tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40628857239967022522012-01-30T12:01:37.623+05:30This "Cancerous Approach" blog is a one stop to all the latest research work done on CancerR.Sitaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17067388907641443771noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062885723996702252.post-47378365083761208062008-05-04T18:40:00.002+05:302008-05-04T18:50:33.798+05:30

Source: Science DailyHello Everyone, this is a very interesting news that I picked. Scientists at the University of Louisville,Kentucky have found out instances of HPV(Human Pappiloma Virus) in samples of non-small-cell lung cancer cells.Now we already know about the HPV and its role in Cervical cancer. Researchers tested about 23 samples of the lung cancer cells and found that 5 of them tested

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Source: Science DailyHello Everyone, I have got an interesting news that I wanted to share it with you. Here we go:Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology have found a mini protein in Sunflower which they feel could prevent the spread of prostate cancer. The researchers feel that it is because of the spreading of cancer that most of the problems arise. So they are trying to tackle

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Source:Science Daily Wikipedia Hello everyone!!! It has been a long time since I posted something on my blog. Now I have got the right topic to start off with. Ok. I got this one from sciencedaily.com . Scientists from the University of Michigan have found out an interesting way of blocking the cancer stem cells from proliferation. The theme of the research is to combine

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Source: Science Daily Researchers have designed a virus called NV1020 which has the ability to replicate in cancer cells but not in normal cells. This is really a breakthrough in cancer research folks since chemotherapy has a lot of side effects. This novel method of treatment was tested on patients suffering from colorectal cancer whose cancer has spread to the liver. This spreading of

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Source: Huliq.comResearchers have found out that non-smoking workers at indoor workplaces like restaurants are at a higher risk of developing cancer. Research has shown that the level of the Tobacco carcinogen NNK was found in the blood stream of non-smoking workers compared to those who worked in smoking-free environments.They have also found out that apart from NNK, workers were exposed to

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Source: Huliq.comHello everybody, so I'm back after a month with some more interesting news. Researchers have found out a new way to unravell the mechanisms of cancer by studying about a particular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.Let me tell you something about this bacterium. Listeria is a gram positive bacterium and it causes a host of diseases including septicemia, mengitis, fatal food

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Source: Science DailyHello there. I'm back with some more interesting news. I have already posted an article connecting drinking and cancer. Now, to buttress this post, I have found another one. Researchers have found that regular intake of a limited amount of wine was found to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. This was conducted on persons aged between 40 and 64.And that is not all folks. They

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Source: Science DailyRemember what our elders used to say? "Don't peel your apples. The nutrition content is there in the skin". Well...this statement has got more strength now from the recent discovery of anti-cancer properties in the apple skin.Previously, It was thought that the skin was only rich in dietary fibre. But now, researchers have found out substances in the peel that could prevent

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Source: Science DailyThis is sweet news for those who drink. Researchers have found out that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol reduces the risk of renal cancer. This has been found from tests conducted on 12 people.The test conducted revealed that alcohol consumption reduced the risk by about 30 percent and that it didn't vary between the type of alcohol comsumed e.g. wine, whisky and beer.But

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Source: Science DailyCancer patients are usually administered a number of medications not only for treating cancer but also for other secondary illnesses. But researchers have found out that the interactions between the various drugs could prove disastrous for the patient and in some cases may lead to death as well.The research was actually a survey conducted by Dr.Riechelmann of the Princess

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Source: Science Daily Hey guys… I just read this interesting article… here you go…Researchers have found out a novel way to treating cancer in humans by performing experiments in plants.Sounds funny? I’ll clear it in a jiffy.Basically, they have found out how the plant hormone auxin interacts with the TIR1 receptor and this TIR1 receptor has structural similarities to human enzymes that have

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Source: Huliq.comThe second post for the day…Researchers have found out new connection between sugars and cancers. Basically, a cell responds to stimuli with the help of receptors present on the surface. What the researchers at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute have found out is that these receptors are a combination of proteins and some sugars and that these sugars help in regulating the

