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Growth Of Aggressive Brain Cancer Driven By Metabolic Molecule

By on Monday, June 17th, 2013 | No Comments

A study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) has identified an abnormal metabolic pathway that drives cancer-cell growth in a particular glioblastoma subtype…

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Sand Gnats shave their heads to battle children’s cancer

By on Sunday, June 16th, 2013 | No Comments

They were part of a head shaving event this afternoon at Grayson Stadium. The Sand Gnats partnered with the Versus Cancer Foundation, which raises money to support children’s cancer research.

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Mark Harmon joins Stand Up To Cancer and the Cancer Research Institute

By on Saturday, June 15th, 2013 | No Comments

Stand Up To Cancer announced June 13, that Mark Harmon star of “NCIS” is lending his support to SU2C and the Cancer Research Institute via a new PSA.

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New Details Uncovered Of Natural Anticancer Mechanism

By on Friday, June 14th, 2013 | No Comments

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified key triggers of an important cancer-blocking mechanism in cells. Termed “oncogene-induced senescence,” this mechanism can block most cancer types, and is commonly experienced when incipient skin cancers turn instead into slow-growing moles…

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Allergic And Autoimmune Diseases Connected, Implications For The Development Of New Therapies To Target Cancer

By on Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 | No Comments

A group of scientists has discovered that a gene called Bach2 may play a central role in the development of a range of allergic and autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, asthma, Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, and type-1 diabetes. The research has implications for the development of new therapies to target cancer…

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Childhood Cancer Survivors Found to Have Significant Undiagnosed Disease as Adults

By on Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 | No Comments

MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 11, 2013 — St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has found that childhood cancer survivors overwhelmingly experience a significant amount of undiagnosed, serious disease through their adult years, establishing the importance of proactive, life-long clinical health screenings for this growing high-risk population.

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Early data from first human study suggests radiation-antibody combination is safe

By on Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 | No Comments

An experimental treatment that combines a cell-killing radioactive particle with an antibody that homes in on cancer cells is safe in the treatment of cancers spreading through patients’ abdomens, new research suggests.

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Shape of nanoparticles points the way toward more targeted drugs

By on Monday, June 10th, 2013 | No Comments

The shape of nanoparticles can enhance drug targeting, according to new research. The study found that rod-shaped nanoparticles — or nanorods — as opposed to spherical nanoparticles, appear to adhere more effectively to the surface of endothelial cells that line the inside of blood vessels.

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Cooper to team with cancer center

By on Monday, June 10th, 2013 | No Comments

In a move with potential to shake up the health-care market in Philadelphia and beyond, Cooper University Health Care in Camden is expected to announce on Monday a partnership with the MD Anderson Cancer Center of Houston, one of the nation’s top-ranked treatment and research facilities.

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Health Challenges For Cancer Survivors Posed By Rural Living

By on Monday, June 10th, 2013 | No Comments

Cancer survivors who live in rural areas aren’t as healthy as their urban counterparts, according to new research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Kathryn E. Weaver, Ph.D…

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