Search Results for 'Cancer'

Genetic breakthrough hails new cancer research era

All the mutations that turn healthy cells cancerous in both lung and skin tumours have been identified in what researchers described as a "transforming moment" in the search for preventions, treatments and cures for both terminal [...]

Posted On : Dec, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Mom-to-child cancer transfer is rare case

Cancer genetics experts say a case in which cancer was transmitted from a Japanese mother to her fetus is extremely rare and therefore no cause for alarm. The case was reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The pap [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

New genetic variants for prostate cancer susceptibility

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with an average absolute lifetime risk of around 12% across the population. However, there is continuing controversy over whether to implement screening programmes for this disease. Despite [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Study reveals new genetic culprit in deadly skin cancer

Drawing on the power of DNA sequencing, National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a new group of genetic mutations involved in the deadliest form of skin cancer, melanoma. This discovery is particularly encouraging because s [...]

Posted On : Aug, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Lung cancer genetics unravelled

Three areas of DNA were found to be linked with lung cancer risk in smokers, two of them influencing the type of cancer which develops.It supports previous studies which have suggested a family link, even after taking smoking into account, [...]

Posted On : Aug, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Scientists discover genetic sign of ovarian cancer susceptib...

Scientists have discovered a common genetic difference in women at risk from ovarian cancer, in an important development they say could save lives. The newly discovered variation, which occurs in 55% of women, carries with it an increased r [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

New approach to cancer treatment boosts radiotherapys effect...

A new approach to cancer treatment which radically increases the effectiveness of radiotherapy has been identified by researchers. The study, published in the journal Cancer Research, showed that treating mice with certain drugs improved th [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Cancer Biology

In multicellular organisms, the number and type of cells in each tissue is highly regulated. When this regulatory balance is altered, a variety of diseases, including cancer, can develop. Appropriate cell number normally is maintained by t [...]

Posted On : Jul, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Genes for skin cancer identified

Two new genes that together double a person's risk of developing melanoma have been discovered by Australian scientists. A team at at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Brisbane, led by Nick Hayward and Grant Montgomery, analy [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Platypus Helps Illuminate Ovarian Cancer

University of Adelaide geneticist, Dr Frank Grutzner says DNA mapping of the platypus has uncovered an interesting relationship between their sex chromosomes and DNA sequences found in human ovarian cancer. “We’ve identified DN [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Way to stop cancers seed in brain

A UK team discovered cancer cells hijack the brain's blood vessels to get all the nourishment they need to seed themselves there.Key to this is a protein on the surface of cancer cells called integrin which allows them to stick to the ves [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Testicular cancer genetic advance

A UK team found many testicular cancer patients shared common DNA variants on chromosomes five, six and 12 that healthy men did not have. This finding was echoed in a separate US study in the same journal, Nature Genetics, which highlighted [...]

Posted On : Jun, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

New Prostate cancer drug showing promise

The findings of early tests on a new experimental prostate cancer drug is giving hope to men diagnosed with the most fast-growing form of the disease that does not respond to current treatments. MDV3100 is made by San Francisco-based Medi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Cambridge experts find two new breast cancer genes

Two new breast cancer genes, of which one reduces the chance of developing the disease while the other increases it, have been identified by an international team of scientists led by Cambridge University researchers. The new study, publis [...]