Physicians from Uganda and Connecticut discuss abstinence, condoms, cancer, HIV, and snow (plus a few other interesting topics) on Yale Cancer Center Answers.

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 [...]

An inspirational book is helping dogs with cancer receive expensive medical treatments their owners can’t afford to give them. Cliff and I: My Dog’s Journey Through Cancer and Beyond chronicles the author’s personal experience helping her German Shepherd battle cancer. As a tribute to her beloved pet, Cliff’s writer Joanne M. DeFluri is donating the [...]

The US Department of Defense (DoD) Medical Research Program is making mesothelioma research a priority for the 2008 grant cycle, a move which potentially makes millions of grant dollars available to civilian scientists studying the deadly disease. Mesothelioma, a rare cancer strongly linked to asbestos exposure, occurs at elevated rates in certain populations of military [...]

Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is uncovering new information about a protein that appears to help cancer-causing viruses hide from the body’s natural defense system. The protein under scrutiny is known as LANA, short for latency-associated nuclear antigen. Penn’s study showed the LANA protein enabled Kaposi’s Sarcoma-associated Herpes Virus (KSHV) to [...]

While cancer survival rates in children and older Americans have dramatically improved in recent years, studies show survival statistics for teens and young adults remain virtually unchanged. Why is there such a disparity? The August 31, 2007, edition of Science Magazine Podcast discusses possible reasons why recent advancements have not helped this particular age group [...]

Scientists from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the international Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program have been busy trying to unlock the healing secrets of an unusual bacteria discovered in soil samples taken from the volcanic regions of Easter Island. The bacteria produced a substance known as rapamycin, which was initially shown to be an effective [...]

The University of Edinburgh will be home to a new £3 million veterinary cancer research and treatment facility scheduled to open in June 2008. The new center is expected to become one of the top five veterinary cancer centers in the world and will offer a comprehensive range of treatments including radiotherapy using advanced imaging [...]

Geneticists at the University of Utah have engineered mice that can develop synovial sarcoma, an aggressive soft-tissue cancer which most often strikes teenagers and young adults. A study conducted with these mice, genetically engineered with SYT-SSX2 fusion genes, has already provided researchers new information regarding the possible origin of synovial sarcoma tumors in humans. The [...]