Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 1:17pm
A promising new treatment for blood cancers uses a disabled form of HIV-1 to seek out and kill cancer cells. If the treatment holds up under further study, it could revolutionize how cancer is treated.
cancer stories
Friday, September 2, 2011 - 3:49pm
Treating cancer is difficult because there's no easy way for a treatment to differentiate between healthy cells and cancerous cells. Somehow, you need to know if a cell is cancerous, then treat it, or else don't touch it. It would be great if we could program cells themselves with that logic, and as it turns out, we can.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 11:59am
Researchers from Ohio State University have figured out how the enzyme responsible for repairing tissues damaged by radiation does its work. Specifically, we're talking about the type of the radiation burns that we all get from time to time: sunburns, and this discovery could mean a lotion that doesn't just make sunburns feel better, but actually cures them.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 - 8:05am
The stem cell research debate included lots of promises about how we would be able to get new body parts grown in a lab, and now it's actually happening. Last month a Swedish cancer patient had this rather gross looking artificial trachea implanted, just after it had been grown in a lab using the man's own stem cells.
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 10:44am
Well this is some exciting news: a group of medical researchers from the U.S. and U.K. have developed a vaccine that successfully cures prostate cancer. In rats. But still, it's an amazing step forward.
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 8:14am
This is fantastic news! A team of scientists at Harvard University and MIT have created a $200 scanner gizmo that can detect cancer in one hour. How life-changing is that?
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 7:44am
Traveling for the holiday? Well, when presented with a choice between a full-body scanner and being felt up by a TSA employee, you might want to choose the latter. That's because a Columbia University radiation expert says that those scanners are "likely" to cause cancer.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 11:57am
It's fitting that the news comes during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month — welcome, too — as a professor at the University of Manchester in the U.K. has developed a breast cancer scanner the size of a lunchbox.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 1:59pm
A breakthrough microchip has been found to be 93% accurate in diagnosing malignant oral cancer with a simple swipe. All it takes is a simple swab inside the mouth placed on the chip, which is then placed in a machine. In 8 to 10 minutes, you've got your diagnosis.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 2:32pm
A Swedish study is trying to nail down the reason that cancer is 10% more likely to occur in the left breast over the right, on top of the steadily increasing risk of cancer over last 30 years. One theory? Your box spring could be a giant, radiation-emitting antenna.
