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'Double mastectomy better' for women with BRCA gene mutation
Feb 12, 2014
Women with early-stage breast cancer who have a mutation in the BRCA gene are much less likely to die from the disease if they have a double mastectomy, compared with women who have the mutation and only have one breast removed. This is according to a study published in the BMJ.The research team, including Prof. Read More
Annual screening does not reduce risk of death from breast cancer
Feb 12, 2014
According to a study conducted by researchers in Canada and published in the BMJ, annual screening for breast cancer does not reduce likelihood of dying from cancer any more than physical examination or usual care do in women aged 40-59. Read More
Genome analysis reveals the origins of genetic adaptations for high altitude in Tibetans
Feb 12, 2014
Genetic adaptations for life at high elevations found in residents of the Tibetan plateau likely originated around 30,000 years ago in peoples related to contemporary Sherpa. Read More
Hope for development of drugs to stall the growth of K-Ras cancers, previously deemed impossible to treat
Feb 12, 2014
NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have found a biological weakness in the workings of the most commonly mutated gene involved in human cancers, known as mutant K-Ras, which they say can be exploited by drug chemotherapies to thwart tumor growth. Read More
Genome analysis reveals the origins of genetic adaptations for high altitude in Tibetans
Feb 12, 2014
Genetic adaptations for life at high elevations found in residents of the Tibetan plateau likely originated around 30,000 years ago in peoples related to contemporary Sherpa. Read More
Three doses of HPV vaccine recommended to protect against genital warts
Feb 11, 2014
Two doses of the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) provide good protection against genital warts, but three doses is better according to an extensive register study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The results are published in the scientific periodical JAMA.Since 2012, girls between the ages of 10 and 18 have been offered free vaccination against HPV. Read More
Three doses of HPV vaccine recommended to protect against genital warts
Feb 11, 2014
Two doses of the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) provide good protection against genital warts, but three doses is better according to an extensive register study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The results are published in the scientific periodical JAMA.Since 2012, girls between the ages of 10 and 18 have been offered free vaccination against HPV. Read More
EU rules are denying children latest cancer drugs
Feb 11, 2014
Children with cancer are being denied new, potentially life-saving drugs, because EU rules are allowing companies to trial some drugs only in adults, leading cancer experts warn. Read More
Smoking may increase the risk of the most common type of breast cancer
Feb 11, 2014
Young women who smoke and have been smoking a pack a day for a decade or more have a significantly increased risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer. That is the finding of an analysis published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. Read More
Statistical mechanics and mathematical modeling shed light on epigenetic memory
Feb 11, 2014
A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory physicist and his colleagues have found a new application for the tools and mathematics typically used in physics to help solve problems in biology. Read More
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