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Scientists Announced New Advance for Cancer Targeting in The Future

Written on 7 Feb, 2011 at 22:58 in Cancer, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma | viewed 5,549 times | 0 Comments

An international team of scientists announced new research that offers potential for quite new approaches to targeting some diseases such as cancer. They also announced an increased potential for more targeted therapies following identification of proteins which have a vital... (Continue reading)

New Target Identified Could Stop Developing Own Blood Supply of Tumours

Written on 7 Feb, 2011 at 22:55 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer | viewed 4,575 times | 0 Comments

A recently developed drug is, according to researchers, aimed at particular receptors involved in the growth of blood vessels which sustain tumour growth. The drug is active in the case of patients presenting advanced forms of cancers and has stopped... (Continue reading)

New Lung Cancer Treatment Brings Promising Results

Written on 7 Feb, 2011 at 22:52 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 5,744 times | 0 Comments

A new lung cancer treatment consisting of an inhalable dry powder seems to have determined a significant increase of the survival rates and is also less invasive than other current treatment options, many of them including surgery and radiation. The... (Continue reading)

DNA Repair Protein to Have a Novel Role in Cancer Disease, Scientists Unveil

Written on 2 Aug, 2010 at 18:10 in Cancer, Lung Cancer | viewed 20,530 times | 0 Comments

Researchers in Tufts University have found that a certain cellular protein which has a key role in repairing damaged DNA molecules could also help the cancer development. Mitch McVey, Assistant Professor of Biology, and his team of researchers report that PolQ... (Continue reading)

Heart and liver transplant recipients are exposed to lung cancer

Written on 9 May, 2010 at 22:23 in Liver Cancer, Lung Cancer | viewed 21,253 times | 0 Comments

According to researchers who participated at the second European Lung Cancer Conference, it seems that after receiving a heart or liver transplant, recipients are exposed to a high risk of developing lung cancer. Doctors are... (Continue reading)

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Eliminated in Mice Thanks to a Combination between Medication and Radiation

Written on 9 Feb, 2010 at 14:08 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Skin Cancer | viewed 28,354 times | 0 Comments

The scientists from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center managed to counteract the NSCL (non-small cell lung cancer) in the mouse organism by utilizing a clinical trial medication entitled BEZ235 and combining it with irradiation in low-dosage. The investigation... (Continue reading)

New Initiative to Screen the Exposure to Environmental Carcinogens

Written on 9 Feb, 2010 at 14:06 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer | viewed 27,787 times | 0 Comments

A recent investigation of an ACS (American Cancer Society) research collaborator subcommittee regarding cancer and the environment stated that the exposing of oneself to carcinogens must be diminished as much as possible and even stopped in the cases where it... (Continue reading)

Rapid Detection of Cancer and Follow-up Treatments Thanks to Groundbreaking Lab-on-chip

Written on 24 Nov, 2009 at 21:25 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Lung Cancer | viewed 26,333 times | 0 Comments

IMM (the Institüt für Mikrotechnik Mainz), leading European research complex in micro-fluids IMEC which is a large European research complex in nanotechnology and nano-electronics and their collaborators for the European Sixth Framework Project MASCOT managed to set the grounds for... (Continue reading)

Common Plant Might Bring Insights On Cell Aging And Cancer

Written on 24 Nov, 2009 at 20:56 in Cancer, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma | viewed 25,662 times | 0 Comments

A research team coming from the Texas A&M University and the UC (University of Cincinnati) recently underwent a study regarding the association between a common plant entitled Arabidopsis and the malignant cells. The links between these two has to do... (Continue reading)

Short-term Treatment with Celecoxib May Prove to Bring Advantages in Preventing Gastric Carcinogenesis

Written on 24 Nov, 2009 at 20:53 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer | viewed 27,254 times | 0 Comments

In 1983 scientists managed to isolate and grow the H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori). Since then it was found that this bacteria represents an essential factor in triggering health conditions such as peptic ulcer, gastritis and gastric cancer. The COX-2 (Cyclooxgenase-2)... (Continue reading)