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Source: Science DailyLong time no posts… I was kinda busy with my project work. So I’m actually trying to insert a few posts now to keep the blog active.Ok…here we go… Researchers have found out a new protein called Dpo4 which helps a cell to avoid cell death allowing it to survive. But what happens here is this phenomenon could lead to cancer. Let me explain some basic concepts before proceeding

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Source: science daily and www.vai.orgThat’s right folks… this is an amazing breakthrough in the cancer research and will prove to be very useful or rather life saving for cancer patients.Researchers at the Van Andel Institute have found out a protein called DIP which triggers “cell bubbling” and therefore metastasis.For readers who are new to cancer research, here is a small bit of information.

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Source: Bio.com I read this article in bio.com and found it interesting. So I thought of sharing it with you. It is now known that mutations in the stem cells slowly accumulate as they divide and in the end develop into cancerous cells. Till now, researchers have been trying to trigger the immune system against the well developed tumour cells. But now, researchers at the Rockefeller University

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Hello everyone, finally my site has started coming in the first page of google when I typed my full name. This has given me a new identity. Check out the screen shot.

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Source: Science DailyResearchers have found out that people who are obese and diagnosed with prostrate cancer have a greater chance to die because of it than a normal person having the same level of cancer.Shocking? Same here!!!I would like to type some more here but I think it will be best if you read what the scientist who pursued this research says:"If a man is obese at the time of diagnosis,

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Source: Science Daily, Wikipedia, http://www.envtox.ucdavis.edu/CEHS/TOXINS/chromium6.htmI'm sure you must be eagerly waiting to see what is the connection between Vitamin C and cancer. I won't make wait anymore. I'll jump into it straight away.Researchers have found out that interaction between chromium 6 and Vitamin C inside the cells could trigger mutations and DNA damage thereby leading to

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Source: huliq.com             WikipediaMy second post of the day... This is also very interesting.Researchers are working on making antibodies to stimulate the immune system to attack cancer cells better. The antibodies they are using are monoclonal antibodies and their aim is to target these antibodies towards boosting boosting the immune system so that it will evoke a stronger response against

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Source: Science DailyThis article that was posted in science daily has a lot in common with what I'm working on...What I mean is that I deal with analysing all the possible aspects of cancer and its behaviour and this article deals with a part of it. So the following lines will have some points from my work as well. I may have missed explaining a few points here and there. So if you have any

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Source: Science Daily WikipediaSo...I'm pretty regular in posting new articles now!!!! Ok...let me proceed with the latest news that I've just got.Researchers have found out a new drug which inhibits the cancer genes. This drug is a variant of vitamin A. The name of the drug is All-Trans-Retinoic Acid(ATRA). This drug stimulates and increases the amount of certain microRNA in

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Source: Science DailyOk...I'm back with another interesting news. Here you go...Researchers have found out a new antibody that tracks down a specific antigen found in high amounts in prostrate cancer and in tumour blood vessels. The antibody christened J591 was able to target Prostrate Specific Membrane Antigen(PSMA) and they say that this could provide a new way to treat cancer.How? By the

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Source: Science DailyIts been a long time since I posted something here. So...I'm back with some more hot news. Here you go...Researchers have found out a new drug to treat metstatic kidney cancer. The drug name is Sunitinib which is marketed under the name "Sutent".Previously this cancer was treated using interferon(Immunotherapy). Researchers tested Sunitinib and Interferon in many patients

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Source: Science Daily               WikipediaI just got this news from Science Daily. It is really interesting. The researchers at Duke University Medical Centre have found out that Avastin, an anti-angiogenic drug is able to prolong the survival of brain tumour patients.The research was done by treating the patients this drug along with a chemotherapic agent called Irinotecan . It was

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Source: EurekAlert!              http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/content/chp14/1402001.html( About RNA Splicing)One more research news from Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory…CSHL Researchers have found out a new RNA Splicing factor that causes cells to become cancerous. You might be wondering what an RNA Splicing factor is. Here you go…RNA Splicing is a process by which a pre-mRNA is converted

