Families of CLL patients face a higher risk of getting the disease, but a genetic link couldn’t be found. UK scientists say a 6-gene combo could be the key.

Conducting cancer research involving radiotracers and PET scans? If so, you might want to check out this new discovery from Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Scientists at DOE’s Berkeley National Lab develop a new way to screen DNA and RNA. Their technique could make cancer testing and research faster AND cheaper.

NOVA scienceNOW: Experts explain how genetic testing is used to determine who’s at higher risk for cancer, diabetes, and other inherited diseases.

Computational biologists at Carnegie Mellon University come up with a new way to unravel the complex family history of proteins that play a key role in cancer.

Picking the right drugs to treat colon cancer may depend on the type of KRAS genes in the tumor. Experts are now saying advance testing is the way to go.

One of the top cancer centers in the US is using Apple technology to share cancer research news with the public. The best part: you can listen to it free!

Cancer advocates rejoice as President Bush signs GINA, a bill which prohibits employers and health insurers from discrimination based on genetic information.

Filmmaker and cancer pre-vivor Joanna Rudnick chronicles the struggles of women with a genetic predisposition to cancer — her project airs Oct 7th on PBS.

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ: ALNY) have discovered a method which makes it possible to deliver powerful RNA interference (RNAi) therapies directly to the precise location where cancer or viral infections are developing.
RNAi therapies are designed to turn on and off disease-causing genes. Early [...]