Cancer Research

Space is extremely cold, near absolute zero, and it is a vacuum, so no oxygen, plus there is the threat of lethal radiation from stars. It is considered the most hostile of environments, where…

The 'Mediterranean' Diet is effective in chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, hypertension or osteoporosis,say researchers at the University of Granada. It may be…

Mammalian fatty acid synthase is one of the most complex molecular synthetic machines in human cells. It is also a promising target for the development of anti-cancer and anti-obesity drugs and the…

Staying healthy is a tasteless job. Linseed is said to protect against cancer, for example, but not many people like the taste. Researchers have now isolated the valuable components of the flax…

The National Medal of Science is the nation's highest honor for science and engineering. President George W. Bush has named the recipients of the 2007 National Medal of Science, the nation's highest…

Down Syndrome (DS) belongs to the group of conditions called 'aneuploidies', defined by an abnormal loss or gain of genetic material, i.e. fragments of chromosomes or whole chromosomes. Aneuploidies…

Today there is rapidly growing interest in 'intelligent' computer-based methods that use various classes of measurement signals, from different patient samples, for instance, to create a model for…

A man's height is a marker for risk of prostate cancer development but is more strongly linked to progression of the cancer, say a group of British researchers who conducted their own study and also…

Researchers from Oregon State University say they have resolved a controversy that cellular biologists have been arguing over for nearly 50 years, with findings that may aid research on everything…

Scientific happenings, big and small, on this day in history But first, today’s quiz: The answer may seem obvious, but don’t be fooled – it’s not what you think. On this day in 1886, the first…