By: Anna Christou Physicians and scientists have been working to develop cancer therapies that are more personalized and that also minimize damage to healthy tissue. For example,… Read more “Treating Liver Cancer by Blocking Blood Flow to the Tumor”
Category: Cancer
Immunotherapy: Attacking Cancer from the Inside Out
By: Clare Nimura Why can’t your immune system fight cancer the same way it fights a common cold? The immune system is supposed to recognize the bad… Read more “Immunotherapy: Attacking Cancer from the Inside Out”
Meat Consumption and Cancer
By: Yameng Zhang Edited by: Thomas Luh On October 26th 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization,… Read more “Meat Consumption and Cancer”
Finally, a light in the darkness: New genetic testing of tumors provides more accurate predictions than ever.
By Alex Bernstein Until quite recently, oncologists, despite all of the progress that has been made in the field, could at best make educated guesses when asked… Read more “Finally, a light in the darkness: New genetic testing of tumors provides more accurate predictions than ever.”
Telomerase Mapped: Locating the “Fountain of Youth”
By Ian MacArthur In 1978 Elizabeth Blackburn and Joseph Gall published their work on telomeres, the regions on the ends of chromosomes comprised of simple, repetitive DNA… Read more “Telomerase Mapped: Locating the “Fountain of Youth””
Even Devils Are No Match For a Contagious Cancer
The end of the Devil? Well, the Tasmanian devil that is. Sadly, that might well soon become a reality as a fatal contagious cancer is decimating the… Read more “Even Devils Are No Match For a Contagious Cancer”
A Troubling Link Between Breast Cancer and the Environment
By Alex Bernstein In the late 1950’s, few doctors thought to take blood and urine samples for future use in long-term studies. Yet, that is exactly what… Read more “A Troubling Link Between Breast Cancer and the Environment”