Melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, afflicts more than 50,000 people in the United States annually and the incidence rate continues to riseIn a study published online in Genome Research (www.genome.org), scientists have delved deeper than ever before into the RNA world of the melanoma t

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STANFORD, Calif. -- Glioblastoma is one of the most deadly human brain cancersRadiation can temporarily shrink a tumor, but they nearly always recur within weeks or months and few patients survive longer than two years after diagnosisNow scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine st

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Irvine, Calif. -- A new strain of mosquitoes in which females cannot fly may help curb the transmission of dengue fever, according to UC Irvine and British scientistsDengue fever causes severe flulike symptoms and is among the world's most pressing public health issues. There are 50 million to 100

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MADISON -- Genetic interactions between avian H5N1 influenza and human seasonal influenza viruses have the potential to create hybrid strains combining the virulence of bird flu with the pandemic ability of H1N1, according to a new studyIn laboratory experiments in mice, a single gene segment from

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A new study suggests that the bacteria that cause typhoid fever collect in tiny but persistent communities on gallstones, making the infection particularly hard to fight in so-called "carriers" – people who have the disease but show no symptomsHumans who harbor these bacter

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Researchers have found that non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a good diagnostic tool for the evaluation and staging of testicular cancer and may improve patient care by sparing some men unnecessary surgery, according to a study in the March issue of the American Journal of "Medical

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Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth (UK), the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Cornell University in New York, Weil Medical College in New York and the Center for Neural Tumour Research in Los Angeles, have for the first time identified a key mechanism that

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Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Karolinska Institutet have used novel technology to reveal the different genetic patterns of neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancerThis discovery may lead to significant advances in the treatment of t

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Gunilla Priebe has studied the international research alliance the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM), which advocates for malaria research in general and the strengthening of research environments in AfricaMalaria research has historically been controlled by interests located in areas outsi

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Kampala -- The University of Glasgow has received a $3m (sh5.8b) grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to further the treatment of sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasisThe money will go towards developing new models to test the ability of drugs to treat this fatal disease in

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