Search Results for 'Cancer'

Gene mutation boosts risk of inherited prostate cancer

NEW YORK — Scientists say they've identified the first genetic mutation with a major effect on the risk of prostate cancer that runs in families and strikes men early, by age 55. The mutation accounts for only about 1 per cent o [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Resveratrol Found in Grapes Fight Breast Cancer Cells

The chemical resveratrol found in the grapes is being claimed to obstruct the growth of breast cancer cells and can fight the disease. A research carried out on the aspect has found that resveratrol found in grape wine can obstruct the de [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

New Mechanism Behind Deadly Cancer Identified

Mechanism behind the origin of Barrett's esophagus has been identified by researchers. Barrett's esophagus, an intestine-like growth in the esophagus that is triggered by chronic acid reflux and often progresses to esophageal canc [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Top 7 in cancer biology

Tension stabilizes the attachment of microtubules to kinetochores during cell division in budding yeast, demonstrating how mechanical forces can modulate chromosome movement during replication. Researchers identify a new inhibitor of an [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Penn researchers find new role for cancer protein p53

The gene for the protein p53 is the most frequently mutated in human cancer. It encodes a tumor suppressor, and traditionally researchers have assumed that it acts primarily as a regulator of how genes are made into proteins. Now, resear [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

p53 gene blocks EMT essential to cancer metastasis

Like a bounty hunter returning escapees to custody, a cancer-fighting gene converts organ cells that change into highly mobile stem cells back to their original, stationary state, researchers report online at Nature Cell Biology. Th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

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 [...]