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Scientific American
January 2009
Charles Q. Choi |
Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly? The ability to spread underlies the killing power of cancer. The process occurs, John Pawelek thinks, when tumor cells fuse with white blood cells -- an idea that, if right, could yield new therapies   |
BusinessWeek
May 27, 2010
Pettypiece & Gibson |
Training the Immune System to Fight Cancer Bristol-Myers' new melanoma drug may be a "game changer." |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2011
Brian Orelli |
4 Immunotherapies to Watch Just don't go all-in. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 73
David Bradley |
Gator Aid It's perhaps not the first place you would think to search for superbug-beating antibiotics, but alligator's blood could be a great source of novel compounds that could defeat strains of bacteria resistant to conventional antibiotics. |
Science News
June 8, 2002
Janet Raloff |
Pudgy? Here's a Small Benefit For those women whose proportions fall outside the fatfree ideal, here's one consolation: Your outsized physique appears to put you at decreased risk of developing ovarian cancer (a somewhat rare cancer). |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
New Cancer Therapies As cancer research explodes, the availability of new and innovative interventions is expanding almost daily. |
BusinessWeek
May 12, 2011
Robert Langreth |
Big Pharma Bets on a Novel Cancer Cure Research in epigenetics is booming. The payoff could be in the billions. |
BusinessWeek
April 30, 2007
Catherine Arnst |
Teaching The Body To Fix Itself Cancer vaccines still in trial stages may be able to prolong life with few side effects, but the FDA has yet to be convinced. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Men And Skin Cancer Men are three times more likely to develop skin cancer than women. While that's not breaking news, scientists have struggled to figure out the reason why men are more susceptible, and there appears to be a breakthrough. |
Chemistry World
March 4, 2011
Elinor Richards |
Laser treatment for late-stage cancer Scientists from China, the US and Peru claim to have successfully treated late-stage breast cancer patients using laser immunotherapy to stimulate patients' own immune systems to fight the cancer. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
February 1, 2007
Bradley Thompson |
Virus as Viable Drug Coincidence or phenomena? The reovirus is Mother Nature's own cancer-killer. |
BusinessWeek
September 5, 2005
Michael Arndt |
Fine-Tuning the Attack on Breast Cancer Genentech's Herceptin, the first drug approved for a specific group, helps patients who are genetically susceptible to a virulent form of the disease. |
Chemistry World
June 27, 2012
Helen Bache |
Schizophrenia: a disease of the brain? Scientists in China have unearthed further evidence that a malfunction of the immune system contributes to the development of schizophrenia. |
Science News
August 3, 2002
Janet Raloff |
Surprise! Obesity (and inactivity) can spur cancers Some 60 percent of U.S. adults say they're worried at the prospect of developing cancer, yet only 6 percent recognize that being overweight is a leading predisposing factor. |
Chemistry World
November 11, 2015
Maria Burke |
Viral cancer therapy approved in the US The first virus therapy to target cancer has been approved in the US. Its main target will be melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer. |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2007
Brian Orelli |
Dumpster Diving in Pfizer's Trash Investors are probably overreacting to Pfizer's decision, but only time -- and clinical trials -- will tell. |
Managed Care
June 2007
Thomas Morrow |
Dendritic Cell Vaccine Hits FDA Roadblock Questions about study design and analysis prompted the FDA to postpone action on Provenge, a treatment for advanced prostate cancer. |
Scientific American
March 2009
Elaine Schattner |
A Chip against Cancer: Microfluidics Scrutinizes T Cells With just a blood sample, a device could determine whether cancer is about to spread or monitor the progress of treatment |
AskMen.com
Dustin Driver |
8 Cancer Myths The following myths about cancer have been debunked by doctors and scientists the world over. So do yourself and your community a favor: read the facts and spread the word. |
AskMen.com
Jasper Anson |
The Dangers of Being Overweight Everybody has a healthy weight range, but if you're outside of the range, there can be significant physical consequences. |
Scientific American
August 2007
Thania Benios |
Updates: Whatever Happened to...? Quantum cryptography can be hacked... Lycopene does not appear to prevent prostate cancer as once hoped... Otzi Iceman's cause of death identified... Transplants for diabetes... |
AskMen.com
Sabrina Rogers |
Can Men Get Breat Cancer? Breast cancer isn't just a chick thing. Although it is about 100 times more common among women and is a rare cause of death in men, the American Cancer Society estimates that, in 2004, approximately 1,450 American men will be diagnosed with this disease. |
Chemistry World
