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Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer: is a cancer that ignites in the lungs and most often exist in people who smoke. Two major types of lung cancer are non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. The roots of lung cancer include smoking, secondhand smoke, exposure to certain toxins, and family history. The treatments vary but may include surgery, chemotherapy, targeted drug therapy, radiation therapy, and immunotherapy.
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AUG 20, 2015Cancer
There is a new way to look at cancer treatment and a new way to conduct clinical trials for it. Researchers from Memoria ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Cancer
Warnings about the dangers of smoking started in the 1960s, but lung cancer remains the second-most common cancer and th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 12, 2015Cancer
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a drug candidate that overstimulates proteins critical to tumor ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 30, 2015Cancer
The most common type of lung cancer, which is also the most common cause of cancer deaths, is resistant to a cytokine ca ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 06, 2015Cancer
A drug that has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may find a new niche in treating blood cancers at a fraction of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 30, 2015Cancer
Two oncologists and a research scientist at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, are working on a blood test fo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 29, 2015Cancer
While cancer research often focuses on genetic mutations that cause different cancers, a new study published in the jour ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 26, 2015Cancer
One reason why cancer is so harmful is that it can trick "checkpoint" proteins found on the immune system's T cells, vir ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 23, 2015Cancer
A non-invasive breath test designed in the United Kingdom could save 10,000 lives per year by diagnosing the early signs ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 15, 2015Cancer
The best way to keep an aggressive disease at bay may be on your spice rack, not in your medicine cabinet. You probably ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 02, 2015Cancer
Experts speaking at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2015 Conference and publishing in the New England ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 27, 2015Cancer
According to WebMD, lung cancer causes the most cancer-related deaths for both men and women worldwide. The American Can ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 27, 2015Health & Medicine
The mass adoption of a fad known as E-cigarettes (electronic cigarettes) has been raining down on the smoker's populatio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 21, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Composed of lymph vessels, lymph nodes and organs, the lymphatic system absorbs excess fluid and returns it to the blood ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 04, 2015Neuroscience
New research supports the use of motivational interviewing-a technique described below-to treat addictive behaviors like ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Deadly brain tumors called high-grade gliomas grow with the help of nerve activity in the cerebral cortex, according to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 24, 2015Cancer
Despite the majority of newly diagnosed advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients being tested for genetic mu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 22, 2015Cancer
One of the main sessions at this year's Experimental Biology Conference in Boston was the Tang Prize Award lecture. It w ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 22, 2015Cancer
A new "liquid biopsy" technique is showing promise in detecting certain types of cancer, reports Gina Kolata for The New ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Cancer
Almost weekly, a new synthetic psychoactive drug comes onto the market somewhere in Europe that can be ordered legally a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Smokers with a specific genetic variation are more likely to keep smoking longer than those who don't have the gene vari ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A new collaborative study describes a way that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team found that lung tissue ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Cancer
Scientists have found six molecules that block HuR, an "oncoprotein" linked to cancer that was thought to be "undruggabl ...Written By: Will Hector
AUG 20, 2015
Cancer
There is a new way to look at cancer treatment and a new way to conduct clinical trials for it. Researchers from Memoria
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Cancer
Warnings about the dangers of smoking started in the 1960s, but lung cancer remains the second-most common cancer and th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 12, 2015
Cancer
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a drug candidate that overstimulates proteins critical to tumor
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 30, 2015
Cancer
The most common type of lung cancer, which is also the most common cause of cancer deaths, is resistant to a cytokine ca
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 06, 2015
Cancer
A drug that has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may find a new niche in treating blood cancers at a fraction of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 30, 2015
Cancer
Two oncologists and a research scientist at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, are working on a blood test fo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 29, 2015
Cancer
While cancer research often focuses on genetic mutations that cause different cancers, a new study published in the jour
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 26, 2015
Cancer
One reason why cancer is so harmful is that it can trick "checkpoint" proteins found on the immune system's T cells, vir
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 23, 2015
Cancer
A non-invasive breath test designed in the United Kingdom could save 10,000 lives per year by diagnosing the early signs
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 15, 2015
Cancer
The best way to keep an aggressive disease at bay may be on your spice rack, not in your medicine cabinet. You probably
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 02, 2015
Cancer
Experts speaking at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2015 Conference and publishing in the New England
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 27, 2015
Cancer
According to WebMD, lung cancer causes the most cancer-related deaths for both men and women worldwide. The American Can
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
The mass adoption of a fad known as E-cigarettes (electronic cigarettes) has been raining down on the smoker's populatio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 21, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Composed of lymph vessels, lymph nodes and organs, the lymphatic system absorbs excess fluid and returns it to the blood
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 04, 2015
Neuroscience
New research supports the use of motivational interviewing-a technique described below-to treat addictive behaviors like
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 30, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Deadly brain tumors called high-grade gliomas grow with the help of nerve activity in the cerebral cortex, according to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 24, 2015
Cancer
Despite the majority of newly diagnosed advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients being tested for genetic mu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 22, 2015
Cancer
One of the main sessions at this year's Experimental Biology Conference in Boston was the Tang Prize Award lecture. It w
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 22, 2015
Cancer
A new "liquid biopsy" technique is showing promise in detecting certain types of cancer, reports Gina Kolata for The New
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 17, 2015
Cancer
Almost weekly, a new synthetic psychoactive drug comes onto the market somewhere in Europe that can be ordered legally a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Smokers with a specific genetic variation are more likely to keep smoking longer than those who don't have the gene vari
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A new collaborative study describes a way that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team found that lung tissue
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
Scientists have found six molecules that block HuR, an "oncoprotein" linked to cancer that was thought to be "undruggabl
...
Written By:
Will Hector