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)
Margaret R. Karagas is an epidemiologist from Dartmouth who led a team of investigators on a study concerned with the factors that can aid the development of cancer in people inhabiting the northern part of New England. The group... (Continue reading)
A debate that stretched over a period of ten years regarding what type of Fas ligand which is a molecular communicator plays the prime role in cellular killings in the process of apoptosis has reached a conclusion. This research was... (Continue reading)
A recent study having as leading investigator doctor Michael Teitell from the University of California, Los Angeles discovered that the deregulations in the SPAK protein may be the causes for the appearance and development of the B-cell lymphoma. For those who... (Continue reading)
The National Cancer Institute in Bethesda located in the United States hosts a group of researchers that claim that by examining the pet dogs which suffer from cancer, the medical doctors would be able to getter a better understanding of... (Continue reading)
Researchers from Johns Hopkins and Nationwide Children have discovered a potential strategy for cancer therapy by focusing on what’s missing in tumors. MicroRNAs control gene expression and are commonly lost in cancerous tumors. Noticing this absence, scientists have shown that the... (Continue reading)
Nearly 50000 people died of colon or rectal cancer in the year 2008 and in the same year there where reported more than 108,000 new cases of colon cancer and nearly 41,000 cases of rectal cancer in the U.S. alone,... (Continue reading)
The discovery of a micro-molecule which regulates the activity of the p53 protein that protects cells against cancer could have an important significance in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The molecule in question is in fact a type of... (Continue reading)
Myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs) are a group of blood cancers characterized by the excess production of red and white blood cells, many cases of which being caused by a mutation in a gene called JAK2. A recent study carried out at... (Continue reading)
Src is an enzyme from the family of protein tyrosine kinases and it was the first cancer-causing gene discovered at the beginning of the 20th century. It has control over cell metabolism, division and death and while its function is... (Continue reading)