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Cancer cells may lose copies of ribosomal DNA to enable faster proliferation, study shows

Research from the Stowers Institute provides evidence suggesting that cancer cells might streamline their genomes in order to proliferate more easily.

23 Jun 2017

Scientists discover link between sugar metabolism and peroxisomal biogenesis disorders

Meeting a young patient with Zellweger syndrome, a rare, life-threatening genetic disease, started a scientific investigation that culminated with an unexpected discovery.

23 Jun 2017

New biomarker assay improves detection, assessment of neuroblastoma

Investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles have developed and tested a new biomarker assay for quantifying disease and detecting the presence of neuroblastoma even when standard evaluations yield negative results for the disease.

23 Jun 2017

Promises made to protect preexisting conditions prove hollow

Senate Republicans praised the Affordable Care Act replacement bill they presented Thursday as preserving coverage for people with cancer, mental illness and other chronic illness.

23 Jun 2017

Human colon organoids fill gap in effectively modeling common GI diseases

Scientists used human pluripotent stem cells to generate human embryonic colons in a laboratory that function much like natural human tissues when transplanted into mice, according to research published June 22 in Cell Stem Cell.

22 Jun 2017

Study: Addition of MRI to mammography improves cancer detection after breast conservation therapy

A new article published by JAMA Oncology compares outcomes for combined mammography and MRI or ultrasonography screenings for new breast cancers in women who have previously undergone breast conservation surgery and radiotherapy for breast cancer initially diagnosed at 50 or younger.

22 Jun 2017

HPV testing leads to faster, more complete diagnosis of possible cervical precancer

Women who receive human papillomavirus testing, in addition to a pap smear, receive a faster, more complete diagnosis of possible cervical precancer, according to a study of over 450,000 women by Queen Mary University of London and the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center.

22 Jun 2017

Could the mTOR pathway be used to protect against cancer?

The mTOR pathway is probably the main pathway in humans and other animals that drives growth. That is, the accumulation of mass and adding mass to make an organism bigger by both making more cells, and making cells grow and become bigger.

22 Jun 2017

New algorithm shortens drug discovery times from years to months

An algorithm developed at the Hebrew University cuts through the immense number of possible solutions to shorten drug discovery times from years to months.

22 Jun 2017

Study explores secondhand smoke exposure rates among nonsmoking adult cancer survivors

From 1999/2000 to 2011/2012, exposure to secondhand smoke among nonsmoking adult cancer survivors declined from 39.6 percent to 15.7 percent, but rates of exposure were higher among those with a history of a smoking-related cancer and those living below the federal poverty level compared with those with other types of cancer and those with the highest incomes, respectively.

22 Jun 2017

New approach finds statistical evidence that ancient gene variants contribute to autism

The way you measure things has a lot to do with the value of the results you get. If you want to know how much a blueberry weighs, don't use a bathroom scale; it isn't sensitive enough to register a meaningful result.

22 Jun 2017

Researchers create new camera that can register fast processes in transparent specimens

Researchers from ITMO University have built a setup for recording holograms of tiny objects like living cells with a femtosecond speed. The new method allows one to reconstruct phase topography of a studied sample according to deformations that emerge in a laser pulse when it passes through the specimen.

22 Jun 2017

Scientists develop new algorithm to decipher how immune system recognizes and binds antigens

Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have developed an algorithm that functions like a Rosetta Stone to help decipher how the immune system recognizes and binds antigens.

22 Jun 2017

Insurance expansion improves overall health and reduces mortality, analysis shows

There is strong evidence that expanding health insurance increases access to care, improves health in a variety of ways, and reduces mortality, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers who analyzed a decade's worth of evidence on the effects of insurance coverage on health.

22 Jun 2017

NYITCOM expert urges people to take caution of Legionnaires' disease during summer

For many, the months of July and August are a time for relaxation by the pool and vacation with the family, but this June, after several people in New York City were diagnosed with Legionnaire's disease in less than two weeks, an expert at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine urges people to take caution.

21 Jun 2017

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Cancer cells may lose copies of ribosomal DNA to enable faster proliferation, study shows

Scientists discover link between sugar metabolism and peroxisomal biogenesis disorders

New biomarker assay improves detection, assessment of neuroblastoma

Promises made to protect preexisting conditions prove hollow

Human colon organoids fill gap in effectively modeling common GI diseases

Study: Addition of MRI to mammography improves cancer detection after breast conservation therapy

HPV testing leads to faster, more complete diagnosis of possible cervical precancer

Could the mTOR pathway be used to protect against cancer?

New algorithm shortens drug discovery times from years to months

Study explores secondhand smoke exposure rates among nonsmoking adult cancer survivors

New approach finds statistical evidence that ancient gene variants contribute to autism

Researchers create new camera that can register fast processes in transparent specimens

Scientists develop new algorithm to decipher how immune system recognizes and binds antigens

Insurance expansion improves overall health and reduces mortality, analysis shows

NYITCOM expert urges people to take caution of Legionnaires' disease during summer

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Simple blood test could improve treatment for many stage 2 colon cancer patients

Temple researchers identify protective effects of extra-virgin olive oil against Alzheimer's disease

Could a blood test predict how cancer spreads in children?

Finnish researchers find accumulation of gene mutations in some patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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