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Golgi Apparatus plays a major role in the latest study that reveals how lung cancer metastasizes.

New Study Reveals How Lung Cancer Metastasizes

Nov 28, 2016 01:48 AM EST

An emerging study that reveals new insights on how lung cancer metastasizes was published in an online issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, which is conducted by the researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, on Nov. 21.

Zhang Lijun: The Woman who Choose Her Baby's Life Over Cancer Treatment

Iesha javed |

Aug 09, 2016 08:53 AM EDT

A pregnant woman from Shanghai battled late-stage pancreatic cancer but avoided any treatments that were toxic for the baby till she delivered in December 2015.

Napster Founder Sean Parker Donates $250 Million to Annihilate Cancer

S Satapathy |

Apr 13, 2016 04:23 PM EDT

Tech billionaire Sean Parker has donated a $250 million grant to support research on new innovations to address cancer treatment through immunotherapy.

Common Prostate Cancer Treatment May Double Alzheimer's Risk

Marie de Vera |

Dec 10, 2015 12:03 PM EST

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is one of the primary methods of treating prostate cancer because the role testosterone plays in tumor growth. New research shows a new treatment that also doubles the risk for a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

Chinese doctors discover new treatment for patients with leukemia

Chinese Doctors Cure Leukemia Patient Using Gene Therapy

Charissa Echavez |

Dec 05, 2015 08:53 PM EST

Another cancer breakthrough is paving its way into the field of medical research. Medical practitioners in a hospital in Chongqing, China claim to have successfully treated a patient suffering from leukemia through gene therapy.

Vitamin C Effectively Kills Cancer Cells: Study

Emery Dennel |

Nov 09, 2015 12:10 AM EST

A study done by scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College reveals that vitamin C injected intravenously killed and stopped the growth of colorectal cancer cells in mice, giving potential hope that the said treatment can be used in human cancer patients in the future.

Amgen Announces BLINCYTO A Successful Drug For Leukemia In Phase 2 Trial

Saranya Palanisamy |

Jul 17, 2015 05:16 AM EDT

BLINCYTO, a drug for relapsed or refractory Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia, was found to be a great success in phase 2 trials, announced Amgen on Thursday, July 16.

Genetic Mystery of Breast and Ovarian Cancers Unravelled

Research Unravels Genetic Mystery of Breast and Ovarian Cancers

Saranya Palanisamy |

Jul 17, 2015 03:20 AM EDT

Researchers from Francis Crick Institute, formerly known as UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation, have come up with a breakthrough discovery in breast and ovarian cancers that had been in quest for decades. Scientist from Francis Crick Institute funded by Cancer Research UK cracked the genetic cause of some of the breast and ovarian cancers.

AbbVie To Buy Pharmacyclics In US$21B Deal

Dino Lirios |

Mar 05, 2015 11:02 PM EST

AbbVie Inc plans to purchase Pharmacylclics Inc. for approx. $21 billion to beef up its pipeline and make available to it one of the leading blood cancer treatment drugs, Imbruvica, and eventually broaden its scope in the oncological medicine.

Researchers 'Unboil' Egg; Open Door to More Biotech Discoveries

Marco Foronda |

Jan 26, 2015 05:29 AM EST

The new technique has a great impact on the biotechnology industry.

UK's 100,000 Genome Project May Find Cure for Cancer and Rare Diseases

Nyrene Grace Patricia Paranga |

Dec 22, 2014 06:25 AM EST

Scientists looked for 100,000 volunteers who will allow their DNA to be sequenced and used as a public resource.

Scientists Cautious Over Google's Nanoparticle Project

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 30, 2014 08:07 AM EDT

The technology could yield another tool but won't be a game-changer.

Toxin-Loaded Stem Cells Hailed As The ‘Future’ of Cancer Therapy Developed in Laboratory

Kristina Fernandez |

Oct 25, 2014 06:55 AM EDT

A group of Harvard scientists has successfully engineered toxin-loaded stem cells that are capable of killing brain tumors without damaging healthy cells or themselves, a study published in the journal STEM CELLS reported.

Researchers Find Lung Cancer can Hide for More Than 20 Years

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 10, 2014 03:47 PM EDT

Scientists from Cancer Research UK have discovered that lung cancers are able to lie dormant for over 20 years before suddenly turning into an aggressive form.

New Cancer Drug Targets Lipid Messengers

Marc Maligalig |

Sep 21, 2014 05:38 AM EDT

Youhai Chen, PhD., MD., Svetlana Fayngerts, PhD., both from the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and their colleagues report that TIPE3, a newly described protein cancer-causing properties, promotes the disease by targeting upregulated chemical signals related to lipid metabolism.