CINCINNATI -- Individuals with a certain type of genetic susceptibility to lung cancer face a greatly increased risk for the deadly disease with even a small exposure to cigarette smoke, a study team that includes researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) has concludedFor family members w

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PHILADELPHIA -- Obese patients with colon cancer are at greater risk for death or recurrent disease compared to those who are within a normal weight range, according to a report in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research"Obesity has long been established

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For the first time, scientists have succeeded in growing empty particles derived from a plant virus and have made them carry useful chemicalsThe external surface of these nano containers could be decorated with molecules that guide them to where they are needed in the body, before the chemical loa

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The potentially deadly yellow-fever-transmitting Aedes aegypti mosquito detects the specific chemical structure of a compound called octenol as one way to find a mammalian host for a blood meal, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists reportScientists have long known that mosquitoes can det

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What began as research into how diabetics could possibly preserve their eyesight has led to findings that could prolong the vision of children afflicted with retinoblastomaDolores Takemoto, a Kansas State University professor of biochemistry who was researching protein kinase C gamma in the lens o

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Ann Arbor, Mich. -- Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are at no greater risk of having polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases than healthy people undergoing colonoscopies, according to new research published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology“Patients and doctors g

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The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for generationsUniversity of Florida researcher Nam Dang, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues in Japan have documented papaya's dramatic anticancer effect against a broad range of lab-grow

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ITHACA, N.Y. -- Another weapon in the arsenal against cancer: Nanoparticles that identify, target and kill specific cancer cells while leaving healthy cells aloneLed by Carl Batt, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Food Science, the researchers synthesized nanoparticles – shaped something

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Zurich researchers have found a new treatment approach which they hope will help young leukaemia patients who don’t respond to conventional therapiesLeukaemia is a malignant disease of the blood and bone marrow, which accounts for a third of childhood cancersDespite great progress in leukae

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New breakthrough treatments for the most common cancers could soon come from cutting-edge research into some of the world's rarest tumorsAt the ESMO Conference on Sarcoma and GIST, to be held in Milan, Italy, on 9 and 10 March 2010, researchers and some of the world's leading experts will discuss

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