News tagged with cancer tissue
Papillomavirus silences innate immune response
Dec 03, 2009 |
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In the 1980s, Harald zur Hausen and his co-workers discovered that specific types of human papillomavirus (HPV) cause cervical cancer. Scientists soon found out how these pathogens cause cells to degenerate. ...
Predicting cancer prognosis
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Researchers led by Dr. Soheil Dadras at the Stanford University Medical Center have developed a novel methodology to extract microRNAs from cancer tissues. The related report by Ma et al, "Profiling and discovery of novel ...
Scientists discover potential new drug delivery system
Aug 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a potential new drug delivery system. The finding is a biological mechanism for delivery of nanoparticles into tissue. The results are published ...
Colon cancer screening technique shows continued promise in new study
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Recent clinical trials show that a new colon cancer screening technique created by Northwestern University researchers has a high enough sensitivity that it could potentially be as or more successful than a colonoscopy in ...
Research reveals molecular pathway behind invasive prostate cancers
May 18, 2009 |
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University of Cincinnati (UC) cancer and cell biologists have identified a new molecular pathway key to the development of invasive prostate cancers.
Tinkering with the circadian clock can suppress cancer growth
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that disruption of the circadian clock - the internal time-keeping mechanism that keeps the body running on a 24-hour cycle - can slow the progression ...
Study of human tissue reveals potential colon cancer biomarker
Jan 16, 2009 |
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Cincinnati scientists have identified a new biomarker that could help predict a person's risk of developing colon cancer and how aggressive it may become.
Researchers find potential links between breast density and breast cancer risk
Dec 14, 2008 |
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Having dense breasts - areas that show up light on a mammogram - is strongly associated with increased breast cancer risk, but "why" remains to be answered. Now, by examining dense and non-dense tissue taken from the breasts ...
