The National Science Foundation (NSF), Google Incorporated (NASDAQ: GOOG), and the IBM Corporation (NYSE: IBM) have formed a partnership to create the Cluster Exploratory (CluE), an innovative tool designed to help the academic community conduct research projects that would otherwise be too expensive to explore. CluE is a new distributed computing resource consisting of approximately [...]

The list of items consumers can buy over the internet just got longer thanks to a new web portal called Carol. Carol’s innovative site, dubbed The Care Marketplace™, offers patients the opportunity to shop, compare prices, and schedule medical services online in the same way they would purchase clothing or any other retail good. Rather [...]

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 [...]

Thanks in part to a new set of online video distribution services provided by Voxant, you can now watch a variety of the latest cancer research related news video from around the world all in one place – the Cancer Research Video News Feed. Screenshot of Cancer Research Video News Feed Compiled by CancerResearchJournal.com from [...]

Weighing the risks and benefits of birth control pills? Here’s a snapshot of some of the new research relating to oral contraceptives and their impact on cancer risk. Birth Control Pill Use Cuts Ovarian Cancer Risk from American Cancer Society News and Features Cancer Risk Among Users of Oral Contraceptives from BMJ Cervical cancer risk [...]

Scientists at the University of Washington have developed a tiny, inexpensive camera small enough to be placed inside a pill and swallowed. The new technology could allow doctors to easily spot signs of early esophageal cancer — without the use of sedation. Thanks to increased awareness and better diagnostic tools, rates for many cancers in [...]

Researchers from the University of Minnesota and Duke University have discovered how specific proteins regulate genes responsible for turning cancer cells on or off in women with breast and ovarian cancers. To arrive at their finding, the team studied 408 breast cancer patients and 153 ovarian cancer patients. Their investigation revealed that increased activity in [...]

Researchers from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University have developed a new technique for separating DNA which helps make the DNA sequencing process faster and less expensive. McCormick’s innovative method brings scientists one step closer to a long sought-after goal — an affordable test that quickly determines an individual’s predisposition to cancer and [...]

A study of children involved in cancer treatments and other trials indicates most of them are willing to put themselves in harm’s way to further research projects and charitable causes, even if the activities wouldn’t benefit them personally. To arrive at the findings, scientists from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and the National [...]

Approximately 11,000 people between the ages of 15 and 40 are diagnosed with cancer each year in England. While many patients in this age group go on to become long-term cancer survivors, a large percentage of them are rendered infertile as a result of their cancer treatments. Modern medicine continues to offer new options for [...]