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Source: Science DailyThis is a really good article I just read in Science Daily. Here you go...Researchers have found out a new anti cancer drug which they say acts in a way different from the other drugs. And they also state that the drug is so potent that "a few parts" of it is enough for inducing its activities. They have also cited a very good example for "A few Parts". Its like adding a

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Source: physorg.comWe already know viruses like Human Papillomavirus, Epstein-Barr virus which cause cancer. Such viruses are called Oncogenic viruses. Now the bad news is that these viruses have company. Researchers have found out links between a group of viruses which are supposedly harmless to chromosomal instability and cancer.Ok…now let us get some concepts clear here. What is chromosomal

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Sources: The Hindu dated 01-03-2007WikipediaScience NewsExaminer.comPhoto Courtesy: Taken by Wayne McLean, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 You are probably wondering what this devil is. Well…it is not a horrendous monster as you imagine but a small, weasel-like animal native to Australia. Its actual name is the Tasmanian Devil and it currently is in danger of being

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Source: Science DailyThis is a very interesting article that I read in Science Daily. I would like to share it with you.Reasearchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have discovered a gene in chromosome 1 location 1p36 that could prevent cancer. The name of the gene is CHD5. They found out that when the gene is switched off, the cells lose the ability to control the growth of cancer. Basically,

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Source: Science DailyResearchers at the Unviverstiy of California have found out that the leukocytes which are part of the innate immune system may be triggered to boost cell growth, remodel tissues whcih are necessary for cancer growth.The leukocytes have receptors on the surface that can detect foreign antigens. Once a foreign antigen is encountered, it is engulfed and destroyed. But now, the

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Source: Science DailyResearchers have found out a novel method to treat cancer – by using the structural disorganisation of cancer cells. Researchers used an adenoviral vector ie… a gene transfer vehicle based on adenovirus to deliver genes. The research was done in the liver since liver is an important target for metastatic cancers and they utilized the phenomenon of the adenoviral vector

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Source: Science DailyResearchers have found out a new 'gateway' gene which promotes the proliferation of brain cancer cells. The protein called 'olig2' was found to be responsible for this function and knocking it out almost completely eliminated tumour formation.Olig 2 is a transcription factor which plays a central role in stimulating neural stem cells to form the specialised brain cells during

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Source: Science DailyResearchers have found out a way to make cancer cells to undergo apoptosis. They used a protein which tips the balance of the cancer cells in favour of apoptosis and this protein has been introduced into the cells using none other than the deadly HIV. HIV has a protein called TAT which alone does not cause AIDS but which can also “drag” massive molecules along with it into

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Source:- Science DailyScientists have found out an inhibitor for a protein involved in cell division. They found the results when they tested the inhibitor in mice and tumour cell cultures.Kinases are enzymes playing a crucial role in the cell division of normal cells. It also plays the same role in cancerous cells even though a cancer cells has a lot of modifications in its pathways as compared

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Two new vitamin D studies using a sophisticated form of analysis called meta-analysis, in which data from multiple reports is combined, have revealed new prescriptions for possibly preventing up to half of the cases of breast cancer and two-thirds of the cases of colorectal cancer in the United States. The work was conducted by a core team of cancer prevention specialists at the Moores Cancer

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If you wanted to start today to reduce your chances of getting cancer, what would you have to do? Lose excess weight, get more exercise, eat a healthy diet and quit smoking.Those basic behavior changes would have a tremendous impact on the incidence of the most prevalent types of cancer — lung, breast, prostate and colon cancer — says Graham Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H., associate director of

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A new computer-based technique could eliminate hours of manual adjustment associated with a popular cancer treatment. In a paper published in the Feb. 7 issue of Physics in Medicine and Biology, researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center describe an approach that has the potential to automatically determine acceptable radiation plans in a matter

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More than ninety percent of men who receive appropriate radiation dose levels with permanent radiation seed implants to treat their prostate cancer are cured of their cancer eight years after diagnosis, according to a study released in the February 1 issue of the International Journal for Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of ASTRO. Seed implants have become a

