Researchers have made a discovery that could potentially lead to the development of a new treatment for the most common childhood cancer: acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
A team of students from Ohio has created a new drug that has the potential to treat one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer. The breakthrough is expected to end the need for surgeries that are known to have side effects and death risk.
Iridium, a metal associated with the asteroid that ended the Cretaceous era can act like a stealth bomb, entering the nucleus of a cancer cell.
“Our results are consistent and repeatable.”
Using as little as 1 picogram of purified DNA sample (think 2.5 trillion times lighter than a penny), scientists at the University of Brisbane have developed a method that permits the swift detection of cancer DNA in a patient sample of cell-free DNA, which circulates systemically. These researchers took advantage of the finding that cancers have drastically different patterns of methylation on their genomic sequences than normal cells. These endow the DNA with unique physical properties, including the way in which it can bind to gold nanoparticles. Using this system, a color-change of a mixture comprised of DNA, gold nanoparticles, and a salt solution is the readout for presence or absence of methylation patterns that are indicative of cancerous DNA.
Michigan State University scientists are testing a promising drug that may stop a gene associated with obesity from triggering breast and lung cancer, as well as prevent these cancers from growing.
Researchers have discovered that mangiferin, a polyphenol found in the bark, fruits, and leaves of the Mangiferin indica L. (commonly known as the mango tree), was able to reduce inflammation caused by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria in cancer cells.
This is huge.
