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Kidney Cancer
Kidney Cancer: also called renal cancer -- is a disease in which kidney cells become malignant (cancerous) and grow out of control, forming a tumor. Almost all kidney cancers first appear in the lining of tiny tubes (tubules) in the kidney. This type of kidney cancer is called renal cell carcinoma.
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OCT 20, 2016Cancer
Could a compound found in common cold medicine stop the spread of bladder cancer? It sounds sensational, but that’ ...OCT 19, 2016Cancer
Head and neck cancers that are metastatic or resistant to cisplatin are notoriously aggressive. The prognosis for patien ...OCT 05, 2016Cancer
A drug that’s approved for the treatment of kidney cancer could find renewed purpose against other cancer types to ...OCT 03, 2016Immunology
Why can the immune system recognize and attack primary tumors but not metastatic tumors? Researchers from the University ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 27, 2016Immunology
Scientists from Stanford University accidentally discovered a new cancer treatment, and it’s got all of the anti-c ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2016Neuroscience
Organ donation is one of the best ways to save a life. Every day thousands of patients on waiting lists for hearts, kidn ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 11, 2016Cancer
In 2014 the most common cancer diagnosis was breast cancer, followed by prostate, lung, colon, skin, and brain cancer. B ...JUL 11, 2016Videos
Adding fluoride to public water supplies has been standardized in the United States since the 1940s. But decades after w ...JUL 07, 2016Cancer
When the Human Genome Project was completed in April 2003, scientists around the world rejoiced in the vast amount of da ...JUN 27, 2016Cancer
Medical imaging can offer surgeons tremendous knowledge before going into the operating room. But there’s a limit ...JUN 24, 2016Cancer
The UK has just approved new pair of anticancer drugs for the treatment of one of the most aggressive and deadly forms o ...JUN 07, 2016Immunology
There’s a newfound hope in immunotherapies for cancer, and it’s a drug called nivolumab. On the market under ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 31, 2016Technology
For the first time, scientists used a balloon procedure to decrease blood loss during the removal of a kidney tumor in r ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 28, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a medical first, doctors from Houston, Texas reported a simultaneous scalp, skull, kidney, and pancreas transplant fr ...MAY 18, 2016Cancer
Horseradish isn’t exactly the most visually enchanting of spices. Far from being beautiful like the saffron flower ...MAY 17, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital broke new grounds as they announced the first penis transplant in U.S. history ...APR 20, 2016Cancer
Immunotherapy, the technique of using the immune system to fight off disease, is one of the most promising avenues for a ...APR 18, 2016Cancer
Brain imaging via MRIs may soon be enhanced with simple sugar instead of conventional metal complexes. A pilot study fou ...APR 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology continues to amaze and astound the medical field as researchers find more way ...MAR 30, 2016Cancer
In what sounds like a top-secret military operation, scientists have developed a triple-stage “cluster bomb” ...MAR 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To fight cancer, doctors often resort to aggressive treatments that include surgery followed by secondary chemotherapies ...FEB 18, 2016Videos
The World Health Organization recently found that at least 41 million children around the world age 5 and younger are ob ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJAN 30, 2016Cancer
A new therapy uses white blood cells to ferry cancer-killing proteins through the bloodstream. Tests show it virtually e ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
OCT 20, 2016
Cancer
Could a compound found in common cold medicine stop the spread of bladder cancer? It sounds sensational, but that’
...
OCT 19, 2016
Cancer
Head and neck cancers that are metastatic or resistant to cisplatin are notoriously aggressive. The prognosis for patien
...
OCT 05, 2016
Cancer
A drug that’s approved for the treatment of kidney cancer could find renewed purpose against other cancer types to
...
OCT 03, 2016
Immunology
Why can the immune system recognize and attack primary tumors but not metastatic tumors? Researchers from the University
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 27, 2016
Immunology
Scientists from Stanford University accidentally discovered a new cancer treatment, and it’s got all of the anti-c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2016
Neuroscience
Organ donation is one of the best ways to save a life. Every day thousands of patients on waiting lists for hearts, kidn
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 11, 2016
Cancer
In 2014 the most common cancer diagnosis was breast cancer, followed by prostate, lung, colon, skin, and brain cancer. B
...
JUL 11, 2016
Videos
Adding fluoride to public water supplies has been standardized in the United States since the 1940s. But decades after w
...
JUL 07, 2016
Cancer
When the Human Genome Project was completed in April 2003, scientists around the world rejoiced in the vast amount of da
...
JUN 27, 2016
Cancer
Medical imaging can offer surgeons tremendous knowledge before going into the operating room. But there’s a limit
...
JUN 24, 2016
Cancer
The UK has just approved new pair of anticancer drugs for the treatment of one of the most aggressive and deadly forms o
...
JUN 07, 2016
Immunology
There’s a newfound hope in immunotherapies for cancer, and it’s a drug called nivolumab. On the market under
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 31, 2016
Technology
For the first time, scientists used a balloon procedure to decrease blood loss during the removal of a kidney tumor in r
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a medical first, doctors from Houston, Texas reported a simultaneous scalp, skull, kidney, and pancreas transplant fr
...
MAY 18, 2016
Cancer
Horseradish isn’t exactly the most visually enchanting of spices. Far from being beautiful like the saffron flower
...
MAY 17, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital broke new grounds as they announced the first penis transplant in U.S. history
...
APR 20, 2016
Cancer
Immunotherapy, the technique of using the immune system to fight off disease, is one of the most promising avenues for a
...
APR 18, 2016
Cancer
Brain imaging via MRIs may soon be enhanced with simple sugar instead of conventional metal complexes. A pilot study fou
...
APR 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology continues to amaze and astound the medical field as researchers find more way
...
MAR 30, 2016
Cancer
In what sounds like a top-secret military operation, scientists have developed a triple-stage “cluster bomb”
...
MAR 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To fight cancer, doctors often resort to aggressive treatments that include surgery followed by secondary chemotherapies
...
FEB 18, 2016
Videos
The World Health Organization recently found that at least 41 million children around the world age 5 and younger are ob
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JAN 30, 2016
Cancer
A new therapy uses white blood cells to ferry cancer-killing proteins through the bloodstream. Tests show it virtually e
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)