February 2011
23 February 2011Blood Test May Find Markers of Bladder Cancer Risk

Knowing that it is impossible to catalog all the carcinogenic exposures a person has had in life and then assess them, Brown University researcher Carmen Marsit is looking for a more precise way to predict individual susceptibility to cancer

22 February 2011Groundbreaking technology will revolutionize blood pressure measurement

In a major scientific breakthrough, a new blood pressure measurement device is set to revolutionise the way patients' blood pressure is measured

11 February 2011EU initiative in research into living cancer cells in time and space

New technology has made it possible to examine living cells in a microscope while at the same time collecting information that can be used to create mathematical models of the cells’ behaviour – a new field of research known as ‘systems microscopy’

11 February 2011Discovery May Lead to Turning Back the Clock on Ovarian Cancer

Cancer researchers have discovered that a type of regulatory RNA may be effective in fighting ovarian cancer

04 February 2011Stem Cell Origin of Skin Cancer and the Genetic Roots of Malignancy Unmasked

A constellation of different stem cell populations within our skin help it to cope with normal wear and tear

02 February 2011Level of Tumor Protein Indicates Chances Cancer Will Spread

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Hong Kong have discovered that high levels of a particular protein in cancer cells are a reliable indicator that a cancer will spread