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Researchers Find New Skin Cancer Target

Saturday, April 5th, 2008 - 16:54:58 - Iddo Genuth

Cancers in the upper layers of the skin are sustained by a continually renewing supply of aberrant stem cells, known as cancer stem cells. In a paper...

A Gene for Smoking?

Saturday, April 5th, 2008 - 10:42:22 - Iddo Genuth

Scientists from an EU-supported consortium have discovered that a mutation in a human gene confers nicotine dependence. They have shown that a...

Genetic Link to Lung Cancer is Discovered

Friday, April 4th, 2008 - 12:33:33 - Iddo Genuth

People who have the gene variant face at least a 30% greater chance of developing the disease, three studies find. The discovery may help to explain...

Nano-Sized Technology to Help Tumor Research

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 - 19:11:25 - Ehud Rattner

Anyone facing chemotherapy would welcome an advance promising to dramatically reduce their dose of these often harsh drugs. Using nanotechnology...

Will Soy Beat Cancer?
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 - Asaf Peer
An experiment conducted by a group of researchers from Northwestern University showed for the first time that an antioxidant...

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microRNA Can Reduce Lung Cancer Growth

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 - 23:12:26 - Iddo Genuth

A small RNA molecule, known as let-7 microRNA (miRNA), substantially reduced cancer growth in multiple mouse models of lung cancer, according to work...

Breast Cancer Treatments: Fewer But Bigger

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 - 12:26:09 - Ehud Rattner

A lower total dose of radiotherapy, delivered in fewer, larger treatments has been shown to be as effective as the international standard of a higher...

Sex, Sharks and Cancer
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 - David Morgenstern
In 2001, Zoo workers at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, were astonished to find a hammerhead shark pup in an...