Cancer Research

Breast Cancer Grows Faster In Younger Women- Study

A new approach to estimating tumor growth based on breast screening results from almost 400,000 women is published today in Breast Cancer Research. This new model can also estimate the proportion of breast cancers which are detected at screening (screen te ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2008 - 6:52pm

Cynthia Nixon Auctions Off Tickets To World Premiere Of Sex And The City: The Movie To Help Fight Breast Cancer

DALLAS, May 8 /PRNewswire/-- Award-winning actress and Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) Ambassador Cynthia Nixon is raising money for breast cancer by auctioning off two tickets to the world premiere of Sex and the City: The Movie. Nixon, who returns as Mir ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 8 2008 - 1:32am

Researchers Say RBM3 Is A New Cancer Gene

Researchers at the OU Cancer Institute have identified a new gene that causes cancer, according to an article in Oncogene. The gene and its protein, both called RBM3, are vital for cell division in normal cells. In cancers, low oxygen levels in the tumors ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2008 - 12:03pm

University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, USA And Cardialysis BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Enter Strategic Alliance

CLEVELAND, Illinois and ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, May 9 /PRNewswire/-- University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Cardialysis BV today announced that the Companies have the intention to found Cardialysis Cleveland to provide combined clinical drug dev ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 9 2008 - 3:32am

NDC80- Protein Cowboy Lassoes Chromosomes And May Soon Rescue Chemotherapy

A protein that is indispensable for passing on an accurate copy of the genome from mother to daughter cells can be compared to a cowboy’s lasso, say scientists at the The FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation (IFOM). It 'catches' chromo ...

Article - News Staff - May 9 2008 - 9:45am

Capitalists, Genetic Tests And Your DNA

Everyone knows there is a lot of crazy stuff on the internet, but did you know there is a lot of great writing about genes, genetics, and human diseases? And believe it or not, sometimes these pieces are written by people who know what they're talkin ...

Article - Michael White - May 11 2008 - 10:57pm

Researchers Find Human Aging Gene- In Fruit Flies

Working at the University of Oxford and The Open University, Dr Lynne Cox and Dr Robert Saunders say they have found a fast and effective way to investigate important aspects of human aging. Their discovery of a gene in fruit flies means they can now be us ...

Article - News Staff - May 11 2008 - 9:47pm

Nventa Announces Additional Positive Immunological Data From HspE7 Phase 1 Cervical Dysplasia Trial

SAN DIEGO, May 12 /PRNewswire/--- All Patients in Cohort 3 Demonstrated Improvement in T-Cell Responses Further Supporting the Therapeutic Potential of HspE7 ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 12 2008 - 6:31am

DAIICHI SANKYO Sets Up Affiliate In Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 13 /PRNewswire/--- Japanese Pharmaceutical Company Establishes its own Turkish Subsidiary- Important Step in Global Expansion DAIICHI SANKYO, one of the world's leading research-driven pharmaceutical companies based in Japan, is ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 13 2008 - 12:31am

A Look At The Architecture Of Autophagy

A team of Canadian researchers has completed a massive survey of the network of protein complexes that orchestrate the fundamental processes of life. In the online edition of the journal Science, researchers from the Université de Montréal describe protein ...

Article - News Staff - May 13 2008 - 9:29am