Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researchers have found that chaetocin, a by-product of a common wood mold, has promise as a new anti-myeloma agent. Results of their study, being presented today at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting, show the by-product to be more effective than currently used therapies at killing multiple myeloma cells.
Women can encounter environmental factors that increase their risk of breast cancer at various periods of their physical development, beginning before birth and extending until menopause.
Carmarthenshire is leading the way forward in its proactive approach to one of Wales? major health issues ? obesity.
Researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health have discovered a means for early detection of liver cancer.
Immune cells that are the body?s front-line defense don?t necessarily rest quietly until invading bacteria lock onto receptors on their outside skins and rouse them to action, as previously thought.
For the growing number of people with diminished immune systems — cancer patients, transplant recipients, those with HIV/AIDS — infection by a ubiquitous mold known as Aspergillus fumigatus can be a death sentence.
Australian Air Force Cadets in Townsville will pilot a new CADETLiFe program designed to build their resilience to life?s challenges and adolescent mental health issues.
The distribution of Australian relief is well underway following the arrival of the first C130 aircraft at Munda airport in Solomon Islands late yesterday.
Human bone marrow has been used to create early-stage sperm cells for the first time, a scientific step forward that will help researchers understand more about how sperm cells are created.
Psychiatric nurses have a one in ten chance of being physically injured by an aggressive patient over the course of a year and many more suffer emotional distress because of the verbal abuse they receive while working in these difficult and challenging environments.