Researchers discovered a new, key component in the spread of lung cancer as well as a likely way to block it with drugs now in clinical trial. The study was published today…
How protein breaks apart cancer cells!
Melbourne: Scientists claim to have found how a protein works to break cells apart and in turn increases the spreading of cancer cells in the body, a finding which may pave the…
New insight into neurodegenerative disorders
Research into how the brain transmits messages to other parts of the body could improve understanding of disorders such as epilepsy, dementia, multiple sclerosis and stroke. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh…
Researchers develop novel system to show how specific mutations can induce glioblastoma
Mutations in three pathways important for suppressing tumors cooperate to launch glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor that strikes children and adults. But new research from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists shows…
Inflammation Behind Heart Valve Disease
Research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows, that a specific inflammatory factor may be important in the development of the heart valve disease aortic stenosis. The results suggest that anti-inflammatory medication could…
Study suggests alternative to invasive heart test
New York: People about to be scanned for suspected heart disease may want to consider a low-radiation, non-invasive test, doctors said Monday. Dr. Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos of Children’s Hospital Boston, who…
Combining Two Peptide Inhibitors Might Block Tumor Growth
A new study suggests that combining two experimental anticancer peptide agents might simultaneously block formation of new tumor blood vessels while also inhibiting the growth of tumor cells. This early test of…
Virtual Assistance Is Confirmed As An Effective Tool In Monitoring HIV Patients
The Hospital Clinic of Barcelona has presented the results of the telemedicine program “Hospital VIHrtual”, coordinated by Dr. Felipe Garcia and Dr. Agata Leon, from the Hospital Clinic Service of Infectious Diseases…
Scientists identify unique function of Twist1 in tumor metastasis
In the early stages of human embryogenesis, a transcription factor called Twist1 plays a key regulatory role in how the embryo assumes form and function. Much later in life, however, researchers at…
Surgical Technique Helps Adult Male Survivors Of Childhood Cancer Regain Fertility
A new study has shown that a surgical technique called microdissection testicular sperm extraction (TESE) can effectively locate and extract viable sperm in more than one-third of adult male childhood cancer survivors…
Novel Strategies Target Health-Care-Associated Infections
Can probiotics prevent pneumonia in patients breathing with the help of ventilators? That’s just one question researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis hope to answer as part of…
University Of Greenwich Research Offers Hope For Heart Patients
Scientists from the University of Greenwich have won nearly three quarters of a million pounds of funding for a research project aimed at improving treatments for patients with heart problems. Some patients,…
Research Shows Rapid Adoption Of Newer, More Expensive Prostate Cancer Treatments
With 180,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, it is one of the most common types of cancer in the country. For this reason, it has been cited as a good…
New UCSD Center Targets Down Syndrome-Alzheimer’s Link
A new center combining academic research with the treatment of adults with Down syndrome one of the first in the country has opened at the University of California, San Diego School of…
Depression, Age, Other Factors Linked To Dependence After Stroke
People who have a stroke are more likely to be dependent if they are depressed, older or have other medical problems, according to a study published in the March 15, 2011, print…