News tagged with cancer genetics
Enzyme inhibitor takes an unexpected approach toward blocking cancer-promoting protein
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have discovered a unique method of attack that may be used to inhibit signaling enzymes called kinases, which often have a role in sustaining drug-resistant cancerous cells. They have ...
Researchers make discovery in colon cancer prevention
May 18, 2009 |
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A new study finds that individuals who have low expression of the "Celebrex gene," 15-PGDH, are actually resistant to Celebrex treatment when used to prevent colon cancer. The study, published in this week's issue of the ...
Test for hormones in blood not reflective of hormones in breast tissue; breast cancer risk
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Many studies determine hormone levels in the blood as a marker of breast cancer risk. But it hasn't been known whether these blood tests reflect what is happening in the breast tissue, where certain hormones fuel cancer. ...
Large study documents how p53 mutations link to high-grade breast cancer, poor outcomes
Apr 19, 2009 |
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In what is believed to be the largest study of its kind in the US, researchers have found that almost 26 percent of women studied who have breast cancer have mutations in a gene important in controlling cell growth and death, ...
Fruit flies earn no respect, except among scientists
Apr 05, 2009 |
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That annoying kitchen pest, the fruit fly, occupies an honored place in science and medicine, despite slurs from politicians such as Sen. John McCain and his 2008 sidekick, Sarah Palin.
Study links molecule to muscle maturation, muscle cancer
Dec 30, 2008 |
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Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that a molecule implicated in leukemia and lung cancer is also important in muscle repair and in a muscle cancer that strikes ...
