News articles tagged with 'sarcoma'
Viral protein mimic keeps immune system quiet
— 21 Jan 2011 18:59 | HealthIn a new paper published Jan. 21 in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by Microbiology and Immunology professor Blossom Damania, PhD, has shown for the first time that the…
Picking a poison for brain tumours: Arsenic
— 3 Jan 2011 19:20 | HealthArsenic is usually thought of as a poison. Despite this, it has been used in medicine for over 2000 years, and the arsenic compound arsenic trioxide (ATO) is FDA approved for the treatment…
Study identifies barriers to successful treatment of children with sarcoma in low-income countries
— 21 Oct 2010 20:01 | HealthRaising the survival rate of children with sarcoma in low-income countries will require steps to diagnose the disease sooner, train cancer pathologists, expand radiation therapy services,…
TGen finds therapeutic targets for rare cancer in children
— 2 Sep 2010 15:07 | HealthThe first study of Ewing's sarcoma that screened hundreds of genes based on how they affect cell growth has identified two potential anti-cancer drug targets, according to a scientific…
Loss of tumour supressor gene essential to transforming benign nerve tumours into cancers
— 14 Oct 2009 12:50 | HealthResearchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Centre showed for the first time that the loss or decreased expression of the tumour suppressor gene PTEN plays a central role in…
New hope for deadly childhood bone cancer
— 31 Aug 2009 12:46 | HealthResearchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah have shed new light on Ewing's sarcoma, an often deadly bone cancer that typically afflicts children and young…
UCSF researchers identify new drug target for Kaposi's sarcoma
— 30 Jul 2009 16:09 | HealthUCSF researchers have identified a new potential drug target for the herpes virus that causes Kaposi's sarcoma, re-opening the possibility of using the class of drugs called protease…
GUMC discovery highlights new direction for drug discovery
— 6 Jul 2009 11:55 | HealthIn a discovery that rebuffs conventional scientific thinking, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Centre (GUMC) have discovered a novel way to block the activity of the fusion…
Scientists tackle viral mysteries
— 30 Jun 2009 11:05 | HealthScientists know that some cancers are triggered by viruses, which take over cellular systems and cause uncontrolled cell growth. Doctors - and patients who get shingles late in life…
Caucasians are at higher risk of developing Ewing's sarcoma than other races
— 22 Jun 2009 11:11 | HealthThe largest analysis of its kind has found that Caucasians are much more likely than people in other racial/ethnic groups to develop a rare bone and soft tissue cancer called Ewing's…