Cancer Research News
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 04:33:32 pm
Tumor-targeted bioluminescent bacteria have been shown for the first time to provide accurate 3-D images of tumors in mice, further advancing the potential for targeted cancer drug delivery
Posted on November 05, 2011 at 10:37:52 pm
Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered why measles, perhaps the most contagious viral disease in the world, spreads so quickly. The virus emerges in the trachea of its host, provoking a cough that fills the air with particles ready to infect the next hos
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 08:39:59 am
Researchers from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), the University of Ottawa (uOttawa), Jennerex Inc. and several other institutions have just reported promising results of a world-first cancer therapy trial in journal Nature
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 09:20:36 am
Curcumin, the main component in the spice turmeric used in curry, suppresses a cell signaling pathway that drives the growth of head and neck cancer, according to a pilot study using human saliva by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Cente
Posted on August 11, 2011 at 08:35:22 am
In a cancer treatment breakthrough 20 years in the making, researchers have shown sustained remissions of up to a year among a small group of advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients treated with genetically engineered versions of their own T
Posted on June 30, 2011 at 08:24:42 am
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a novel method of disguising nanoparticles as red blood cells, which will enable them to evade the body's immune system and deliver cancer-fighting drugs straight to a tumor
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 08:56:27 am
Mayo Clinic investigators and collaborators from the United Kingdom cured well-established prostate tumors in mice using a human vaccine with no apparent side effects
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:26:39 pm
Eating a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet may reduce the risk of cancer and slow the growth of tumors already present, according to a study published in Cancer Research.
Posted on June 07, 2011 at 08:34:18 am
Yo-yo dieters may be healthier and live longer than those who stay obese, a new Ohio University study in mice suggests
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 08:39:49 am
Melding nanotechnology and medical research, Sandia National Laboratories, the University of New Mexico, and the UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center have produced an effective strategy that uses nanoparticles to blast cancerous cells with a mélange o
