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)
Vitamin D is produced in the human body under direct exposure to sunlight in response to UV irradiation and it is also found in dairy products or as a dietary supplement, regulating the calcium and phosphorus levels in the blood,... (Continue reading)
The results of a recent study regarding screening tests for ovarian cancers is questioning the effectiveness of the procedure, the main concern being the fact that, at an early stage of development, the biology of ovarian cancers often interprets them... (Continue reading)
Tumor cells that detach and enter the bloodstream create the possibility for the disease to spread in other tissues. While scientists gained knowledge about how cancer cells attach to these surfaces, little is known about the way these cells detach... (Continue reading)
Differences in gene expression is what causes diversity between cells despite the fact that almost all human cells have the same genome and it represents the process through which a protein or other molecule encoded by a gene is produced.... (Continue reading)
The treatment of recurrent breast cancer, which can localize in skin, lymph nodes, lung, liver or bone, should not be entirely based on the properties of the original breast cancer, suggests a recent study conducted by the Princess Margaret Hospital... (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)
A team of Austrian scientists of the Institute of Biochemistry and the Center for Molecular Biosciences of the University of Innsbruck might have found a way to suppress a powerful oncogene, a recent study shows. The oncogene in question is in... (Continue reading)
In an effort of understanding the mechanisms of the metastasis, researchers at the Institute Curie in Paris came up with a theory that suggests that every biological tissue regulates to a preferred pressure called homeostatic pressure and that an increased... (Continue reading)