All Articles Tagged As: cancer

Sunburn alert: UVB does more damage to DNA than UVA (7/4/2008)

New report may lead to independence from skin cancer ...> Full Article

Need microRNA processing? Get Smad (6/12/2008)

Geneticists have found that Smad proteins regulate microRNA processing. ...> Full Article

MicroRNA controls expression of oncogenes (6/12/2008)

A new study demonstrates that microRNAs can modulate the expression of well known tumor-specific oncogenic translocation proteins and may play a significant role in some human cancers. ...> Full Article

Volcanic bug aids 'Children of the Moon' (6/1/2008)

Scientists probing an ancient microbe have shed new light on a rare condition that causes acute sensitivity to the sun. ...> Full Article

Team develops safe, effective RNA interference technique (4/29/2008)

Method holds promise for treating cancer and infection ...> Full Article

Data-handling technique finds genes to be team players in curbing brain cancer cell growth (4/10/2008)

Researchers describe a new algorithm for ranking abnormal genes according to their likelihood of contributing to a cancer. And they show that a gene identified by the algorithm as a likely restrainer of tumor growth does indeed play that role in a common type of brain cancer, and is not a mere "bystander" to another restrainer gene ...> Full Article

New revelations in epigenetic control shed light on breast cancer (3/11/2008)

Scientists discover that long-term regulation of the human genome is much more dynamic than assumed ...> Full Article

Short RNA strand helps exposed skin cells protect body from bacteria, dehydration and even cancer (3/4/2008)

Every minute, 30,000 of our outermost skin cells die so that we can live. When they do, new cells migrate from the inner layer of the skin to the surface of it, where they form a tough protective barrier. In a series of elegant experiments in mice, researchers at Rockefeller University have now discovered a tiny RNA molecule that helps create this barrier. The results not only yield new insight into how skin first evolved, but also suggest how healthy cells can turn cancerous. ...> Full Article

Cancers in Dogs, Humans Share Same Genetic Basis, Say Researchers (3/2/2008)

Cancer researchers have found that humans and dogs share more than friendship and companionship - they also share the same genetic basis for certain types of cancer. Furthermore, the researchers say that because of the way the genomes have evolved, getting cancer may be inevitable for some humans and dogs. ...> Full Article

Donation of $600,000 to Buy State-of-Art DNA Sequencer (3/1/2008)

Cancer center receives donation to buy new genetic sequencer ...> Full Article

Inverted DNA Turns Quiet Developmental Gene into a Potent Driver of T-Cell Lymphoma (3/1/2008)

A gene crucial for embryonic development can quickly become a potent cancer promoter in adult mice after a genetic misalignment, according to researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center, causing white blood cells to become cancerous spontaneously. ...> Full Article

Genome-wide profiling of epigenetic therapy in cervical cancer (2/26/2008)

In a single-arm interventional study, demethylating hydralazine and the histone deacetylase (HADC) inhibitor magnesium valproate were added to cisplatin chemoradiation in International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IIIB cervical cancer treatment to assess their safety and biological effects. ...> Full Article

A group of researchers discover a new code in the genome (1/29/2008)

The finding have been possible thanks to the calculation capacity of the MareNostrum supercomputer ...> Full Article

'Genes and Environment' grant funds close look at nature-nurture overlap in common diseases (9/25/2007)

Johns Hopkins' McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine is one of two gene-hunting facilities in the nation to win a new $11.7 million four-year federal grant to rigorously sort out how such environmental factors as diet, exercise, stress and addictions interact with people's individual genetic makeup to affect their risk for disorders as wide-ranging as cancer, diabetes, tooth decay and heart disease. ...> Full Article