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Researchers Find That Antiviral Enzyme Contributes To Several Forms Of Cancer
Jul 16, 2013
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered that a human antiviral enzyme causes DNA mutations that lead to several forms of cancer. The discovery, reported in the journal Nature Genetics, follows the team's earlier finding that the enzyme, called APOBEC3B, is responsible for more than half of breast cancer cases. The previous study was published in Nature in February... Read More
Scientists Identify New Details Of Biochemical Interactions Necessary For Cell Division
Jul 16, 2013
Building on earlier work exploring the complex choreography by which intricate cellular proteins interact with and copy DNA prior to cell division, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have captured a key step-molecular images showing how the enzyme that unwinds the DNA double helix gets drawn to and wrapped around its target... Read More
Scientists Discover That Proteins Involved In Immunity Potentially Cause Cancer
Jul 16, 2013
A set of proteins involved in the body's natural defenses produces a large number of mutations in human DNA, according to a study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The findings suggest that these naturally produced mutations are just as powerful as known cancer-causing agents in producing tumors... Read More
Extend HPV Jab To Young Gay Men, Say Sexual Health Experts
Jul 16, 2013
Young gay men should be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, because their risk of developing anal cancer is more than 15 times higher than it is in straight men, and it would be cost effective for the NHS, say sexual health experts writing in Sexually Transmitted Infections... Read More
Immunity Proteins Linked To Cancer
Jul 16, 2013
Researchers from a branch of the National Institute of Health (NIH) have found a set of proteins involved in immunity - supposed to defend the body - that have the bad effect of creating a large number of mutations in DNA. These genetic mutations may be just as powerful as other known causes of cancer in producing tumors in the human body, the researchers say... Read More
New Bowel Cancer Risk Factor: High Intake Of Sugary Foods
Jul 16, 2013
Sugary snacks increase the risk of bowel cancer, according to a new study published in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention. It is the first study of its kind to find a positive link between bowel cancer and high sugar and fat diets... Read More
Older Male Cancer Survivors Experience Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Health Care
Jul 16, 2013
Older African-American and Hispanic men who have survived cancer are less likely than their white counterparts to see a specialist or receive basic preventive care, such as vaccinations, according to new research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Researchers examined racial/ethnic disparities in health care receipt among a nationally representative sample of male cancer survivors... Read More
Tracing Cancer Back To The Dawn Of Multicellularity Could Explain Its Mysterious Properties And Transform Therapy
Jul 16, 2013
A new way to look at cancer - by tracing its deep evolutionary roots to the dawn of multicellularity more than a billion years ago - has been proposed by Paul Davies of Arizona State University's Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science in collaboration with Charles Lineweaver of the Australian National University... Read More
Female Survivors Of Childhood Cancer Often Go On To Have Successful Pregnancies In Adulthood
Jul 16, 2013
Although women who survived childhood cancer face an increased risk of infertility, nearly two-thirds of those who tried unsuccessfully to become pregnant for at least a year eventually conceived, according to clinical researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital... Read More
"Eat More Nuts" To Cut Risk Of Cancer And Heart Disease
Jul 16, 2013
Nut-eaters reduce their risk of death from cancer and cardiovascular disease, according to a study published in the journal Researchers, who conducted an analysis of a PREDIMED nutrition trial based in Spain, analyzed more than 7,000 people aged between 55 and 90 years... Read More
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