Tag: cancer

In the new technique, nanotechnology is used to determine whether a specific target nucleic acid sequence exists within a mixture, ...

University of Toronto researchers have developed a molecular delivery system to administer chemotherapy drugs with as little collateral damage as ...

Here's one more benefit of exercise (as if we needed more): it can help you fight cancer.

In what has the potential to be a paradigm shift, doctors report extraordinary progress in treating patients with a severe, ...

A new study finds that many cancers are caused by mutations that block the tumor suppressor gene’s effect, through a ...

There is a long-lasting debate dividing the cancer researchers community over the point at which a skin lesion is considered ...

The blood-brain barrier has been broken for the first time in history, and this can revolutionize some areas of cancer ...

In what can only be called a medical oddity, doctors in Columbia found that a man's lung tumor wasn't actually ...

An eagerly awaited report from the World Health Organization (WHO) states that processed meats such as bacon and sausages cause ...

Scientists have in the past toyed with the idea of using a disease to fight cancer. Now, after identifying a ...

A research effort at Winship Cancer Institute recently identified a substance in orange lichen and rhubarb that has the potential ...

In the fight with cancer, we need any piece of help we can get. With this in mind, a group ...

Researchers stumbled upon a new tool to fight cancer in a rather unexpected place; while searching for a vaccine against ...

For every extra 10 cm in height from the median, the chance of getting cancer increases by 11% for men ...

A promising diagnosis test can accurately detect cancer in 7 out of 10 patients just by reading telltale genetic mutations ...

For the first time, aggressive breast, lung and bladder cancer have been neutralized and turned back to normal cells, prevented ...

The trend is clear: medicine is becoming more and more personalized. Ultimately, when you'll enter a hospital for a diagnosis ...

Among the many tools it has in its arsenal, cancer is also very good at hiding - so good that ...

Viagra does things to you... but not skin cancer.

A long term study conducted by US researchers has found a connection between levels of DDT pesticide and breast cancer ...

If we want to defeat cancer, we have to treat every patient uniquely, a team from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) concluded. ...

A new clinical trial from the UK brings exciting results as a modified strain of the herpes virus has been ...

Four cancer charities operated by the same family under a scamming scheme were sued by the Federal Trade Commission and ...

For most smokers, the message that cigarettes are fatally bad for their health often doesn't come across. But if that ...

You hear about potential cancer treatments all the time, and despite significant and remarkable improvements, we're still miles away from ...

In the developed world, obesity is one of the biggest health concerns, so weight loss is one of the hottest ...

A while ago I wrote that the applications for graphene are endless, and it seems like scientists just want to ...

Contrary to popular belief, much of the damage inflicted to the skin by harmful ultraviolet (UV) light occurs hours after ...

Stanford scientists proved that it's possible use DNA minirings that code the production of a specific protein that can't be ...

An ingredient in extra-virgin olive oil kills a variety of cancer cells in a matter of minutes, without damaging healthy ...

British researchers have demonstrated three ways gold nanotubes can be used against cancer: 1) high resolution in-vivo imaging; 2) drug ...

The Nanoflare technology uses a genetic-based approach to detect and image live cancer cells present in the blood stream, well ...

There's an immense body of evidence that proves that meditation has significant beneficial effects for mental health, but it's only ...

In 2003, Dr. Lihong V. Wang at Washington University introduced one of the most exciting technologies we've had the chance to ...

On Tuesday, Google's head of life sciences inside the company’s Google X research lab reported a new exciting project that involves ...

An innovative research posits that cancer may actually be a sort of 'safe mode' mechanism, akin to how a computer's ...

Some people tend to believe that today's society is excessively being eaten up by cancer, which is true to a ...

Scorpion toxins may soon be useful as anticancer drugs. Credit: Courtesy of Dipanjan Pan The difference between a poison and ...

Scientists introduced Clostridium novyi, a bacteria that causes mild illnesses in humans that typically lurks inside the soil and feces, in ...

A group of international researchers have demonstrated a novel technique for destroying cancer cells. By inserting a chloride payload that ...

Researchers have found a cheap and quick way of producing peptides in a laboratory. Producing one of the body's natural ...

A new study that shifted through 81 e-cig related studies found that these are less harmful than conventional cigarettes. Policymakers, ...

British researchers from the University of Bradford have developed what can potentially become a universal blood test for cancer. The ...

A new cancer fighting vaccine could come from an unlikely place. Photo: petfinder.com Right now, I'm the happy caregiver of ...

The ICFO lab-on-a-chip (credit: ICFO) Most cancer diagnosis tools and procedures today involve detecting the disease on the microscopic level. ...

A new "organ on a chip" has been developed by Harvard researchers, reproducing the structure, functions, and cellular make-up of bone ...

Photo: drugdiscovery.com Researchers at the National Research Foundation of Korea report on Sunday that they have identified a new microRNA ...

When it comes to fighting cancer, it's crucial to know what kind of cancer you're dealing with - different diseases ...

A new drug causes brain cancer cells in mice to explode. (c) Cell A potentially game changing drug developed by ...

Photo: Rum Bucolic Ape/Flickr Fractals are non-regular geometric shapes that have the same degree of non-regularity on all scales. Fractals are ...