New Scans Work To Provide Early Lung Cancer Signs Before Tumors

The University of Nottingham has developed a new way of scanning for lung cancer, a method which could revolutionize the way that the early stages are caught and treated.

The new scan uses antibodies to create a reaction on lung scans, which only occur when the presence of cancer within the lungs are detected.

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New Skin Cancer Vaccine

In what is being hailed as a groundbreaking medical discovery in the search for a cure for cancer, scientists from the National Cancer Institute have developed a promising new skin cancer vaccine. The new vaccine is named gp 100:2217 or gp 100. Remember that name, you will no doubt be hearing about it again very soon.

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Stanford study expands window for effective stroke treatment

Once symptoms start, there’s only a tiny window of time for stroke victims to get life-saving treatment. Now, research from the Stanford University School of Medicine has cracked that window open a bit wider.

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Immunologists identify biochemical signals that help immune cells remember how to fight infection

Immunology researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how two biochemical signals play unique roles in promoting the development of a group of immune cells employed as tactical assassins.
In their initial response, these immune cells, known as cytotoxic T lymphocytes, or CTLs, kill cells infected with pathogens. They also provide long-term protection against pathogens by “remembering” which proteins the pathogen makes. Targeting the ability of these CTLs to remember the pathogen is one way vaccines protect against infection.

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Scientists develop a new HIV microbicide — and a way to mass produce it in plants

New research in the FASEB Journal describes a one-two punch in the battle against HIV

In what could be a major pharmaceutical breakthrough, research published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) describes how scientists from St George’s, University of London have devised a one-two punch to stop HIV. First the report describes a new protein that can kill the virus when used as a microbicide. Then the report shows how it might be possible to manufacture this protein in quantities large enough to make it affordable for people in developing countries.

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Cottonseed-Based Drug Shows Promise Treating Severe Brain Cancer, Say UAB Researchers

- An experimental drug derived from cottonseeds shows promise in treating the recurrence of glioblastoma multiforme, widely considered the most lethal brain cancer, said researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

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Breastfeeding duration and weaning diet may shape child’s body composition

Variations in both milk feeding and in the weaning diet are linked to differences in growth and development, and they have independent influences on body composition in early childhood, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).

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Hitting cancer where it hurts

Two studies in the May 29th issue of Cell, a Cell Press publication, have taken advantage of new technological advances to search for and find previously unknown weaknesses in a hard to treat form of cancer. The discoveries lend new hope in the fight again tumors that are today considered “undruggable.”

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Cardiovascular fitness not affected by cancer treatment

GUMC researchers identify simple test to help survivors start exercise routine based on current cardiovascular fitness level

Washington, DC – The cardiovascular fitness level of cancer survivors is not affected by many standard cancer therapies, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical Cancer. That is the finding of a new observational study to be presented today at the American College of Sports Medicine in Seattle.

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Is cherry juice a new ‘sports drink?’

New research suggests natural anti-inflammatory power of tart cherries may help relieve post-exercise muscle pain

Drinking cherry juice could help ease the pain for people who run, according to new research from Oregon Health & Science University presented at the American College of Sports Medicine Conference in Seattle, Wash. The study showed people who drank tart cherry juice while training for a long distance run reported significantly less pain after exercise than those who didn’t. Post-exercise pain can often indicate muscle damage or debilitating injuries.

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