Tag: cancer

The work has only been tested in the lab but, so far, the results are encouraging.

The figures suggest that one in five men and one in six women will develop the disease in their lifetime.

One of the deadliest cancers may have found its match.

Humans a bringing about cancer to a staggering amount of wild species.

Next up -- clinical trials.

Attack the enemy where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

This could be a game-changer in medicine.

Anti-smoking measures really work.

After a century-long debate, doctors think they finally know what's causing ALL.

Dust 2.no.

A new study brings new hope for liver cancer therapy.

Maybe you should stop using antibacterial soap.

It was like the tumor “sat like a head on top of another head,” doctors recalled.  

Repetitive RNA molecules found in Huntington's disease are toxic to cancerous cells.

Bottom line: cut down on the processed foods.

This could be BIG.

This could be a game changer.

A gene mutation that makes it likely for women to develop breast cancer doesn't actually make the disease worse.

...I want one too.

An alcohol metabolite, acetaldehyde, caused significant DNA  alterations in mice stem cells.

Put that cigarette down, skip the beer, and eat more fruits and veggies -- your cancer risk will go down ...

As if cancer wasn't problematic enough...

Put that glass down, researchers warn.

This could be a revolution in cancer prevention and therapy.

Tricksy hobbitses!

Zap the cancer away.

Genetic sequencing could pave the way for a new age of cancer detection.

All you need is carrot juice and beetroot. Sheesh...

It's now possible to see how individual cancer cells move through the body of a mouse.

You can trust a dog's nose.

Bunch up!

Worrying.

This translates into 2.1 million averted deaths, showing that cancer research and prevention screening works.

It's not just your lungs either.

Beating cancer is tough.

I'd expect nothing less from the Tasmanian devils.

This tiny thing can analyze 8 samples at once.

Scientists discovered how cancerous cells hide from immune system -- and how to make them targets again.

When all hope was thought to be lost, selection came to the rescue.

Not a modern-day disease after all.

Chemists at the Ohio State University developed a paper strip technology that might save countless lives in rural Africa, and ...

Microsoft researchers data mined health queries and detected pancreatic cancer symptoms before the user even thought about it.

Yes, it's actually happening.

A new study confirms the the effectiveness of a HPV vaccine introduced almost a decade ago in the US; the ...

In the new technique, nanotechnology is used to determine whether a specific target nucleic acid sequence exists within a mixture, ...

University of Toronto researchers have developed a molecular delivery system to administer chemotherapy drugs with as little collateral damage as ...

Here's one more benefit of exercise (as if we needed more): it can help you fight cancer.

In what has the potential to be a paradigm shift, doctors report extraordinary progress in treating patients with a severe, ...

A new study finds that many cancers are caused by mutations that block the tumor suppressor gene’s effect, through a ...

There is a long-lasting debate dividing the cancer researchers community over the point at which a skin lesion is considered ...