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Lycopene may ward off kidney cancer in older women

Mar 05, 2015

A higher intake by postmenopausal women of the natural antioxidant lycopene, found in foods like tomatoes, watermelon and papaya, may lower the risk of renal cell carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer. Read More

Could gout reduce the risk of Alzheimer's?

Mar 05, 2015

Patients with gout may have a 24% lower risk of Alzheimer's, according to new research, and it may be down to a neuroprotective effect of uric acid accumulation in the blood. Read More

MD Anderson study shows why some brain cancers resist treatment

Mar 05, 2015

Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center may have discovered why some brain cancer patients develop resistance to standard treatments including radiation and the chemotherapy... Read More

Sizing up cells: Study finds possible regulator of growth

Mar 05, 2015

Modern biology has attained deep knowledge of how cells work, but the mechanisms by which cellular structures assemble and grow to the right size largely remain a mystery. Read More

US spends more on cancer care, saves fewer lives than Western Europe

Mar 05, 2015

Dartmouth study finds costly US cancer care may provide less value than previously thoughtDespite sharp increases in spending on cancer treatment, cancer mortality rates in the United States have... Read More

Sall4 is required for DNA repair in stem cells

Mar 05, 2015

A protein that helps embryonic stem cells (ESCs) retain their identity also promotes DNA repair, according to a study in The Journal of Cell Biology. Read More

New nanodevice defeats drug resistance

Mar 05, 2015

Chemotherapy often shrinks tumors at first, but as cancer cells become resistant to drug treatment, tumors can grow back. Read More

MD Anderson study shows why some brain cancers resist treatment

Mar 05, 2015

Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center may have discovered why some brain cancer patients develop resistance to standard treatments including radiation and the chemotherapy... Read More

Sizing up cells: Study finds possible regulator of growth

Mar 05, 2015

Modern biology has attained deep knowledge of how cells work, but the mechanisms by which cellular structures assemble and grow to the right size largely remain a mystery. Read More

US spends more on cancer care, saves fewer lives than Western Europe

Mar 05, 2015

Dartmouth study finds costly US cancer care may provide less value than previously thoughtDespite sharp increases in spending on cancer treatment, cancer mortality rates in the United States have... Read More

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