News tagged with kidney cancer

Blue light enables genes to turn on

(Medical Xpress) -- With a combination of synthetic biology and optogenetics, researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology published a paper in Science outlining their new technique which enable ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Nanotube therapy takes aim at breast cancer stem cells

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers have again proven that injecting multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into tumors and heating them with a quick, 30-second laser treatment can kill them.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chemical-munching mussels contaminating Great Lakes

Zebra mussels from the Caspian Sea, introduced to North America by accident, are becoming a veritable plague releasing toxic chemicals into the Great Lakes, Canadian biologists say.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Quick test for prostate cancer

A new 3-minute test could help in diagnosing prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men in the UK, according to scientists.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Cardiologists discover cancer risks in blood pressure meds

University Hospitals Case Medical Center cardiologists have uncovered new research showing an increased risk of cancer with a group of blood pressure medications known as angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs).

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 13, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Kidney gene implicated in increased heart failure risk

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have identified the first DNA sequence variant common in the population that is not only associated with an increased risk of heart failure, but appears to play a role in causing it.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers effectively treat tumors with use of nanotubes

By injecting man-made, microscopic tubes into tumors and heating them with a quick, 30-second zap of a laser, scientists have discovered a way to effectively kill kidney tumors in nearly 80 percent of mice. Researchers say ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0

UCLA team uncovers mechanism behind organ transplant rejection

UCLA researchers have pinpointed the culprit behind chronic rejection of heart, lung and kidney transplants. Published in the Nov. 23 edition of Science Signaling, their findings suggest new therapeutic approa ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research provides new kidney cancer clues

Researchers have identified a gene that is mutated in one in three patients with the most common form of renal cancer. The identification of a frequently mutated gene will provide new insights into the biology of the disease. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mutations in the genome regulation machinery identified in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

In a new study, scientists have searched for mutations in the gene regions of more than 100 kidney cancer samples, the largest number of samples from a single tumour type to be sequenced to date.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stem cell protein offers a new cancer target

A protein abundant in embryonic stem cells is now shown to be important in cancer, and offers a possible new target for drug development, report researchers from the Stem Cell Program at Children's Hospital Boston.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anti-aging hormone Klotho inhibits renal fibrosis, cancer growth

A natural hormone known to inhibit aging can also protect kidneys against renal fibrosis, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have demonstrated.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High salt diets damaging Australian men's sex lives

While the adverse affects of high blood pressure on men's sex lives is clear, the direct link between salt and sex is yet to be proven. There is, however, a huge body of evidence showing that salt is the main cause of high ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Water channels in the body help cells remain in balance

microscopical water channels are also present in the cells of the body, where they ensure that water can be transported through the protective surface of the cell. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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US orders more testing of chromium-6 in tap water

The Environmental Protection Agency has asked local US communities to test more carefully for hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Kidney cancer

Kidney cancer is any cancer that originates in a kidney. The two most common types of kidney cancer, reflecting their location within the kidney, are renal cell carcinoma and renal pelvis carcinoma. The distinction between these two types is important because their most common histologies are different and consequently they respond differently to chemotherapy.

For more information about Kidney cancer, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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