It looks like there is another good reason to take aspirin.

»www.reuters.com/article/domestic···20080430

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Poniard Pharmaceuticals Inc.

By Steven Reinberg

WEDNESDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- A protein that stops the spread of breast cancer tumors in mice can predict which malignancies might spread, a new study suggests.

The gene, called bromodomain protein (Brd4), when added to breast cancer cells in mice, produced a unique gene signature, which was also detected in human breast cancer patients.

Research grid could lead to improved drug research and safer clinical trials for cancer patients -- and soon for other diseases

By Heather Havenstein


March 26, 2008 (Computerworld) In June 2000, President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair unveiled what amounted to a "rough draft" of the deciphered human genome, a milestone in the effort to crack the complex genetic code that shapes human development.

The work of the mapping of the human genome, whose completion was announced in April 2003, was heavily dependent on advanced computing for the data-intensive task of mapping the sequence of 3 billion base gene pairs.

Ironically, getting that genetic data into the hands of biomedical researchers has created another major computer quandary: the need for even more advanced systems that can keep up with an increasing number of disease subcategories being discovered through genetic research.


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ScienceDaily (Apr. 4, 2008) — Current medications for seizures are comparable to over-the-counter cold and flu remedies: They block symptoms, but don't significantly affect the underlying illnesses that cause them.

PARMA HEIGHTS -- It's called Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a long word with 24 letters to describe a disease that may affect more women than previously thought.
Sally Nagel's been battling the disease, LAM for short, for more than 30 years.

MICHELLE L. START Florida Weekly Correspondent

Southwest Florida patients diagnosed with cancer will be some of the first people in the world to have access to technology that may obliterate the diseased cells within seconds - but they will have to wait a little longer until the Food Drug Administration approves human testing.

February 06, 2008: 05:19 PM EST

Avantogen Oncology, Inc. reports that SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

"The sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer in women is poised to become one of the leading causes of oral cancer in men, according to a new study."

As an oral cancer patient myself, I know first hand of this. Biopsy testing of my tumor revealed that it contained HPV virus cells. This revelation reveals why so many non-smokers/drinkers are developing oral cancer.

Full Article can be found here:
»ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ip7P···8UHQ3KG0

Women who are struck by a rare lung disease could find their tumors shrink by 50 percent with the help of the transplant drug sirolimus, a new study suggests.
The Cincinnati researchers who made the discovery also demonstrated the drug might improve lung function in some patients over time.

February 01, 2008: 10:42 AM EST


NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- ImmunoGen Inc.

By Ed Edelson -HealthDay Reporter
Friday, February 1, 2008; 12:00 AM

FRIDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental prostate cancer vaccine has stopped the progress of the disease in 90 percent of the mice who got it, California researchers report.

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey is working with others to develop software that lets doctors and researchers compare cases and treatment outcomes

In an effort to improve cancer care, researchers today announced plans to create a giant database designed to allow oncologists and scientists to share vital information. The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) and Rutgers University, both in New Brunswick, along with IBM are developing a computer system that allows physicians and researchers worldwide to tap into the latest developments in cancer research and treatment; they envision it as a tool that will help doctors tailor the best possible therapies for their patients and let scientists track the success—or failure—of previous research.

ScienceDaily (Jan. 13, 2008) — A new study has shown promising results in fighting a severe genetic disorder which can create tumours throughout the body

Advances in genetic knowledge have transformed our understanding of disease in recent years.

PAUL TAYLOR - January 11, 2008 at 9:37 AM EST

Could a simple saliva test be used to detect breast cancer?

A study being released today brings just such a test one step closer to reality.

Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston report that they have identified abnormal proteins in secretions from the salivary glands of women with breast cancer.

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - By restoring tiny bits of genetic material missing from breast tumors in mice, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday they were able to block the cancer's ability to spread.

ScienceDaily (Jan. 11, 2008) — Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have evidence that cancer stem cells for multiple myeloma share many properties with normal stem cells and have multiple ways of resisting chemotherapy and other treatments.

By NICK GALVIN

Think back to the days before the network we call the internet existed. Think back to a world before "google" became a verb, before a user-generated encyclopedia called Wikipedia replaced Britannica and before eBay turned the planet into one big garage sale.

BRAVE Lyndsay Hamilton beat the odds to survive beyond her teenage years - and now lives life to the full.

But she's got just one wish for 2008 ...

MONDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- An international team of scientists has pinpointed 480 genes that play a role in cell division, and in the process they also discovered that more than 100 of those genes show an abnormal pattern of activation in cancer cells.