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UCLA researchers have uncovered how an advanced form of melanoma gets around an inhibitor, Zelboraf, which targets the BRAF gene, a gene that is mutated in some... Read More »
A team of scientists at the University of California, San Diego have identified a novel protein expressed by breast cancer cells that could provide a new target for... Read More »
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have found a more effective way of imaging proteins. They have developed a new method of creating incredibly small... Read More »
New chemical analyses have found that Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Diet Coke, and Diet Pepsi contain high levels of 4-methylimidazole (4-MI), a known animal carcinogen. The... Read More »
Scientists have successfully completed an initial trial of a new, potentially more reliable, technique for screening breast cancer using ultrasound. In standard... Read More »
BGI, the world’s largest genomics organization, has developed a new single-cell genome sequencing technology. In two papers, published today in the same issue... Read More »
Here are the top medical innovation stories making headlines this week!
EU reports decline in cancer mortality rates
Good news: cancer mortality rates are on... Read More »
A new drug developed to treat pancreatic cancer, called rigosertib, allows the cancer cells to rush through replication and then stops them in their tracks, in the... Read More »
Yale researchers have discovered why a certain type of blood cell gets so big. This finding also gives clues as to how leukemia can occur when the process goes wrong. ... Read More »
Good news: cancer mortality rates are on the decline, and are estimated to continue declining in the coming year, according to a report published last week in Annals... Read More »
New therapeutic targets for metastatic breast cancer are urgently needed. A team of researchers led by Stefan Offermanns and Thomas Worzfeld, at the... Read More »
Over the past few decades, doctors have noted a surprising trend in cancer of the tonsils and base of the tongue in a new type of patient: 30- to 50-year-old... Read More »
Contouring medical images -- deciding what tissue is normal and what is cancerous in an MRI, ultrasound, CT or other scan -- can be a tricky business. First... Read More »
Scientists have developed a new ‘NOSH aspirin’ that combines two new forms of aspirin to create a hybrid that could potentially be used as an anti-cancer... Read More »
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered how sulforaphane compounds provide not just one, but two ways to prevent cancer through the complex mechanism... Read More »
People are relying on sleeping pills more than ever to get a good night’s rest, but a new study by Scripps Clinic researchers links the medications to a 4.6... Read More »
Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a method of delivering ribonucleic acid (RNA) in a treatment process based on naturally-occurring... Read More »
A colonoscopy, one of the most dreaded routine medical procedures, is a type of cancer screening where physicians use a flexible tube mounted with a camera to view... Read More »
A team of researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), using the exceptionally bright and powerful x-ray beams of the Advanced Light... Read More »
Simultaneous targeting of two different molecules in cancer is an effective way to shrink tumors, block invasion, and stop metastasis, scientists at the University of ... Read More »