The Surprising Relationship Between Cancer and Diabetes
According to recent research, cancer patients are more likely to acquire diabetes than the general population. The research also found that people with cancer who…
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Breast Cancer Is Being Overdiagnosed and Overtreated – Why?
A recent study raises the issue of whether the advantages of breast cancer screenings have steadily diminished to the point where they are no longer…
Why Do Cancer Cells Need Fat?
A study explains why many cancer cells need the import of fat. The unexpected causes of cancer cells’ frequent reliance on fat imports are being…
Science Reveals That This Type of Diet Can Increase Your Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
According to a new study, substances that are said to boost athletic performance can also activate a receptor that speeds up the development of pancreatic…
How Cancer Spreads: Cancer Cells Can Migrate Toward Certain “Sweet Spot” Environments
Discovery offers insight into how cancer spreads and provides a tool for developing new treatments. Scientists have discovered that cancer cells can gravitate toward certain…
Scientists Discover a Massacre: “Assassin” Cells Murder Innocent Cells
University of Haifa research has identified killer cells. A process that involves the “murder” of living, newly-generated cells has been discovered for the first time…
Recently Discovered Lipid Can Prevent Your Cells From Dying
A recently found lipid inhibits cell death. An organism uses programmed cell death as a critical tool to maintain its health. Various stress responses are…
Cheap Fluorescent Compounds That Can Help Treat Cancer
Researchers have created low-cost substances for tumor therapy and diagnosis. Researchers from the Ural Federal University and the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of…
A New Approach to Treating a Lethal Type of Cancer
The research could be used to develop more targeted kidney cancer drugs. Researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet have discovered a connection between reduced mitochondrial content…
New “Masked” Cancer Drug Kills Cancer Cells With Minimal Side Effects
Scientists have created a new powerful “masked” cancer drug. Numerous cancer treatments are notoriously harsh on the body; they assault healthy cells simultaneously with tumor…
New MIT Computer Model Helps Identify Mutations That Drive Cancer
The system rapidly scans the genome of cancer cells and could help scientists find targets for new drugs. Cancer cells can have thousands of DNA…
New Leukemia-Killing Compounds Discovered
New study highlights potential of mitochondria-targeted chemotherapies. Scientists have discovered promising new drugs that work in concert with other drugs to deliver a deadly one-two…
Scientific Trial Proves Diet Supplement Can Prevent Hereditary Cancer
Could a banana a day keep the cancer doc away? A major preventive effect from resistant starch on a wide range of cancers has been…
New Discovery Could Lead to Improved Cancer Treatment
The finding could improve cancer immunotherapy, a promising therapy that targets cancer cells using the body’s own immune system rather than radiation. Previously regarded merely…
New Technique Could Lead to Improved Cancer, Alzheimer’s, and Lung Disease Drugs
Improved protein function opens the door to novel drug development possibilities. In a paper that was published in the journal Science, scientists from Sweden’s Karolinska…
6 Scientifically Proven Health Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet
New study argues that all doctors should be aware of the benefits of plant-based diets for these six health conditions. According to a recent commentary…
Encouraging Tumor Growth: How Breast Cancer Causes Diabetes
Together, diabetes and breast cancer can pose a serious risk Type 2 diabetes and breast cancer would seem to be very different conditions, sharing nothing but…
Blood Test Could Predict Risk of Leukemia Years in Advance
By identifying changes in blood cell production, a blood test could predict the risk of developing leukemia in the elderly population years in advance, according…