News tagged with carcinoma cells

Stem cells released to heal wounds could trigger tumors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research in mice has found that mutated stem cells can migrate to the surface of injured skin, where they can trigger the growth of tumors.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Study shows link between vitamin D, skin cancer

A Henry Ford Hospital study has shown a link between Vitamin D levels and basal cell carcinoma, a finding that could lead researchers to better understand the development of the most common form of skin cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Drinking very hot tea can increase the risk of throat cancer

People are advised to wait a few minutes before drinking a cup of freshly-boiled tea today as a new study, published on bmj.com, finds that drinking very hot tea (70°C or more) can increase the risk of cancer of the oesophagus, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Study of baby teeth yields new findings on nuclear fallout

Joan Ketterer still recalls the button her son Edward got for donating his baby teeth to what was then a ground-breaking study looking at the effect of nuclear fallout on children born in the St. Louis-area in the 1960s.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Artificial intestine helps fight bad gut bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell professor John March is attempting to transform bacteria in our gut into disease-fighting machines. Now, thanks to two members of his research team, he has a powerful new tool to help ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How sunlight causes skin cells to turn cancerous

Most skin cancers are highly curable, but require surgery that can be painful and scarring.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 15, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Polymeric nanoparticles attack head and neck cancer

Head and neck cancer, the sixth most common cancer in the world, has remained one of the more difficult malignancies to treat, and even when treatment is successful, patients suffer severely from the available therapies. ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study resolves the mysterious origin of Merkel cells

A new study resolves a 130-year-old mystery over the developmental origin of specialized skin cells involved in touch sensation. The findings will appear in the October 5, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Bi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study finds oral tongue cancer increasing in young, white females

A UNC study released this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology finds an increasing incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue in young white females in the United States over the last three decades.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Skin lesion leads to more cancer types than once believed

Actinic keratoses are sun-damaged rough patches or lesions on the skin — often pink and scaly — that doctors have long believed can turn into a form of skin cancer known as squamous cell carcinoma.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Some skin cancer may be mediated by primary cilia activity

Tiny, solitary spikes that stick out of nearly every cell in the body play a central role in a type of skin cancer, new research has found. The discovery in mice shows that the microscopic structures known as primary cilia ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New shortcut to cell growth

People have them, cats have them and whales have some, too. Neurons, those interlinked nerve cells that carry sensations including pain, stretch from our spinal cords to the tips of our toes, paws or fins. According to a ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study unmasks a stem cell origin of skin cancer and the genetic roots of malignancy

A constellation of different stem cell populations within our skin help it to cope with normal wear and tear. By constantly proliferating, the stem cells allow skin to replenish itself, allowing each cell to be replaced by ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New device uses gold nanoparticles to test for lung cancer

The metabolism of lung cancer patients is different than the metabolism of healthy people. And so the molecules that make up cancer patients' exhaled breath are different too. A new device pioneered at the University of Colorado ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study links cigarette changes to rising lung risk

(AP) -- It may be riskier on the lungs to smoke cigarettes today than it was a few decades ago - at least in the U.S., says new research that blames changes in cigarette design for fueling a certain type ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0