Cancer Research

New Study Backs Use Of Gene-Based Urine Test In Prostate Cancer

LONDON, March 19 /PRNewswire/--- New Study Confirms That PROGENSA(TM) PCA3 can Improve Accuracy of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis New clinical data from a study of 570 men published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Urology(1) support the use of PROGENSA PCA3 as ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 19 2008 - 6:30am

Galderma Announces HSR Clearance For Its Proposal To Acquire CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 19 /PRNewswire/-- Galderma Pharma S.A., a global specialty pharmaceutical company focused on dermatology, today announced that its U.S. holding company, Galderma Laboratories, Inc., has received clearance from the U.S. Federal ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 19 2008 - 3:35pm

Subterfuge, Counter-surveillance And Assassination: It's Cervical Cancer, Not Politics

When viruses enter cells they manufacture proteins to assist in growth and replication but the body’s immune system recognizes and attacks these non-native proteins. Human Papillomavirus (HPV)(1), which causes several types of cancer but is particularly as ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 20 2008 - 10:44am

Figuring Out The Role Of Human-Specific Genes

There are around 23,000 genes found in human DNA but perhaps 50 to 100 that have no counterparts in other species. Including the primate family known as hominoids increases that to several hundred unique genes. If the genome is like an automobile, human-on ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 22 2008 - 10:05am

'Genetic Patch' Corrects Mutation In Embryos

In research that could lead to the prevention of up to one-fifth of birth defects in humans caused by genetic mutations, early stage fish embryos injected with a 'genetic patch' were able to develop normally. Erik C. Madsen, Ph.D. student in the ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 23 2008 - 1:16am

Tiniest Rotary Motor Is Actually A Biological Engine Measured In Molecules

In the near future a bio-sensing nano-device developed by Arizona State University researcher Wayne Frasch could eliminate long lines at airport security checkpoints and revolutionize health screenings for diseases like anthrax, cancer and antibiotic resis ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 25 2008 - 12:11am

Free Radicals And Aging Discovery- This Aquatic Animal Is Resistant To Radiation

Roughly a half-millimeter in size and commonly observed under microscopes in high-school biology classes, bdelloid rotifers are highly unusual in several regards: They appear to be exclusively asexual, have relatively few transposable genes, and can surviv ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 25 2008 - 10:22am

Protein Map Of Human Spit Created- May Replace Blood Tests

One day soon patients may spit in a cup, instead of bracing for a needle prick, when being tested for cancer, heart disease or diabetes. A major step in that direction is the cataloguing of the “complete” salivary proteome, a set of proteins in human ducta ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 25 2008 - 10:42am

All Calories Are The Same To The Brain

The brain can sense the calories in food, independent of the taste mechanism, researchers have found in studies with mice. Their finding that the brain’s reward system is switched on by this “sixth sense” machinery could have implications for understanding ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2008 - 1:14pm

4SC Reports On A Successful Financial Year 2007