Archive: 07/10/2015
Researchers discover a new player in tumor suppression and aging
A study conducted by the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre´s (CNIO) Genomic Instability Group, led by Óscar Fernández-Capetillo, describes for the first time in mammals, the role played by the SMC5/6 protein complex ...
Oct 7, 2015
Social networks can motivate people to exercise more
Can the Web make people more fit? It's a question hot on the minds of everyone from health insurers to gym owners to public health officials. Although millions of dollars a year are being spent designing promotional ads and ...
Oct 7, 2015
Brain cooling lessens chances of head injury recovery, study finds
Head injury patients do not benefit from a therapy that involves cooling their bodies to reduce brain swelling, research has found.
Oct 7, 2015
The perfect match might be the imperfect one, when it comes to treating blood cancers
Bone marrow transplantation is a life-saving therapy for many patients with blood cancers like leukemias and lymphomas. Currently, the gold standard blood-generating stem cells are obtained from a donor, a sibling, with a ...
Oct 7, 2015
Clinical trial opens to examine therapies on invasive lobular breast cancer
Physicians at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) have opened a clinical trial to learn more about how three commonly prescribed anti-estrogen therapies affect the tumor ...
Oct 7, 2015