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Scientists find that 'junk DNA' could promote cancer progression

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have found that a genetic rogue element produced by sequences until recently considered 'junk DNA' could promote cancer progression.

30 May 2013

Researchers codify age-specific probabilities of live birth after IVF with frozen eggs

Researchers from New York Medical College and the University of California Davis have for the first time codified age-specific probabilities of live birth after in vitro fertilization (IVF) with frozen eggs.

30 May 2013

Tafinlar, Mekinist get FDA approval to treat patients with advanced melanoma

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved two new drugs, Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib), for patients with advanced (metastatic) or unresectable (cannot be removed by surgery) melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer.

30 May 2013

Cancer: The No. 1 health concern among middle-income Americans

Cancer is the No. 1 health concern among our country's middle-income Americans, according to a new study released by Washington National Institute for Wellness Solutions.

29 May 2013

Viewpoints: 'Good news' on Calif. insurance rates; Battle against dementia needs stronger efforts; Dental care for the disabled

The Affordable Care Act, a k a Obamacare, goes fully into effect at the beginning of next year, and predictions of disaster are being heard far and wide. ... No doubt there will be problems, as there are with any large new government initiative, and in this case, we have the added complication that many Republican governors and legislators are doing all they can to sabotage reform. Yet important new evidence - especially from California, the law's most important test case - suggests that the real Obamacare shock will be one of unexpected success (Paul Krugman, 5/26).

29 May 2013

New suppository developed for treatment of cervical pre-cancer

Infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) can lead to cervical cancer via a preliminary stage - that of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). In Europe 205,000 women every year are affected by this condition, most of them are aged between 25 and 30 years. Since in many cases slight manifestations of the disease (CIN 1) heal spontaneously, mostly no treatment is given but self-healing monitored by means of rigorous and continuous check-ups.

29 May 2013

Survival rates increased among patients who received blood stem cell transplants: Study

Survival rates have increased significantly among patients who received blood stem cell transplants from both related and unrelated donors, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology today.

29 May 2013

Scientists discover new function of an enzyme that disposes of superfluous proteins

Cells have a sophisticated system to control and dispose of defective, superfluous proteins and thus to prevent damage to the body. Dr. Katrin Bagola and Professor Thomas Sommer of the Max Delbr-ck Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin-Buch as well as Professor Michael Glickman and Professor Aaron Ciechanover of Technion, the Technical University of Israel in Haifa, have now discovered a new function of an enzyme that is involved in this vital process.

29 May 2013

Spherical nanoparticles transform into netlike structures at site of cancer

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have designed tiny spherical particles to float easily through the bloodstream after injection, then assemble into a durable scaffold within diseased tissue. An enzyme produced by a specific type of tumor can trigger the transformation of the spheres into netlike structures that accumulate at the site of a cancer, the team reports in the journal Advanced Materials this week.

29 May 2013

$2 million grant to provide instrumentation, core facilities devoted to synthetic biology

The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has awarded a $2 million grant to the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Under the leadership of Principal Investigator Dr. Huimin Zhao and co-Principal Investigator Dr. Christopher Rao, the grant will be disbursed over two years to provide instrumentation and core facilities for a new research theme devoted to the new scientific subdiscipline of synthetic biology.

29 May 2013

Scientists identify role of GSK-3 alpha protein in promoting oncogenic KRAS function

While the mutated KRAS oncogene is associated with many cancers, it has not yet been successfully targeted by a therapeutic agent. Scientists are trying to find another way to target the gene by blocking signals from another protein downstream.

29 May 2013

LA BioMed researchers recognized for training next generation of physicians

Carol Berkowitz, MD, and Mallory D. Witt, MD, lead researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, received the Serge & Yvette Dadone Clinical Teaching Award in Honor of Saleh Salehmoghaddam, M.D., a peer-reviewed recognition of their "outstanding dedication, innovation, and sustained excellence in clinical and classroom teaching," according to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, which presented the awards.

29 May 2013

Digital chest tomosynthesis holds promise as first-line screening tool for lung cancer

Most lung cancers are detected when patients become symptomatic and have late-stage disease. However, recently, computed tomography creening for lung cancer has been reported to reduce lung cancer mortality.

29 May 2013

Columbia University, Chinese Center for Disease Control to open joint pathogen discovery lab in Beijing

The Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention within the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention will open a Joint Research Laboratory for Pathogen Discovery to conduct surveillance, identify new infectious microbes, establish novel platforms for diagnostics, and develop drugs and vaccines to treat diseases in humans and animals.

29 May 2013

Offspring of long-lived parents less prone to cancer, study reveals

The offspring of parents who live to a ripe old age are more likely to live longer themselves, and less prone to cancer and other common diseases associated with ageing, a study has revealed.

29 May 2013

Medical researchers identify genetic marker associated with sporadic breast cancer

Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have pinpointed a genetic marker for sporadic breast cancer - one of a handful identified to date in Caucasians.

29 May 2013

New approach to battle prostate cancer

Dr. Jung-Mo Ahn, associate professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Dallas, has designed and synthesized a novel small molecule that might become a large weapon in the fight against prostate cancer.

29 May 2013

UT Southwestern researchers develop new class of drugs for prostate cancer

A new study on prostate cancer describes a novel class of drugs developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers that interrupts critical signaling needed for prostate cancer cells to grow.

29 May 2013

First Edition: May 28, 2013

Today's headlines include stories about the strategies of some businesses -- small and large -- to blunt the health law's impact.

28 May 2013

Sorrento Therapeutics, IGDRASOL announce publication of clinical data for Cynviloq and gemcitabine

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. and IGDRASOL announced today that clinical data for CynviloqTM, a non-biologic nanoparticle formulation of paclitaxel, plus gemcitabine was published for the upcoming Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

28 May 2013

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Scientists find that 'junk DNA' could promote cancer progression

Researchers codify age-specific probabilities of live birth after IVF with frozen eggs

Tafinlar, Mekinist get FDA approval to treat patients with advanced melanoma

Cancer: The No. 1 health concern among middle-income Americans

Viewpoints: 'Good news' on Calif. insurance rates; Battle against dementia needs stronger efforts; Dental care for the disabled

New suppository developed for treatment of cervical pre-cancer

Survival rates increased among patients who received blood stem cell transplants: Study

Scientists discover new function of an enzyme that disposes of superfluous proteins

Spherical nanoparticles transform into netlike structures at site of cancer

$2 million grant to provide instrumentation, core facilities devoted to synthetic biology

Scientists identify role of GSK-3 alpha protein in promoting oncogenic KRAS function

LA BioMed researchers recognized for training next generation of physicians

Digital chest tomosynthesis holds promise as first-line screening tool for lung cancer

Columbia University, Chinese Center for Disease Control to open joint pathogen discovery lab in Beijing

Offspring of long-lived parents less prone to cancer, study reveals

Medical researchers identify genetic marker associated with sporadic breast cancer

New approach to battle prostate cancer

UT Southwestern researchers develop new class of drugs for prostate cancer

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Sorrento Therapeutics, IGDRASOL announce publication of clinical data for Cynviloq and gemcitabine

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