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4 New Genetic Risk Factors Identified For Testicular Cancer

By on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 | No Comments

A new study looking at the genomes of more than 13,000 men identified four new genetic variants associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer, the most commonly diagnosed type in young men today. The findings from this first-of-its-kind meta-analysis were reported online in Nature Genetics by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania…

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Mutations Discovered That May Affect Treatment Of Patients With Endometrial Cancer

By on Friday, May 3rd, 2013 | No Comments

A study from the Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, led by the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute, report that mutations discovered in endometrial cancer genes may directly impact treatment plans for women with aggressive endometrial cancer, as well as the classification of endometrial cancer tumors. The study was published in the journal Nature…

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New app aims to help women with breast-cancer diagnosis

By on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 | No Comments

A NEW and free app, designed to help women understand the nature of their breast pain in consultation with their GP, is now available.

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Researcher reveals new way to safeguard forensic dna samples against contamination

By on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 | No Comments

DNA evidence is invisible and remarkably easy to transfer, making it possible for a sample to be spilled or even planted on a piece of evidence. Scientists have now developed a solution that permanently marks DNA samples to prevent contamination. Hampikian has used nullomers, the smallest DNA sequences that are absent from nature, to create the DNA bar code.

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Powerful, more accurate, genetic analysis tool opens new gene-regulation realms

By on Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 | No Comments

Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah have developed a novel and powerful technique to identify the targets for a group of enzymes called RNA cytosine methyltransferases (RMTs) in human RNA. They applied their technique to a particular RMT, NSUN2, which has been implicated in mental retardation and cancers in humans, finding and validating many previously unknown RMT targets—an indication of the technique’s power. The research results were published online in the journal Nature Biotechnology on April 21.

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Hundreds of alterations and potential drug targets to starve tumors identified

By on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 | No Comments

A massive study analyzing gene expression data from 22 tumor types has identified multiple metabolic expression changes associated with cancer. The analysis, conducted by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (home of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center), also identified hundreds of potential drug targets that could cut off a tumor’s fuel supply or interfere with its ability to synthesize essential building blocks. The study was published in the online edition of Nature Biotechnology.

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Mapping Telomerase Is An Important Step Towards Predicting The Risk Of Developing Different Cancers

By on Monday, April 1st, 2013 | No Comments

In collaboration with an international research team, University of Copenhagen researchers have for the first time mapped telomerase, an enzyme which has a kind of rejuvenating effect on normal cell ageing. The findings have just been published in Nature Genetics and are a step forward in the fight against cancer. Mapping the cellular fountain of youth – telomerase…

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Dana-Farber scientists find potential loophole in pancreatic cancer defenses

By on Friday, March 29th, 2013 | No Comments

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists and colleagues have discovered that pancreatic cancer cells’ growth and spread are fueled by an unusual metabolic pathway that someday might be blocked with targeted drugs to control the deadly cancer. A study published today in Nature reveals that pancreatic tumor cells are dependent on an amino acid, glutamine, which they utilize via a molecular pathway that has no apparent backup system.

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NSAIDs can boost stem cells for transplants for cancer patients

By on Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 | No Comments

Scientists say that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may be a boon to doctors gathering stem cells for transplants to treat patients with blood or bone marrow cancers, including non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and multiple myeloma. The compounds, known as NSAIDs and which include aspirin, ibuprofen and other painkillers, increased the number of stem and progenitor cells harvested from the blood in animal testing and a small human study, according to work published online in the journal Nature by a research team led by scientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine (home to the Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center).

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Early Identification Of Disease Via New MRI Fingerprint Method

By on Friday, March 15th, 2013 | No Comments

A new method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could routinely spot specific cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and other maladies early, when they’re most treatable, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center suggest in the journal Nature…

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