PerkinElmer, Inc (NYSE: PKI) is celebrating the opening of a new research and development facility in Singapore. The company, which develops a wide range of products for the scientific community and the industrial sector, established the facility to expand its health and environmental infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific Region. Opening ceremonies for the PerkinElmer Inc Center [...]

Court officials in Canada have begun hearing testimony from cancer patients who received inaccurate hormone receptor test results. The public inquiry was launched after it was discovered that hundreds of cancer patients treated by Eastern Health between 1997 and 2005 were given incorrect results for hormone receptor tests. Oncologists use these tests to diagnose the [...]

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory is helping researchers gain a better understanding of enzymes that help regulate growth or, when not working properly, contribute to cancer development. A team of scientists led by Illinois Institute of Technology biologist Joseph Orgel used high energy x-rays from the [...]

A study commissioned by the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) to analyze popular personal care and household products has detected the presence of a known carcinogen in almost half the items inspected. The OCA utilized a third-party laboratory to test dozens of shampoos, soaps, body washes/gels, moisturizers, deodorants, sunscreens, and household cleansers labeled as “organic” or [...]

A British doctor on a humanitarian trip recently performed emergency surgery to remove a brain tumor from a patient in the Ukraine. While that act is pretty amazing in itself, this case gets even more interesting. That’s because the event was captured on camera, the patient was conscious, and the surgeon was using an ordinary [...]

Euthanasia rates in the Netherlands are on the decline as more terminally ill patients elect to die under continuous deep sedation. According to a study led by researchers at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the use of continuous deep sedation rose from 5.6 percent in all deaths in 2001 to 7.1 percent in 2005 [...]

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is establishing new guidelines for medical treatments involving human stem cells. The group is taking the action in response to the increasing number of overseas clinics offering unproven stem cell therapies to patients with cancer, diabetes and other serious health conditions. More than two dozen stem cell [...]

Researchers from Wake Forest University have completed a Phase I study that may help improve the survival rate for patients with appendix cancer or colorectal cancer that’s spread to their abdomen. Wake Forest’s study identified the maximum amount of a chemotherapy drug peritoneal cancer patients can successfully tolerate during Intraperitoneal Hyperthermic Chemotherapy (IPHC) treatments following [...]

A study conducted by researchers from the Mayo Clinic and the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) reports dopamine drugs currently used to treat patients with Parkinson’s Disease or heart attacks could also help cancer patients by slowing down tumor development. In a study of mice with soft tissue sarcoma, the Mayo-CNCI scientists found dopamine blocked [...]

The US Postal Service (USPS) is honoring the achievements of four dedicated scientists whose discoveries have significantly impacted cancer research, medicine, and other fields of science. To recognize the important contributions of these visionaries, the USPS is offering a series of commemorative stamps entitled American Scientists. The individuals being honored in the new series are [...]