News articles tagged with 'tumour' (Page 2)
New therapeutic target for lung cancer
— 1 Apr 2011 14:36 | HealthA new therapeutic target for lung cancer has been discovered by researchers at Seoul National University. It was found that a variant of the protein AIMP2 is highly expressed in lung…
Researchers find possible clues to tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer patients
— 31 Mar 2011 16:00 | HealthBreast cancer patients who become resistant to tamoxifen may have low levels of a protein called Rho GDI-alpha, according to a study published online March 30 in the Journal of the…
Researchers publish molecular disease model for melanoma
— 31 Mar 2011 15:12 | HealthCancer Commons, an initiative of CollabRx, a provider of information technology to personalise cancer treatments and accelerate research, announces the publication of a molecular disease…
UT Southwestern research advances fight against kidney cancer
— 31 Mar 2011 15:06 | HealthResearchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have discovered genetic pathways to starve selectively kidney cancer cells…
MIT: New blood-testing device can quickly spot cancer cells, HIV
— 30 Mar 2011 17:25 | HealthA Harvard bioengineer and an MIT aeronautical engineer have created a new device that can detect single cancer cells in a blood sample, potentially allowing doctors to quickly determine…
New cancer drug discovered at U-M heads to clinical trials
— 30 Mar 2011 16:55 | HealthResearchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Centre have developed a new drug called AT-406 with potential to treat multiple types of cancer…
UAB research targets way to stop brain tumour cell invasion
— 30 Mar 2011 16:49 | HealthGliomas are brain invaders. A kind of malignant tumour cell, gliomas branch out like tendrils from a central tumour source, spreading cancer throughout the brain. Traditional therapies,…
Scientists devise targeted therapy strategy for rare form of childhood cancer
— 30 Mar 2011 16:25 | HealthBy 'distracting' cancer proteins from their usual activity, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital have caused cells in a rare, lethal form of cancer…
Viral replicase points to potential cancer therapy
— 28 Mar 2011 14:17 | HealthAlpha viruses, such as Sindbis virus, carry their genetic information on a single strand of RNA. On infection they use a protein, replicase, to produce double stranded RNA (dsRNA) which…
PMH researchers create an organic nanoparticle that uses sound and heat to find and treat tumours
— 21 Mar 2011 16:17 | HealthA team of scientists from Princess Margaret Hospital have created an organic nanoparticle that is completely non-toxic, biodegradable and nimble in the way it uses light and heat to…