Tagged Cancer

Feb 8, 2018

A study published this week in Annals of Internal Medicine shows that hot teas, in conjunction with other risk factors, can increase the chances of developing esophageal cancer, according to Gizmodo.com. The...

Scientists in China successfully clone monkey using DNA transfer

Jan 27, 2018

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscience have successfully cloned two monkeys using the same approach used to clone sheep over 20 years ago, according to Reuters. The development...

Researchers working to develop blood test for early detection of certain cancers

Jan 19, 2018

Scientists reported on Thursday, in the journal Science, significant progress toward a blood test that can detect eight types of cancer in their earliest stages. Called CancerSEEK, the test is close to achievin...

New research links alcohol consumption to certain forms of cancer

Jan 11, 2018

According to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, discussed in a Reuters report, alcohol consumption can cause permanent damage to the DNA of stem cells, raising cancer risk for many individua...

Review shows moderate coffee consumption may offer health benefits

Nov 27, 2017

A new review of existing studies by the BMJ (British Medical Journal) concludes that moderate coffee consumption may offer health benefits, including a lower risk of cancer, liver disease, and death from a stro...

American Cancer Society research predicts quarter million new breast cancer cases

Oct 8, 2017

A new report from the American Cancer Society predicts 252,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer in US women in 2017. Researchers estimated that 40,610 women will die from breast cancer. The research also ...

FDA panel recommends approval of groundbreaking cancer treatment

Jul 15, 2017

A new cancer treatment was approved unanimously by a Food and Drug Administration Panel on Wednesday, recommending for approval the first ever treatment that genetically alters patient’s cells to fight cancer. ...

Researchers have identified a protein that leads cancer to metastasize

Jun 22, 2017

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified the mechanism by which cancer spreads, identifying a protein that acts as a kind of signal to a tumor to start sending cells to colonize other places in the body. ...

Scientists use unique features of rabies virus as model for getting drugs to brain tumors

Feb 19, 2017