Cancer Research

Bad News For Biology Students- Mitosis Just Got More Complicated

A biological process taught to every pupil studying science at high school has just become a little more complicated, thanks to a new discovery published today. Scientists from the University of Bath have found that a protein called RASSF7 is essential for ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2008 - 11:34am

Genetics Of Height Gets Twenty More Regions Of The Genome

Scientists are beginning to develop a clearer picture of what makes some people stand head and shoulders above the rest. A team of researchers who last year identified the first common version of a gene influencing height has now identified a further twent ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2008 - 3:16pm

EGCG Antioxidant In Green Tea Inhibits Breast Cancer- Study

Green tea is high in the antioxidant EGCG (epigallocatechin-3- gallate) which helps prevent the body’s cells from becoming damaged and prematurely aged. Studies have suggested that the combination of green tea and EGCG may also be beneficial by providing p ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2008 - 1:08pm

Study Links Genetic Footprint Of Embryonic Stem Cells To Cancer Cells

A new study suggests that a genetic fingerprint associated with normal embryonic stem cells may be important for the development and function of cancer stem cells. The research in Cell Stem Cell demonstrates that embryonic stem cells and multiple types of ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2008 - 2:00pm

Hepatitis B Virus Triggers Cell ‘Suicide’

Scientists from UCL (University College London) have identified a key difference between people who can fight the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) off successfully and those who fail to do so – that a group of cells important in controlling the disease are triggere ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2008 - 12:36am

Exercise Leads To Faster Prostate Tumor Growth

Prostate tumors grew more quickly in mice who exercised than in those who did not, leading to speculation that exercise may increase blood flow to tumors, according to a new study by researchers in the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center (DCCC) and the Duke P ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2008 - 3:26pm

Therakos, Inc. Receives CE Mark In Europe For Next-Generation Photopheresis System

ASCOT, England, April 14 /PRNewswire/-- Therakos, Inc., a pioneer for more than 20 years in immune cell therapy, announced receipt of a CE Mark in Europe for THERAKOS(TM) CELLEX(TM) Photopheresis System, a therapy for the treatment of patients with immune ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 14 2008 - 4:32am

Cephalon Announces European Commission Approval Of EFFENTORA For The Treatment Of Breakthrough Cancer Pain

FRAZER, Pennsylvania and MAISONS-ALFORT, France, April 14 /PRNewswire/-- Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH) announced today that the European Commission has granted marketing authorization for EFFENTORA(TM), a buccal tablet formulation of fentanyl. EFFENTORA i ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 14 2008 - 7:30am

Calorie Restriction Diets Inhibit Develop Of Skin Cancer- Study

Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report that a restricted-calorie diet inhibited the development of precancerous growths in a two-step model of skin cancer, reducing the activation of two signaling pathways known to contr ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2008 - 10:43am

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Completes Dose Escalation In Combination REOLYSIN(R)/Paclitaxel And Carboplatin Trial

CALGARY, Canada, April 14 /PRNewswire/-- Oncolytics Biotech Inc. ("Oncolytics") (TSX:ONC, NASDAQ:ONCY) has completed patient enrolment in the dose escalation portion of its U.K. clinical trial to evaluate the anti-tumour effects of systemic admi ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 14 2008 - 1:30pm