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Weill Cornell Medical College sets up new Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute

Weill Cornell Medical College has established the new Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, a unique, multidisciplinary translational neuroscience research hub. Named in honor of long-time benefactors Gertrude and Louis Feil, the institute was created with a generous $28 million gift from the Feil Family.

9 Apr 2013

Scientists succeed to control cells' behavior using light

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown they can coax cells to move toward a beam of light. The feat is a first step toward manipulating cells to control insulin secretion or heart rate using light.

9 Apr 2013

American Cancer Society announces new research, training grants for fiscal year 2013

The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 175 national research and training grants totaling $79,073,250 for fiscal year 2013.

9 Apr 2013

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals presents preclinical data on ponatinib at AACR Annual Meeting 2013

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the presentation of preclinical data on ponatinib (Iclusig) , at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2013, in Washington.

9 Apr 2013

Three researchers receive 2013 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences

Deborah E. Wiley, Chair of The Wiley Foundation, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa & JWb) today awarded the 2013 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences to Dr. Michael Young, Rockefeller University, Dr. Jeffrey Hall, Brandeis University (Emeritus), and Dr. Michael Rosbash, Brandeis University.

9 Apr 2013

Clinical data of two Transgene products to be presented at EASL Conference

Transgene SA, a biopharmaceutical company that develops targeted immunotherapy products to treat major unmet medical needs in cancer and infectious diseases, today announced that favourable pre-clinical and clinical data on two Transgene products - TG1050 and TG4040 to treat chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis C, respectively - will be presented in oral presentations at this year's European Association for the Study of the Liver Conference (Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 24-28, 2013).

9 Apr 2013

Certain brain tumors develop drug resistance by exploiting normal cellular signaling pathways

Proteins that control cell growth are often mutated in cancer, and their aberrant signaling drives the wild proliferation of cells that gives rise to tumors.

9 Apr 2013

Sequestration: Scientists protest automatic budget cuts

To the ranks of civil rights and anti-war activists who've marched on Washington, get ready to add white-frocked scientists.

9 Apr 2013

Roche, Isis Pharmaceuticals to develop neurodegenerative therapeutics for Huntington's disease

Roche and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc today announced that they have formed an alliance to develop treatments for Huntington's disease based on Isis' antisense oligonucleotide technology.

9 Apr 2013

Researchers develop software tool to noninvasively characterize pulmonary adenocarcinoma

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Mayo Clinic has developed a new software tool to noninvasively characterize pulmonary adenocarcinoma, a common type of cancerous nodule in the lungs.

9 Apr 2013

New study looks at increasing rates of melanoma in US children

With springtime temperatures and warm weather approaching, the inclination to spend time outdoors is a strong one - especially for children who have been cooped up all winter.

9 Apr 2013

Johns Hopkins researchers find how gout-linked genetic mutation contributes to disease

Johns Hopkins scientists have found out how a gout-linked genetic mutation contributes to the disease: by causing a breakdown in a cellular pump that clears an acidic waste product from the bloodstream.

9 Apr 2013

Roundup: Abortion restriction measure goes to Kan. governor's desk

Kansas legislators gave final passage to a sweeping anti-abortion measure Friday night, sending Gov. Sam Brownback a bill that declares life begins "at fertilization" while blocking tax breaks for abortion providers and banning abortions performed solely because of the baby's sex.

9 Apr 2013

Study offers new insights into how nervous system processes hot and cold temperatures

A study from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine offers new insights into how the nervous system processes hot and cold temperatures. The research led by neuroscientist Mark J. Zylka, PhD, associate professor of cell biology and physiology, found an interaction between the neural circuits that detect hot and cold stimuli: cold perception is enhanced when nerve circuitry for heat is inactivated.

9 Apr 2013

New study shows exposure to tobacco smoke could negatively impact adolescent kidney function

Exposure to tobacco smoke could negatively impact adolescent kidney function; this is according to a new study led by a team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

9 Apr 2013

Transposons increase in abundance and activity in brains as they age

As the body ages, the physical effects are notable; wrinkles in the skin appear, physical exertion becomes harder. But there are also less visible processes going on. Inside aging brains there is another phenomenon at work, which may contribute to age-related brain defects.

9 Apr 2013

Increasing number of hours of sleep may reduce prevalence of adolescent obesity

Increasing the number of hours of sleep adolescents get each night may reduce the prevalence of adolescent obesity, according to a new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

9 Apr 2013

MIT researchers present novel approach to develop dengue therapy using mutated antibodies

Nearly half of the world's population is at risk of infection by the dengue virus, yet there is no specific treatment for the disease. Now a therapy to protect people from the virus could finally be a step closer, thanks to a team at MIT.

9 Apr 2013

Gilead Sciences submits sofosbuvir NDA to FDA for treatment of chronic HCV infection

Gilead Sciences today announced that the company has submitted a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval of sofosbuvir, a once-daily oral nucleotide analogue for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

9 Apr 2013

New drug combination shows anti-cancer activity in patients with solid tumors and germline mutation

A novel combination of two drugs has shown anti-cancer activity in patients who had incurable solid tumors and carried a germline mutation in their BRCA genes, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers are reporting at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Washington, April 6-10.

8 Apr 2013

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Weill Cornell Medical College sets up new Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute

Scientists succeed to control cells' behavior using light

American Cancer Society announces new research, training grants for fiscal year 2013

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals presents preclinical data on ponatinib at AACR Annual Meeting 2013

Three researchers receive 2013 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences

Clinical data of two Transgene products to be presented at EASL Conference

Certain brain tumors develop drug resistance by exploiting normal cellular signaling pathways

Sequestration: Scientists protest automatic budget cuts

Roche, Isis Pharmaceuticals to develop neurodegenerative therapeutics for Huntington's disease

Researchers develop software tool to noninvasively characterize pulmonary adenocarcinoma

New study looks at increasing rates of melanoma in US children

Johns Hopkins researchers find how gout-linked genetic mutation contributes to disease

Roundup: Abortion restriction measure goes to Kan. governor's desk

Study offers new insights into how nervous system processes hot and cold temperatures

New study shows exposure to tobacco smoke could negatively impact adolescent kidney function

Transposons increase in abundance and activity in brains as they age

Increasing number of hours of sleep may reduce prevalence of adolescent obesity

MIT researchers present novel approach to develop dengue therapy using mutated antibodies

Gilead Sciences submits sofosbuvir NDA to FDA for treatment of chronic HCV infection

New drug combination shows anti-cancer activity in patients with solid tumors and germline mutation

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