Colourful Coral Could Pave Way For Cancer Cure

A vibrant underwater palette of colours could pave way for future cancer research. A rare community of highly fluorescent corals discovered in shallow waters in the Lord Howe Island Marine Park could also provide insights into how some corals cope with global warming. Anya Salih, from the University of Western Sydney will use pigments from [...]

Stress May Delay Women Getting Pregnant

Healthy women trying for a baby may have reduced chances of becoming pregnant in any month if they are stressed, the results of a study by researchers at Oxford University and the US National Institutes of Health suggest. The work provides evidence for the first time of an association between high levels of a biological [...]

Overcoming Ovarian Cancer

At a Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center faculty retreat 12 years ago, two young UC Irvine oncologists proposed a new approach to fighting ovarian cancer, which kills about 15,000 American women each year. Three clinical trials later, Dr. Robert Burger and Dr. Bradley Monk’s idea of supplementing chemotherapy with Avastin – a drug already touted [...]

Now Asian Study Links Obesity To Cancer

Asians who are overweight or obese are more likely to die from cancer compared with people of normal weight, a large study in Asia has found. Obesity is regarded a risk factor for certain cancers in the West, but until now it had not been clear if it poses the same risks to Asians. Researchers [...]

A Gene Therapy That Restores Vision

In a finding that could lead to treatment of genetic blindness, American researchers have developed a gene therapy for an inherited retinal disease that leads to eventual blindness. In a research, published in the FASEB Journal, the scientists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center used a non-viral, synthetic nanoparticle carrier to improve and [...]

Could Multivitamins Raise Breast Cancer Risk?

Many people take multivitamins in the hopes of thwarting disease, but a new study finds that older women who use multivitamins may be more likely than non-users to develop breast cancer. The study, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, points only to an association between multivitamin use and breast cancer. It does not [...]

Trans Fats Linked To Increased Endometriosis Risk

Women whose diets are rich in foods containing Omega-3 oils might be less likely to develop endometriosis, while those whose diets are heavily laden with trans fats might be more likely to develop the debilitating condition, new research published today (Wednesday 24 March) suggests. The study – which is the largest to have investigated the [...]

Prostate Cancer Drug Shows Promise

For the first time, an experimental drug has extended the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments and are out of options for fighting the disease, a company-led study found. The benefit was modest – an extra 10 weeks – but cancer specialists were excited because no [...]

Scientists Find Stem Cells in Hair That Can Become Skin

Scientists have found a type of stem cell tucked away in hair follicles that is capable of morphing into all three types of skin cells. “They are saying they have found the earliest stem cell, in the hair follicles, which actually leads to making epidermis, sebaceous tissue and hair follicles,” explained Paul Sanberg, distinguished professor [...]

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