Darwin at 200 and the evolving cancer fight
The Philadelphia Inquirer Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:01 AM PST
Evolution may still provoke controversy in some classrooms, but in the laboratory, Charles Darwin's theories are propelling new research.As the world celebrates his 200th birthday today, Carlo Maley of Philadelphia's Wistar Institute is using the evolutionary prism to understand not a species, but a disease: cancer. |
King Hussein Cancer Center adopts a number of smoking cessation treatments
Zawya Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:50 AM PST
Amman: In an effort to fight the smoking epidemic, and due to the increasing number of smokers in Jordanian that has now reached to 50% males and 18% females, King Hussein Cancer Center King Hussein Cancer Center 's Smoking Cessation Clinic, and Pfizer - the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company are cooperating to conduct the necessary studies to identify the reasons that drive ... |
High hopes for earlier Race for Life
Bromsgrove Standard Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:49 AM PST
CANCER Research UK is urging the women of Bromsgrove to lace up their trainers and raise money for charity at this year’s, somewhat earlier, Race For Life. |
Cancer claims life of EMH CEO
The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:43 AM PST
ELYRIA â€" Kevin Martin, a community leader whose impact extended far beyond the walls of EMH Regional Medical Center, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. Martin, who was the hospital system’s president and chief executive officer, died at his home in Avon Lake surrounded by family and friends. He was 52. Within the EMH family, [...] |
Exercise cuts colon cancer risk by a quarter
News-Medical-Net Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:40 AM PST
Engaging in physical activity can reduce your chances of developing the most common kind of bowel cancer by a quarter, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer. |
Researchers give mutants another chance
News-Medical-Net Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:40 AM PST
Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have demonstrated that it might be possible to treat genetic diseases, including some forms of cancer, by "rescuing" the misshapen, useless proteins produced by some mutant genes. |
Issue 111 - 12th January - 14th February
Online Recruitment Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:37 AM PST
Individuals returning to work following absence due to a physical condition such as back pain, cancer or heart disease are at risk of mild to moderate depression, yet those who do become depressed worry about telling their employers, according to a new report published by the Mental Health Foundation. |
More News
The Scranton Times-Tribune Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:31 AM PST
Sanofi-Aventis 4Q profit sinks 76% PARIS â€" Drug maker Sanofi-Aventis SA reported Wednesday a 76 percent drop in fourth quarter net profits, mainly because of a charge for discontinuing two experimental cancer drugs, and announced it would shake up its R&D department. |
Bone marrow transplant patients may benefit from new immune research
News-Medical-Net Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:25 AM PST
Bone marrow transplant (BMT) researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center in Milwaukee may have found a mechanism that could preserve the leukemia-killing effects of a transplant graft, while limiting the damage donor immune cells might do to the recipient host's vital organs. |
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