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When cells go about the business of dividing, they can get sidelined. Maybe there aren't enough nutrients. Maybe there aren't the right signals to resume multiplying. Either way, cells go quiet. What can restart cell division — the process that drives the development of embryos, the renewal of hair, skin and blood, and the creation of cancer — is a single transcription factor called GABP,

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Image Courtesy: WikipediaAn analysis of nearly two dozen studies confirms the association between passive smoke in the workplace and an increased risk of lung cancer, according to a report in the American Journal of Public Health.The research, led by University of Illinois at Chicago epidemiologist Leslie Stayner, is posted online and will appear in the March print issue of the journal.Stayner

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BCL 2Image courtesy: WikipediaA test developed by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists is the first to identify which malignant blood cells are highly vulnerable to a promising type of experimental drugs that unleash pent-up "cell suicide" factors to destroy the cancer.The researchers demonstrated that chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CLL, which is diagnosed in 10,000 Americans each year, is an

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Scientists in Hong Kong are reporting synthesis and early laboratory tests of a new nanostructure that they believe may lead to the design of an anticancer nanomedicine.In a study scheduled for publication in the Feb. 21 issue of the weekly Journal of the American Chemical Society, Bing Xu and colleagues describe the structure as an eggshell nanocrystal.Like a chicken's egg, the structure has an

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Before cancer cells can migrate, or metastasize, to other parts of the body, they first have to disconnect from their neighbors in the tumor. A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Canadian scientists has made a surprising discovery: The same enzyme that controls the ability of cancer cells to move also governs a process that binds them tightly in place."It's kind of a schizophrenic enzyme

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A team led by biochemists at the University of California, San Diego has found what could be a long-elusive mechanism through which inflammation can promote cancer. The findings may provide a new approach for developing cancer therapies.The study, published in the January 26 issue of the journal Cell, shows that what scientists thought were two distinct processes in cells--the cells' normal

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According to a study conducted in five Northern European countries, there is no clear connection between mobile phone use and malignant brain tumours. The results of the study were published in the web version of the International Journal of Cancer on 19th January.The study on the possible connection between mobile phone use and the risk of a malignant brain tumour, glioma, was carried out in

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Antibodies that selectively bind and destroy cancer cells represent some of the most promising cancer therapy approaches being developed today. Several of these antibodies have reached the market, including cetuximab (Erbitux®, ImClone Systems), which targets the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) protein. However, a study conducted at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Ludwig Center

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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found how two molecules fight in the blood to control the spread of cancer cells.Researchers discovered that a large protein, which forms a protective shield around cancer cells and prevents them from causing secondary tumours, is attacked by a small protein that exists in the blood.In diseases such as breast, lung and colorectal cancer, infected

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 Preliminary findings show adding the chemotherapy drug cetuximab (brand name Erbitux) to radiation therapy and chemotherapy may help some patients with head and neck cancer live longer, according to a study presented at the plenary session of the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, co-sponsored by the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, the American Society for

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Gliomas are a group of brain tumors where the most common type is also the most aggressive one. Chemotherapy and radiation have little effect on malignant gliomas, and patients survive only about a year after being diagnosed. But research at Lund University in Sweden provides hope that it may be possible in the future to develop stem cells from the brain into a new way to treat gliomas.Neural

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DCA is an odourless, colourless, inexpensive, relatively non-toxic, small molecule. And researchers at the University of Alberta believe it may soon be used as an effective treatment for many forms of cancer.Dr. Evangelos Michelakis, a professor at the U of A Department of Medicine, has shown that dichloroacetate (DCA) causes regression in several cancers, including lung, breast, and brain

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Building on newly discovered genetic threads in the rich tapestry of biochemical signals that cause cancer, a Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center team has dramatically killed brain cancer cells by blocking those signals with a statin and an experimental antitumor drug.The unlikely pairing of cholesterol-lowering lovastatin and cyclopamine killed 63 percent of medulloblastoma cells grown in the

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