Newswise — LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 26, 2013) — It appears tiny and inconsequential enough, but the “super mouse” — created by researchers at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center some six
Month: July 2013
Scholarship Recipient Drawn to Neurosciences by Father’s Losing Fight Against Brain Cancer
Newswise — LOS ANGELES (July 25, 2013) – As the 2013 recipient of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Pauletta and Denzel Washington Family Gifted Scholars Program in Neuroscience award, Christine R. Carico will spend
Tide is Turning in Skin Cancer Battle
Originally published here: http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2013/tide-is-turning-in-skin-cancer-battle/#sthash.ISRDakUN.ohK9VbCJ.dpuf A decade ago there was little doctors could do to help a patient with advanced-stage melanoma. Now it seems each week yields important new discoveries about the deadly
Canada and Asbestos Today – A Guest Post from Kathleen Ruff
The following post first appeared on the Canadian Meso blog, which is a part of the Canadian Cancer Survivor Network‘s recent project committed to providing survivors, patients, families, and the wider public
Why, when the cancer tie is clear, do people still sunbathe?
(Originally posted here: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-cancer-people-sunbathe.html) Jenna Hoffman thinks that people, herself included, generally look better with a tan – “better than bright white,” she says. So most weekends, she’s lying outside with her eyes
UK: Without Innovation, We’ll Never Cure Cancer
(Originally published by Maurice Saatchi at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/10166690/Without-innovation-well-never-cure-cancer.html) The Prime Minister reminds me of Adlai Stevenson’s striking description of President Kennedy as “an idealist without illusions”. He is a realist to say we have quite a