Skin cells can predict cancer risk elsewhere in bodyOctober 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Just inexpensively culturing a few skin cells can predict a person's cancer risk, revealed a cell biologist from the University of California, Berkeley. Harry Rubin, professor emeritus of molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley, has acknowledged that cancer cells have mutations in hundreds of genes, making it hard to determine which are the key triggers and making prognosis and treatment equally difficult.
Skin cells may act as early warning for cancerOctober 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Cancer is such a complex genetic disease that one has to sequence a person's complete genome in order to predict his or her risk. But a recent study reveals that the risk may be more simply determined by inexpensively culturing a few skin cells.
Scientists grow liver cells from patients' skin cellsOctober 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a breakthrough study, researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have succeeded in producing liver cells from patients' skin cells. Led by Dr. Stephen A. Duncan, the study has paved the way for treating a wide range of diseases that affect liver function.
Anti-ageing creams could cause cancerOctober 8th, 2009 LONDON - Anti-ageing creams, which promise to smooth away the fine lines of maturity, could lead to cancer by stripping the skin of its protective top layer, warn experts. A leading US professor has said that using these revolutionary creams could expose the skin to dangerous toxins and make it more prone to sun damage.
Why some women suffer breast cancer relapsesOctober 5th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in New York City have found out why some women suffer relapses years after beating breast cancer. Leading oncologist Dr.
FDA panel narrowly backs Schering-Plough's PegIntron as a skin cancer medicationOctober 5th, 2009 FDA panel backs Schering-Plough cancer drugGAITHERSBURG, Md. — Federal health advisers voted 6-4 on Monday that the potential benefits of a Schering-Plough drug outweigh its toxic risks as a treatment for late-stage skin cancer.
Fantasy sports can improve mathematics test scoresOctober 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Fantasy sports can help improve mathematics test scores in schools, says a University of Mississippi researcher. To reach the conclusion, Kim Beason, associate professor of park and recreation management at UM, teamed up with Dan Flockhart, a former California middle school teacher who has written a series of mathematics textbooks.
New radioactive imaging agent may revolutionise skin cancer diagnosisOctober 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - An Australian Government funded research group has developed a potential new material that can make early diagnosis of malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer possible. Writing about their work in the ACS' Journal of the Medicinal Chemistry, the Cooperative Research Consortium for Biomedical Imaging Develop has revealed that the novel material is currently being tested in laboratory animals.
Mouth cancer sufferer has face rebuilt using ribs, hips and wristSeptember 26th, 2009 LONDON - A man's face, which was damaged due to mouth cancer, has been rebuilt using different parts of his body including ribs, hips and wrists. Tim Gallego had to undergo 16 operations to have bones, skin and arteries from all over his body implanted into his face.
Lifestyle choices do affect cancer incidence and treatmentSeptember 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Lifestyle choices do affect the incidence and treatment of cancer, according to a study. Published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM), the study looked at recent research on the five most common forms of cancer-lung, colorectal, breast, prostate and skin-and how some risk factors for these cancers can be lifestyle based and, therefore, controllable through alterations in human behaviour.
Milk-duct tumors vexing: Who's at real risk for invasive cancer? Time even to change the name?September 24th, 2009 Precancer? Earliest cancer? Milk-duct cells vexingWASHINGTON — Some doctors tell patients they have "stage zero" breast cancer. Others call it a precancer.
'Spectacular' treatment for skin cancer developedSeptember 24th, 2009 LONDON - American scientists have developed, what is being hailed as a "simply spectacular" treatment for skin cancer that could shrink the tumours at a "rapid and dramatic" rate in patients whose disease had spread. The results of the drug trial are significant because skin cancer, though curable when caught early, usually become fatal when it spreads to other parts of the body.
Sunlight may help cancer patients surviveSeptember 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Two new studies have found that sunbathing, which causes skin cancer, can also help to fight the disease. Scientists say, although, protection from sunlight is necessary, moderate exposure is beneficial to health.
Vitamin C can help protect DNA damage of skin cellsSeptember 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at the University of Leicester and Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology in Portugal have found that vitamin C can help protect DNA damage of skin cells and lead to better skin regeneration. Previous research has shown that DNA repair is upregulated in people consuming vitamin C supplements.
Veteran House Republican Sensenbrenner has prostate cancerAugust 31st, 2009 Rep. Sensenbrenner says he has prostate cancerWASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner announced Monday that he is in the early stage of prostate cancer.
