Medical News on Cancer
Tumor Cells In Mice Destroyed By Drug From Mediterranean Weed
Jul 11, 2012
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, working with Danish researchers, have developed a novel anticancer drug designed to travel - undetected by normal cells - through the bloodstream until activated by specific cancer proteins... Read More
Comparison Of Cancer Screening Rates Between Those With And Without Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jul 11, 2012
New research reveals that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients do not receive fewer cancer screening tests than the general population... Read More
Treatment Of Tumors Based On Differentiation Therapies, A Novel Strategy For The Treatment Of An Aggressive Type Of Skin Cancer
Jul 11, 2012
Skin squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a subtype of very aggressive skin cancers that usually develops in sunexposed body regions, but can also affect a large number of organs such as the bladder, esophagus, lungs etc... Read More
Stem Cell Transplant Recipients - Rabbit Antibodies Help Leukemia Patients
Jul 11, 2012
A recent study performed by researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University found that the use of rabbit antibodies can improve the survival and relapse outcomes of leukemia and myelodysplasia patients receiving a stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor. During the study, led by Amir Toor, M.D... Read More
New Target Found Deep Within Cancer Cells
Jul 11, 2012
Investigators reporting in the July issue of the Cell Press journal Cancer Cell have found that blocking a fundamental process deep within cancer cells can selectively kill them and spare normal cells. For more than a century, clinicians have known that abnormalities of the nucleolus - a small, rounded mass within the cell nucleus - can be diagnostic for cancer... Read More
Colon Cancer Cells Use "Let Me Pass" Signals
Jul 11, 2012
In what reads like a chilling tale of skulduggery and subterfuge, researchers writing online in the journal Cancer Cell this week, describe how colon cancer tumor cells send "let me pass" signals to make blood vessel walls permeable, thus allowing them to travel through and establish themselves in neighbouring tissue (extravasation)... Read More
Potential New Drug Target For Breast Cancer Following Discovery Of Regulation By Proteins Outside Cancer Cells
Jul 11, 2012
Protein interactions outside breast cancer cells can send signals to the cancer cells to permanently stop proliferating, a new study showed in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. "Because this protein cascade is outside the cells, it is likely amenable to therapeutic manipulation," said lead author Yuzuru Shiio, M.D., Ph.D... Read More
New MRI Technique To Help Heart Disease Patients
Jul 10, 2012
Researchers at Edinburgh University, a British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Research Excellence, have developed a new technique that is able to track cells in the bloodstream, according to a study published in the journal Circulation. The technique could be used in the future to measure the effectiveness of stem cell treatments to repair damaged heart tissue, say the researchers... Read More
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: July 9, 2012
Jul 10, 2012
Breathing easy: keeping airways open Asthma is an increasingly common chronic disorder characterized by wheezing and shortness of breath. Symptoms are caused by excessive airway smooth muscle contraction; however mechanisms serving to keep airways open are not fully understood... Read More
Colorectal Cancer Risk Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Jul 10, 2012
Inflammatory bowel disease is caused by chronic inflammation , which leads to damage of the intestinal epithelium. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease have an elevated risk for developing colorectal cancer because of this chronic inflammation. In an effort to develop strategies to break the cycle of inflammation, Dr... Read More
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