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1st published data for VolitionRx's diagnostic blood tests for bowel cancer
May 01, 2014
VolitionRx Limited, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests for different types of cancer, has announced that preliminary data from University Hospital Bonn... Read More
Depression is detectable in the blood
May 01, 2014
Researchers at the MedUni Vienna have demonstrated the possibility of using a blood test to detect depression. Read More
Work in mice advances potential for nanoparticles to treat brain cancer
May 01, 2014
Working together, Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers and neurosurgeons report that they have created tiny, biodegradable "nanoparticles" able to carry DNA to brain cancer cells in mice. Read More
The protein DAZAP1 plays "master regulator" role in how genes are expressed in cancer
May 01, 2014
Researchers in the UNC School of Medicine found that the protein DAZAP1 plays a key role in the regulation of many genes through a process known as alternative splicing, and when highly expressed in... Read More
A new strategy to personalise cancer therapies
May 01, 2014
Tumour cells can accumulate hundreds or even thousands of DNA mutations which induce the growth and spread of cancer. Read More
New goals for global health research and training
May 01, 2014
Global health research and training efforts should focus on combatting the growing epidemic of noncommunicable diseases, better incorporating information technology into research and training, and... Read More
Vitamin D deficiency may predict aggressive prostate cancer
May 01, 2014
New research has found that men with low levels of vitamin D, particularly African-American men, may be at increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer. Read More
New approach to immunotherapy could increase cancer patient survival
May 01, 2014
Developing immunotherapies for cancer is challenging because of significant variability among tumors and diversity in human immune types. Read More
Among breast, colorectal and other cancers, Vitamin D may raise survival rates
May 01, 2014
Cancer patients who have higher levels of vitamin D when they are diagnosed tend to have better survival rates and remain in remission longer than patients who are vitamin D-deficient, according to a... Read More
Managing surgical patients taking new drugs to prevent blood clots
May 01, 2014
New oral anticoagulant drugs that treat and prevent clots offer a much-needed alternative to warfarin, which has been used for more than 6 decades and has serious shortcomings. Read More
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