The interruption of biological rhythms during chemotherapy worsen its side effects
The circadian system, better known as our biological clock, is responsible for coordinating all the processes that take place in our organism.
May 21, 2014
Archive: 21/05/2014
Researchers discover a new anticancer compound using accelerated drug screening process
A team of research scientists from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the University of Turku and the University of Eastern Finland has discovered a previously unknown Cent-1 molecule that kills cancer cells. Their ...
May 21, 2014
Scientists find potential way to halt pancreatic cancer spread
Cancer Research UK scientists have shown how switching off a key protein in pancreatic cells slows the spread of the disease to other tissues, a key step which can mean patients have just weeks to live.
May 21, 2014
A nine-month window for helpful intervention
(Medical Xpress)—Countering the effects of lifelong poor health habits—smoking, poor diet, little exercise—is important and may take time. What if interventions during the nine-month window of pregnancy could improve ...
May 21, 2014
Family history reveals predisposition to multiple diseases
Researchers have identified nine simple questions that can be used to identify people who may be at increased risk of various cancers, heart disease and diabetes because of their family history of these conditions.
May 21, 2014
Study finds massive cost savings in high-tech pathogen-identification method
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at UNC Health Care have found that using a new method for identifying bacteria and fungi in patient specimens led to a 92 percent cost reduction in the reagents needed to run clinical microbiology ...
May 21, 2014
