Cancer

Tissue Specificity for Mutation Parallels Tissue Specificity for Cancer

transgenicrodent mutation assay Centre for Environmental Health, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC Canada transgenic rodent mutationassay,* which carries the E. coli lacI transgene in a retrievabl...

Cancer siRNA Oligo Set Version 1.0

This comprehensive siRNA discovery tool allows gene-silencing studies of 139 human cancer-related genes for functional genomics research using RNAi. Cancer-related genes were chosen in collaboration with leading academic cancer researchers (see table below for a list of...

Detection of Mutant K-ras in a Kindred With Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer by DGGE

David A. Crispin,* Ru Chen,* Michael B. Kimmey,** Teresa A. Brentnall** * Departments of Pathology and **Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Introduction Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the U.S....

Detection of p53 Gene in Breast Cancer by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and the DCode System

Tochigi Cancer Center, Tochigi, Japan Introduction Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) is one of the most consistently used mutation scanning methods. It has evolved enormously over the last decade to be widely used particularly in gene diagnostic l...

Lance Armstrong and the future of cancer care

As many people know, survivors of cancer are much more common today. A recent National Center for Health Sta...

Cancer-Related miRNAs Uncovered by the mirVana miRNA Microarray Platform

Ambion has developed a complete line of research tools for the analysis of microRNAs (miRNAs). Recently, we introduced the Vana miRNA microarray platform (consisting of the Vana miRNA Labeling Kit and the Vana miRNA Probe Set) and several miRNA tools for interrogating miRNA function and identifyin...

Proteomics in Bladder Cancer Research: Protein Profiling of Bladder Squamous Cell Carcinomas, Rev C

, and Hans Wolf 1 Department of Medical Biochemistry and Danish Centre for Human Genome Research, The University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark 2 Department of Urology, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark...

Genome Wide Profiling of Paired Cancerous and Normal Breast Tissues and Rapid Interpretation of Gene Expression Data

Microarrays offer a powerful means of studying human gene activity and thereby providing insight into cellular, molecular, and biological changes. Applied Biosystems has developed the Expression Array System, a complete system for gene expression studies. It includes Human Genome Survey Microarrays (utilizing fully curated transcript data...

NeoClone gets $750K for ovarian cancer detection

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Quintessence Biosciences advances cancer drug

The data, which was presented at the annual meeting of the <a href="htt...

Medical College receives $1.4M cancer grant

This is the second successful renewal of the grant that was first awarded in 2003. Kathleen Schmainda, associate professor o...

GE Healthcare partners with UNC on breast cancer imaging research

With funding from GE Healthcare, a $17 billion unit of General Ele...

Cancer-fighting agent heads for clinical trials

If the compound is found to be safe and effective in forthcoming clinical trials, it could treat forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma...

Medical College part of $5M cancer study

In contrasting standard hospital care with the services of palliative care consultation teams, the study will seek to find the specific conditions and activities that lead to bette...

Quintessence cancer treatment chosen for clinical studies

Quintessence said that pending a favorable preclinical safety assessment, it would submit to the <a href="http://w...

UW finds new path to anti-cancer agents

Writing this week (Sept. 1) in the journal , a team led by Jon S. Thorson, a...

GenTel licenses next generation cancer research

In the serum of pancreatic cancer patients...

GenTel to distribute cancer research tool

The novel technology, developed at the of Grand Rapids, measures variatio...

NorthStar finds cancer-fighting use for nuclear fuel

, an early-stage developer of radiopharmaceuticals, will...

GE begins human trials for cancer detection agent

The agent, which uses positron emission tomography (PET), is designed to track the process of angiogenesis, or the formation of new blood vessels in the body. It will be use...

Leading cancer institute to install three TomoTherapy systems

The , based at the University of South Florida in Tampa, will install three of TomoThera...

Wisconsin companies on the front lines in the war against cancer

Society is slowing winning the war against cancer. Thats due in part to better health habit...

