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Genetic discovery sheds light on how prostate cancer develops and spreads

A new and important genetic discovery, which sheds light on how prostate cancers develop and spread, has been made by an international research team led by scientists at The University of Nottingham.

27 Oct 2015

Study: Reduction in Amazon deforestation improves air quality, prevents premature deaths

Because of decreasing deforestation and emissions from forest fires in the Amazon over the past ten years, the amount of particulate matter (aerosols), ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide and other atmospheric pollutants released by burning biomass has fallen by 30% on average during the dry season in southern Brazil, Paraguay, northern Bolivia and Argentina.

27 Oct 2015

New drug combination may be effective against malignant melanoma

A team of Massachusetts General Hospital investigators has discovered a new combination of drugs that may be effective against one of the deadliest cancers, malignant melanoma. The combination - pairing a drug targeted against mutations in the BRAF gene with a second drug that targets another important signaling pathway - was discovered through one of the largest screens of cancer drug combinations conducted to date.

27 Oct 2015

Advanced pancreatic cancer patients now have access to new FDA-approved drug, Onivyde

Patients with advanced pancreatic cancer now have access to the new FDA approved drug, Onivyde, that produced significant overall survival rates in an international clinical study conducted in part by researchers at HonorHealth Research Institute and the Translational Genomics Research Institute.

27 Oct 2015

Revolutionary prostate biopsy approach more accurate at diagnosing prostate cancer

A revolutionary prostate biopsy approach uses fewer needles and is more accurate for diagnosing prostate cancer. It is done during a real time MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan that clearly shows suspicious sites. When done by an expert radiologist using a highly powerful magnet, only a minimum number of needles are used to sample suspicious abnormalities.

26 Oct 2015

Heart disease becomes the major killer of women in Norway

More research is carried out on breast cancer than on women's heart attack. Even though heart attack kills more women.

26 Oct 2015

Future Medicinal Chemistry releases themed issue higlighting the Academic Drug Discovery conference

Future Medicinal Chemistry, a leading MEDLINE-indexed journal published by Future Science Group, has released a themed issue dedicated to providing coverage of the presentations that took place at the 2015 Academic Drug Discovery Conference (Cambridge, UK), organized by SelectBio.

26 Oct 2015

Scientists find way to produce industrial quantities of beneficial natural compounds in tomatoes

Scientists at the John Innes Centre have found a way to produce industrial quantities of useful natural compounds efficiently, by growing them in tomatoes.

26 Oct 2015

Scalable production of gene therapy vectors: an interview with Frank Ubags

Gene therapy involves introducing genetic material into cells to replace missing or malfunctioning genes or to add a gene to express a beneficial protein in order to treat certain diseases, such as cancer or inherited disorders.

26 Oct 2015

Hispanic, Medicaid patients less likely to receive regional anesthesia during hip and knee replacement surgery

Patients who are black, Hispanic, on Medicaid or are uninsured may be less likely to receive regional anesthesia during hip and knee replacement surgery, possibly putting them at greater risk of serious complications, according to a study of more than 1 million orthopedic surgeries being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2015 annual meeting.

26 Oct 2015

New approaches to treating lung cancer patients in New Mexico

This year, more than 158,000 Americans are expected to die from lung cancer. That's a staggering number: it's more than all the deaths expected from breast, prostate, colon, rectum, bladder and skin cancers combined.

26 Oct 2015

UW researchers develop new model to more accurately predict harmful genetic mutations

Between any two people, there are likely to be at least 10 million differences in the genetic sequence that makes up their DNA.

26 Oct 2015

Routine use of antibiotics may not reduce infections in severe appendectomies

With acute appendicitis ranking among the nation's most common acute surgical emergencies, researchers studied the relatively routine use of post-operative antibiotics in complicated cases and found that they didn't reduce infections after surgery. They also found that patients who received post-operative antibiotics remained in the hospital up to one day longer than similar patients who had not received antibiotics.

26 Oct 2015

UW researcher reveals how cancer diagnosis affects employment, income of individuals and families

A new analysis by University of Wyoming researcher Anna Zajacova indicates that when American adults are diagnosed with cancer, they experience significant decreases in the probability of working, in the number of hours they work and, correspondingly, in their incomes.

26 Oct 2015

NYSCF conference to focus on translational stem cell and neuroscience research

The New York Stem Cell Foundation 10th Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference convenes global leaders in translational stem cell and neuroscience research to present their latest work towards new treatments and cures for the most devastating diseases and injuries currently facing the world.

26 Oct 2015

Localisation of policies crucial to China's health reforms, new studies suggest

Two new studies, published in The Lancet, reveal for the first time how health in different regions of China has changed in recent decades. The articles analyse life expectancy, causes of death, and child mortality for 31 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions of China, and Hongkong and Macao special administrative regions, finding that in the last two decades, life expectancy has risen, and deaths in children under 5 years have fallen, in every province.

26 Oct 2015

First computational method based on evolutionary principles developed to predict protein dynamics

Researchers from the Structural Biology Computational Group of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, led by Alfonso Valencia, in collaboration with a group headed by Francesco Gervasio at the University College London (UK), have developed the first computational method based on evolutionary principles to predict protein dynamics, which explains the changes in the shape or dimensional structure that they experience in order to interact with other compounds or speed up chemical reactions.

26 Oct 2015

New DNA study may lead to better treatments for diseases caused by cellular changes

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have located a previously unknown function in the so-called histones, which allows for an improved understanding of how cells protect and repair DNA damages. This knowledge may eventually result in better treatments for diseases such as cancer.

26 Oct 2015

Researchers develop new method to predict people's biological age

New research has shed light on the molecular changes that occur in our bodies as we age. In the largest study of its kind, an international group of researchers, including experts from the University of Exeter's Medical School, examined expression of genes in blood samples from 15,000 people across the world.

26 Oct 2015

FDA approves Yondelis (trabectedin) for treatment of specific soft tissue sarcomas

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Yondelis (trabectedin), a chemotherapy, for the treatment of specific soft tissue sarcomas (STS) – liposarcoma and leiomyosarcoma – that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable) or is advanced (metastatic).

24 Oct 2015

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Latest Cancer News and Research

Genetic discovery sheds light on how prostate cancer develops and spreads

Study: Reduction in Amazon deforestation improves air quality, prevents premature deaths

New drug combination may be effective against malignant melanoma

Advanced pancreatic cancer patients now have access to new FDA-approved drug, Onivyde

Revolutionary prostate biopsy approach more accurate at diagnosing prostate cancer

Heart disease becomes the major killer of women in Norway

Future Medicinal Chemistry releases themed issue higlighting the Academic Drug Discovery conference

Scientists find way to produce industrial quantities of beneficial natural compounds in tomatoes

Scalable production of gene therapy vectors: an interview with Frank Ubags

Hispanic, Medicaid patients less likely to receive regional anesthesia during hip and knee replacement surgery

New approaches to treating lung cancer patients in New Mexico

UW researchers develop new model to more accurately predict harmful genetic mutations

Routine use of antibiotics may not reduce infections in severe appendectomies

UW researcher reveals how cancer diagnosis affects employment, income of individuals and families

NYSCF conference to focus on translational stem cell and neuroscience research

Localisation of policies crucial to China's health reforms, new studies suggest

First computational method based on evolutionary principles developed to predict protein dynamics

New DNA study may lead to better treatments for diseases caused by cellular changes

Researchers develop new method to predict people's biological age

FDA approves Yondelis (trabectedin) for treatment of specific soft tissue sarcomas

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