by drstegallio | May 16, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research
In the Feb. 20 issue of the journal Nature Methods, team members from Johns Hopkins University, the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and the University of Toronto detailed their promising new method of detecting the presence of an extra mark on DNA called...
by drstegallio | May 15, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research
The research, carried out by scientists at Cancer Research UK’s Cambridge Institute at the University of Cambridge and St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in the United States, shows that cancers are more likely to start in stem cells —...
by drstegallio | May 12, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research
Using the gene-editing system known as CRISPR, MIT researchers have shown in mice that they can generate colon tumors that very closely resemble human tumors. This advance should help scientists learn more about how the disease progresses and allow them to test new...
by drstegallio | May 10, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Nutrition, Cancer Research
Already extolled for their health benefits as a food compound, omega-3 fatty acids now appear to also play a critical role in preserving the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, which protects the central nervous system from blood-borne bacteria, toxins and other...
by drstegallio | May 6, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Myths, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Research
A large international survey on sun exposure behaviors and skin cancer detection found there are many imperfections and geographical inequalities in primary and secondary prevention of skin cancer. This information could help inform future awareness campaigns...
by drstegallio | May 5, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research, Cancer Treatment
Two infants diagnosed with a relapsed form of childhood cancer who had previously exhausted all other treatment options remain disease-free after receiving a first-in-human experimental therapy that uses genetically engineered T cells, a new analysis reports. Such...