Cancer Research

AIDS Interferes With Stem Cells In The Brain

A prominent problem in AIDS is a form of dementia that robs one’s ability to concentrate and perform normal movements. Scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have discovered how HIV/AIDS disrupts the normal replication of stem c ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 15 2007 - 11:44am

The Mouse Tribe

      If there is a group of humans who whose fate tracks with that of lab mice, it is that of the Caloric Restriction Society, whose ...

Article - Greg Critser - Aug 16 2007 - 12:58am

Scientists Retrace Evolution With First Atomic Structure Of Ancient Protein

Scientists have determined for the first time the atomic structure of an ancient protein, revealing in unprecedented detail how genes evolved their functions. "Never before have we seen so clearly, so far back in time," said project leader Joe Th ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2007 - 3:52pm

Will Combining Imatinib And Dasatinib Prevent Cancer Relapse?

Individuals with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) are treated first with a drug known as imatinib (Gleevec), which targets the protein known to cause the cancer (BCR-ABL). If their disease returns, because BCR-ABL mutants emerge that are resistant to the eff ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2007 - 7:02pm

Cell Machinery Sniffs Out Gene Damage By Trying On DNA For Size

Errors in the genetic code can give rise to cancer and a host of other diseases, but finding these errors can be more difficult than looking for the proverbial needle in the haystack. Now, scientists at Johns Hopkins have uncovered how the tiny protein-mac ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2007 - 4:20am

Anthocyanins May Protect Against Colon Cancer

Evidence from laboratory experiments on rats and on human colon cancer cells also suggests that anthocyanins, the compounds that give color to most red, purple and blue fruits and vegetables appreciably slow the growth of colon cancer cells. The findings a ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2007 - 4:35pm

Study Says Pectin Kills Prostate Cancer Cells

A new study, published in the August issue of Glycobiology, found that exposing prostate cancer cells to pectin under laboratory conditions reduced the number of cells by up to 40 percent. University of Georgia Cancer Center researcher Debra Mohnen and her ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2007 - 9:36am

Domesticating Biotechnology In The 21st Century

Will we domesticate biotechnology in the next 50 years? More than 150 years of spectacular advances in physics, chemistry, and computing have thoroughly transformed the way we live. Yet so far, the big revolutions in molecular biology have had their impact ...

Article - Michael White - Aug 21 2007 - 10:10pm

Fluorescent Nanoparticles Could Help Track Molecules Through A Living Cell

Clemson University chemists have developed a method to dramatically improve the longevity of fluorescent nanoparticles that may someday help researchers track the motion of a single molecule as it travels through a living cell. The chemists are exploiting ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2007 - 10:34pm

Antimicrobial Peptides Breakthrough Could Lead To Better Antibiotics

By creating "Teflon" versions of natural antibiotics found in frog skin, a research team led by biological chemist E. Neil Marsh has made the potential drugs better at thwarting bacterial defenses, an improvement that could enhance their effectiv ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2007 - 11:09pm