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Cancer Research Technology licenses novel cancer diagnostic markers

Cancer Research Technology Limited announced today that they have entered into a worldwide license agreement with TriPath Imaging, Inc.

22 Aug 2005

Children who eat fries raise their risk of breast cancer later in life

According to a new study very young children who eat french fries frequently have a much higher risk of breast cancer as adults.

21 Aug 2005

Latest scare in Hong Kong - cancer-causing chemical in eel meat

Health officials in Hong Kong say they have found a suspected cancer-causing chemical in some eels.

21 Aug 2005

Losing weight cuts breast cancer risk

An international team of scientists has found that young women who carry a breast cancer gene, can reduce their risk of the disease by up to 65% by attaining a healthy bodyweight.

21 Aug 2005

Asymmetric cell divisions are essential for skin development

It took almost 10 years for Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D., a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Rockefeller University, to find a postdoctoral fellow who shared her curiosity for the direction of cell divisions in the skin.

18 Aug 2005

Magazines aimed at African-American and Hispanic women publish twice as many adverts for potentially health-damaging products

A study published in the open access journal, BMC Public Health, shows that the content of advertisements in black or Latino magazines may contribute to the lower health status observed in African-American and Hispanic populations in the USA.

18 Aug 2005

Mutations in the targets of designer drugs critically influence their effectiveness

Two designer cancer drugs differed dramatically in a laboratory test comparing their ability to shut down a mutant, overactive growth signal in lung cancer cells, reports a team headed by scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

18 Aug 2005

Separate studies produce conflicting results on race and gender disparities in U.S. health system

Two newly released studies in the U.S. have to some extent come to conflicting results. According to one study, by researchers at Emory University, attempts over the last decade to address race and gender disparities in the treatment of U.S. patients hospitalized for heart attacks, still in some respects raise cause for concern.

18 Aug 2005

Loss of a gene called p63 accelerates aging in mice

Researchers have discovered that the loss of a gene called p63 accelerates aging in mice. Similar versions of the gene are present in many organisms, including humans. Therefore, the p63 gene is likely to play a fundamental biological role in aging-related processes.

17 Aug 2005

Women whose breast cancer is detected by mammography have a significantly better prognosis

Women whose breast cancer was detected by screening mammography had a significantly better prognosis than those whose cancer was found another way - even if the cancer had already spread to their lymph nodes, say researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center who looked at outcomes from randomized screening studies of more than 150,000 women.

17 Aug 2005

Brightly-coloured fruit and veg, may act as antioxidants - protect against rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis currently affects around 1% adults in the UK. Previous studies have suggested that vitamin C and the pigment beta-cryptoxanthin, both of which are found in brightly-coloured fruit and veg, may act as antioxidants, and protect the body against the oxidative damage which can cause inflammation.

From The University of Manchester 17 Aug 2005

Interferon selectively kills colon cancer cells when combined with irinotecan chemotherapy agent

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists have found that interferon, used for 30 years to treat blood cancers, multiple sclerosis and hepatitis, selectively kills colon cancer cells when combined with another standard chemotherapy agent.

16 Aug 2005

Analytical tool to help detect cancer

Scientists have long used ultra-fine glass tubes known as capillaries to analyze the chemical makeup of substances. Called capillary electrophoresis, or CE, the method applies high voltage to the capillaries, and by measuring the rate that the various materials move through the capillaries, researchers are able to identify individual compounds.

16 Aug 2005

Proportion of high-risk HPV infections preventable by vaccine may vary by region

Vaccines currently being developed against two types of virus that cause cervical cancer - HPV16 or HPV18 - may prevent a larger proportion of high-risk HPV infections in Europe than sub-Saharan Africa, suggests a study being published online by The Lancet.

16 Aug 2005

Good news for the hundreds of thousands of cancer patients who undergo radiation therapy

Scientists report that they have a better understanding of the complex effects of radiation on tumor biology and that specific radiation treatment regimens may enhance the effectiveness of radiotherapy, even in tumor populations that have been notoriously difficult to treat.

16 Aug 2005

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Cancer Research Technology licenses novel cancer diagnostic markers

Children who eat fries raise their risk of breast cancer later in life

Latest scare in Hong Kong - cancer-causing chemical in eel meat

Losing weight cuts breast cancer risk

Asymmetric cell divisions are essential for skin development

Magazines aimed at African-American and Hispanic women publish twice as many adverts for potentially health-damaging products

Mutations in the targets of designer drugs critically influence their effectiveness

Separate studies produce conflicting results on race and gender disparities in U.S. health system

Loss of a gene called p63 accelerates aging in mice

Women whose breast cancer is detected by mammography have a significantly better prognosis

Brightly-coloured fruit and veg, may act as antioxidants - protect against rheumatoid arthritis

Interferon selectively kills colon cancer cells when combined with irinotecan chemotherapy agent

Analytical tool to help detect cancer

Proportion of high-risk HPV infections preventable by vaccine may vary by region

Good news for the hundreds of thousands of cancer patients who undergo radiation therapy

Higher protection sunscreens do not encourage people to spend more time in the sun

Enzyme called matriptase, when left to its own devices, can cause cance

Developmental culling and cancer

Adult stem cells may play a role in the development of some forms of cancer

Thousands of young athletes at risk of skin cancer

Understanding the DNA Damage Response in Innate Immunity eBook

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

Cancer News and Research

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Understanding the DNA Damage Response in Innate Immunity eBook

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Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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