Radiology advance points way to non-invasive brain-cancer treatment

Glioblastoma Multiforme, GBM, is a brain cancer death sentence. Of the approximately 12,000 people who are diagnosed with GBM annually in the U.S., half will die within a year, and the rest within 3 years. The only treatments that stretch survival limits are exceptionally invasive surgeries to remove the tumor and radiation treatment with the maximum tolerated dose - all of which leads t...

National $100m pilot program to begin mapping cancer genome

The Cancer Genome Atlas is intented to be for cancers what the Human Genome Project was for people a map that will let scientists better distinguish different types of cancer. That means they could prescribe treatments that are more likely to work on patients with particular cancers, rather than more general treatment plans. National agencies are starting with a pilot project u...

NimbleGen to be part of new cancer study

grant that could total $1.7 million ov...

UW-Madison scientists to mimic nature for newest cancer drugs

Now, with help from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a consortium of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists will embark on a five-year program of drug discovery by copying and improving nature's designs to develop new medic...

Wisconsin doctors pinpoint cancer with TomoTherapy radiation treatment

announced last week that its Hi-Art System, a pinpoint radiation treatment, is being used in 20 institutions in North America, including <a href="http://www.froedte...

Cancer treatment advances as trials show no harm to mice

said at a recent conference. Information supporting this conclusion was presented on October 7 at Bi...

SBC's new online payment service collects cash to fight breast cancer

MILWAUKEEConsumers who switch from traditional paper phone bills to Through the "Save a StampHelp Save a Life" campaign, created in conjunction the <a href="http://www.komen.org/intradoc-cgi/idc_cgi_isapi.dll?IdcService=SS_G...

Platypus Tech fights cancer with $400,000 SBIR grant

MADISON The grant, according to chief executive officer Barbara Israel, is to develop a new method to rapidly measure...

Quintessence Biosciences forms cancer therapeutic advisory board

MADISON Announced last week by President and Chief Executive Officer , the board will consist of distinguished...

Medical College of Wisconsin ties breast cancer to inflammation

MILWAUKEE - Researchers at the , led by Ashwani Khanna, an associate professor of medicine in nephrology, are studying the role inflammation may play in initiating breast cancer, specifically by looking at certain proteins known to play a role in inflammation, and their presence in breast cancer. In two separate studies...

GE Medicals Technologies Aid Battle Against Cancer

WAUKESHA, Wis. - According to the American Cancer Society, one in three people will be diagnosed with some kind of cancer in their lifetime. In an effort to improve patient care and contribute to the battle against cancer, GE Medical Systems has developed innovative medical imaging technologies that are allowing physicians to better detect, diagnose and treat this deadly disease. The la...

Madison Magazine Editor Dies of Lung Cancer

Veteran journalist Brian Howell, who elevated technology and business coverage at Madison Magazine, died Sunday after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 53. Before becoming editor of in 1997, Howell was features editor and, previously, national-foreign editor of the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison. His...

GE Medical Systems Signs Clinical Trial with National Cancer Institute

WAUKESHA, WI. - of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for multi-site clinical trials of 18F-Fluorothymidine (FLT) as an agent for positron emission tomography (PET), applied to the manageme...

LEDS Bring Relief to Young Cancer Patients

BARNEVELD, WI. - A device using specialized light emitting diodes (LED), based on NASA technology for plant growth in space, is continuing to show promise as a treatment to aid healing of bone marrow transplant patients. Use of the LED apparatus has advanced to the second phase of clinical trials in U.S. and foreign hospitals....

New Technology in Fight against Breast Cancer

WAUKESHA,WI - Early detection is the key to fighting breast cancer, and GE Medical Systems, headquartered in Waukesha, is distributing two new weapons. Second Look AD and Second Look Digital are computer-aided detection (CAD) technologies designed to work with Senographe 2000D, a full-field digital mammography system. CADx Systems, Inc. developed the Second Look system to provide greater flexibil...