Search Results for 'Cancer'

Researchers ponder cancer origins

Cancer could be an 'evolutionary throwback' locked within our genes, linked to the time before we became multicellular animals, according to a new study. Professor Paul Davies of Arizona State University and Dr Charles Lineweaver [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Intrexon Makes $11.63M Equity Payment in Ziopharm as Part of...

Synthetic biology firm Intrexon is paying $11.63 million for a 5% stake in Ziopharm Oncology as part of a global collaboration through which Ziopharm gains rights to use its partner’s UltraVector® transgene engineering platform [...]

Posted On : Jan, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Pomegranate juice components block cancer cell migration

One of the most dreaded consequences of cancer is when the disease metastasizes -- meaning it spreads from the primary site where it started to other parts of the body. But University of California, Riverside (UCR) scientists have announ [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Discovery Halts Breast Cancer Stem Cells

Breast cancer stem cells (CSCs), the aggressive cells thought to be resistant to current anti-cancer therapies and which promote metastasis, are stimulated by estrogen via a pathway that mirrors normal stem cell development. Disrupting t [...]

Posted On : Nov, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Cell findings to improve cancer treatment

A team of international academics have unveiled research findings that deliver new ways of targeting disease and refining treatments following the identification of proteins in human cells. Researchers from Centre for Molecular Biol [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Researchers Build Colony of Colon Cancer Stem Cells to Test ...

University of Pittsburgh researchers have devised a three-dimensional system in laboratory culture that mimics the growth patterns of colon cancer stem cells in patients. Their findings were presented at the American Association for Canc [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Pancreatic cancer grows slowly, could be caught

They said their findings confirm that one of the most lethal cancers kills not because it spreads like wildfire, but because it does not cause symptoms until it is advanced. "That provides a large window of opportunity to try to det [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Stem-Loss in Cancer Therapy Treated With New Discovery

Chemotherapy or radiation therapy leads to loss of stem cells that ends in anaemia, appetite and weight loss in cancer patients. The loss of adult stem cells is particularly dangerous, as they are the ones responsible for making new bloo [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Genetic changes linked to diet, alcohol could predict breast...

Epigenetic changes to DNA in breast cancers are directly linked with diet, alcohol, and tumour size, and could hence give a glimpse of the severity of the disease, according to researchers from Brown University and the University of Cali [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Synthetic Biology and Cancer: Exploring the Possibilities

Ten years ago, researchers created the first devices (here and here) widely viewed as launching the field of synthetic biology. In the decade since, advances in genomics and the chemical synthesis of DNA, among other fields, have created [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Genetic clues may help identify breast cancer risk

Five common genetic variants may put some women at an increased risk of developing breast cancer, a new study says.Scientists at Cambridge University have identified five genetic clues that seem to explain why some families have a histor [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Breast cancer gene patents judged invalid

A US District Court has ruled that claims in seven patents supporting a widely used genetic test for inherited breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility are invalid. The decision is likely to be challenged in a legal appeal — b [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Genetics Add Little to Breast Cancer Risk Prediction

The addition of genetic information only modestly improved breast cancer risk assessment in an analysis of 5,600 cases. In a model that included age, study characteristics, and four conventional risk factors, the inclusion of 10 genetic [...]

Posted On : Mar, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Gene Tests Don’t Add to Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

Gene tests made by DeCode Genetics Inc., 23andMe Inc. and Navigenics Inc. add little that’s useful to what women learn about their risk for breast cancer from a family-history evaluation used for 20 years, a study found. Researcher [...]