(Reuters) – A small, early-stage trial of a therapeutic brain cancer vaccine developed by ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Ltd showed that nearly half the patients were alive without their cancer worsening 18 months after diagnosis. The Phase 1 trial involved 16 patients with glioblastoma multiforme,...

By Idelle Davidson – Physical exercise is hugely important to recover all those marbles we somehow lose during cancer treatment. Exercise increases blood flow (and oxygen) to the brain. In laboratory studies, animals that exercise regularly create new neurons in the hippocampus. That region of...

Last year, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer classified tanning as a definite human carcinogen, putting it in the same category as smoking. New York health officials are now ramping up their regulation of more than 2,000 tanning salons and gyms offering...

Wearing an electronic medical emergency alert bracelet and CARE memory band can save your life. As we grow older we develop more medical conditions and tend to take more prescriptions. Today seniors can carry their medical information in a bracelet that they wear on their wrist. It is called a CARE Memory...

This research is the latest to suggest that Concord grape juice may be of value in maintaining breast health by suppressing oxidative stress and inhibiting DNA damage to cells that can lead to the initiation of cancer, or in helping to slow the progression of breast cancer by slowing the multiplication...

The 2010-2011 NCCF scholarship application is now posted! Applications will be due June 1, 2010.br /br /Our $1,000 scholarships are open to any young adult cancer survivor or patient between 18-35 who is pursuing higher education.br /br /To date, we’ve awarded close to 50 scholarships in just 4...

It won’t be long before surgeons routinely install replacement body parts created in the laboratory. At the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, human cells are being used to grow muscles, blood vessels, skin and a complete urinary bladder. Much of the...

Craig Venter and his team have created the first self-replicating synthetic cell, blazing the way for a new era in synthetic biology and bringing scientists ever-closer to creating synthetic life. Venter called his work the culmination of a “15-year quest.” He is best known for his work in...

There are some important principles of cancer biology that can help us understand why pancreatic cancer develops, and the many risk factors for this disease. Pancreatic cancer is fundamentally a disease caused by damage to the DNA (mutations). These mutations can be inherited from our parents, or they...

Farrah Fawcett’s closest friends marked the first anniversary of her death by dedicating a cancer-research foundation in her name. Alana Stewart, Ryan O’Neal, Tatum O’Neal and Redmond O’Neal were among guests at an intimate gathering Friday at the new offices of the Farrah Fawcett...