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A cancer diagnosis makes diabetes patients less adherent to their prescribed diabetes drugs
Jan 30, 2015
Diabetes patients become less adherent to their diabetes medications following a diagnosis of cancer, concludes a new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the... Read More
Schoolgirl comment points to antibiotics as new cancer treatments
Jan 30, 2015
Professor Michael P. Lisanti, Director of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Unit, led the research. Read More
Stomach acid-powered micromotors get their first test in a living animal
Jan 30, 2015
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have shown that a micromotor fueled by stomach acid can take a bubble-powered ride inside a mouse. Read More
Prostate cancer: Androgen receptor activates different genes when bound to antiandrogens
Jan 30, 2015
The androgen receptor in prostate cancer cells can activate different sets of genes depending on whether it binds with an androgen hormone or an antiandrogen drug, according to a new study led by... Read More
Study finds potential new drug target for lung cancer
Jan 29, 2015
A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers suggests that targeting a key enzyme and its associated metabolic programming may lead to novel drug development to treat lung... Read More
Genetic variation offers new way to spot the most dangerous childhood cancers
Jan 29, 2015
A study of kidney cancer found that children with the poorest survival after chemotherapy were those whose cancers had the greatest genetic variation among cells. Read More
Drug combo suppresses growth of late-stage prostate cancer tumors
Jan 29, 2015
Low doses of metformin, a widely used diabetes medication, and a gene inhibitor known as BI2536 can successfully halt the growth of late-stage prostate cancer tumors, a Purdue University study... Read More
Cancer fear and discomforting thoughts impact colorectal cancer screening uptake
Jan 29, 2015
Men and women who worry about cancer are more likely to want to get screened for colon cancer, but feeling uncomfortable at the thought of cancer makes them less likely to actually go for the test... Read More
New method for identifying most aggressive childhood cancers
Jan 29, 2015
A research group at Lund University in Sweden has found a new way to identify the most malignant tumours in children. Read More
Game theory explains social interactions of cancer cells
Jan 29, 2015
Researchers at the University of Basel and the University of East Anglia were able to predict the interactions of cancer cells using game theory. Read More
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