September 2, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Sweet Approach to Tackling Cancer A promising new 'slimline' cancer vaccine that triggers a powerful immune response against excessive sugar molecules has been unveiled by researchers. |
Wired
August 2003
Jennifer Kahn |
The End of Cancer (As we Know it) Diagnosis. Chemotherapy. Radiation. Slow painful death. No more. A new era of cancer treatment is dawning. Meet three scientists who are using the revelations of the Human Genome Project to reshape medicine. |
Health
March 2008
Dorothy Foltz-Gray |
How Weighing Too Much Hurts You Being overweight can up your risk for certain diseases. |
AskMen.com
Dustin Driver |
Foods That Boost Your Immune System The following foods can fuel your immune system, make you healthier and help your body fight infections. |
Scientific American
July 2008
Charles Q. Choi et al. |
News Scan Briefs: Eating with Tension, Cancerous Marriage, Milk and Diabetes News items from ecology, oncology, immunology, and news about privacy concerns |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011
Richard Saltus |
T-Cell Booster Kits A bioengineer remodels cell surfaces to prod the immune system. |
Food Processing
August 2006
Mark Anthony |
Diet and Cancer Over the past 50 years, deaths from heart disease, stroke and infectious diseases have decreased significantly -- but the same cannot be said of cancer. |
Popular Mechanics
January 28, 2010
Cassie Rodenberg |
Next-Gen Transplant Techniques Can Stop Organ Rejection About 77 organ transplants are performed each day in the U.S., and more than 101,000 people are on a wait list for body parts such as hearts, skin and veins, according to the Mayo Clinic. |
Nutra Solutions
January 1, 2005
Kerry Hughes |
Ingredients to Reduce Cancer Risks Approximately 35% of cancer deaths in the U.S. can be prevented by dietary means. Scientific evidence shows that properly balancing fruits, vegetables, dietary fiber, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and certain dietary supplements protects our health. |
Chemistry World
June 9, 2008
Simon Hadlington |
Artificial virus silences genes Scientists in Korea have created an artificial virus that can target the nucleus of cancer cells and knock out specific genes. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2007 |
Thoughtleader: Stephen Sherwin, Cell Genesys Cell Genesys has been able to raise enough capital to gamble on what it CEO believes could be the future's most promising therapies, including gene activation, immunotherapy, and oncolytic virus therapy. |
AskMen.com
December 18, 2014
Rebecca May |
Strongest Immune System Outgoing people have more than just strong social lives: they also have stronger immune systems. Scientists have discovered that introverted people are more likely to get ill than extroverts. |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2006 |
Melanoma: A Type of Skin Cancer Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. Most other skin cancers don't spread, but melanoma can spread through the whole body. If it is found early, it can be cured. |
Scientific American
July 3, 2006
Jeneen Interlandi |
An Immune Portal Protein may be a key to autoimmune disorders |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Balding And Stem Cells While many men just write baldness off as a hereditary hurdle, a new study has offered a thread of hope. |
Science News
April 22, 2006 |
From the April 18, 1936, issue Night-illuminated museum offers "spooky" sights... Importance of heredity as cause of cancer stressed... |
Wired
September 2002
Amanda Griscom |
Take These Genes and Call Me in the Morning Gene vaccines may be relatively new, but they're the logical outgrowth of two familiar strands of medical science. |
Wired
Thomas Goetz |
Why Early Detection Is the Best Way to Beat Cancer By getting regular blood tests, doctors may be able to diagnose cancer early, giving the patient a 90 percent chance of survival. |
The Motley Fool
December 17, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Innovations and Opportunities The latest scientific news is about fighting aging, heart disease, and cancer. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Biotech, Finally The past 30 years of biological discoveries, insights into the human genome, and exotic chemical manipulation have unleashed a wave of biological drugs, many of them reengineered human proteins. |
Scientific American
April 2005
JR Minkel |
Leafy Letdown Recent studies indicate that eating vegetables seems to do little in warding off cancer. Breast cancer is included in this finding. |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2010
Eileen Thomas |
Men's Awareness and Knowledge of Male Breast Cancer This article reports on the findings of a qualitative study that explored the awareness and knowledge of male breast cancer among English-speaking men. |
AskMen.com
Joshua Levine |
Prevent Early Bald Spots By understanding some of the causal factors of baldness, one can actually take precautionary steps to prevent premature hair loss. |
Food Processing
November 2006
Barbara Katz |
Focus on: Childhood Obesity In spite of all the press and the studies and the looming health issues, it appears parents are just not that concerned about childhood obesity. |
