cancer

More than 180,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and 40,900 will die from the disease, according to the American Cancer Society. Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a gene linked to t ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 26 2007 - 11:49am

Closing In On Bio-Engineered Bladders

Urothelial cells are the specialised lining cells of the bladder that enable it to retain urine. The cells have a very low turnover rate, but scientists have found that if the bladder is damaged, the urothelial cells are able to rapidly re-grow to repair t ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 31 2007 - 11:11pm

Genetic Switch Causes Cancers In Mice To Self-Destruct

Killing cancerous tumors isn't easy, as anyone who has suffered through chemotherapy can attest. But a new study in mice shows that switching off a single malfunctioning gene can halt the limitless division of tumor cells and turn them back to the pat ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 31 2007 - 1:27pm

Marijuana Component Can Increase Chance Of Herpes Virus

The major active component of marijuana could enhance the ability of the virus that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma to infect cells and multiply, according to a team of researchers at Harvard Medical School. According to the researchers, low doses of Ä-9 tetrahydr ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2007 - 11:28am

Coffee Drinking Related To Reduced Risk Of Liver Cancer

After lung and stomach cancer, liver cancer is the third largest cause of cancer deaths in the world. A new study on the relationship between coffee drinking and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) confirmed that there is an inverse association betw ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2007 - 11:44am

Novel Biomaterials Could Regenerate Vocal Cords

Engineering pliable, new vocal cord tissue to replace scarred, rigid tissue in these petite, yet powerful organs is the goal of a new University of Delaware research project. Xinqiao Jia, UD assistant professor of materials science and engineering, is lead ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2007 - 1:47pm

Electric Fields As Cancer Treatment

Low-intensity electric fields can disrupt the division of cancer cells and slow the growth of brain tumors, suggest laboratory experiments and a small human trial, raising hopes that electric fields will become a new weapon for stalling the progression of ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 2 2007 - 9:43am

Discredited Koreans Will Lead To Standards For Characterizing Human Embryonic Stem Cells

In 2004, Korean investigators announced the creation of the world's first human embryonic stem cells through somatic cell nuclear transfer, entailing transfer of genetic material from a cell in the body into an egg. Research led by Kitai Kim, PhD, and ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 2 2007 - 4:43pm

How Can Broken DNA Be Repaired In Space?

There are a number of things which can damage DNA- toxic chemicals are the primary concern on earth but, in space, ionized radiation is the worry. Unrepaired DNA can lead to mutations, which in turn can lead to diseases like cancer. Intricate DNA repair me ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 3 2007 - 9:52am