Articles Tagged ‘genetics’

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Measles viruses genetically modified to treat ovarian cancer

June 30, 2011, 9:50AM

Scientists prepare clinical lots of measles virus to use in clinical trials against cancer. Credit: Mayo Clinic.

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is undertaking a large-scale review of cancer genes. The most recent study results were published June 30, 2011, in Nature. As part of this work, TCGA investigators searched for existing drugs that might inhibit genes that were suggested to play a role in ovarian cancer. The search identified 68 genes [...]

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) completes detailed ovarian cancer analysis [Video]

June 29, 2011, 1:37PM

Video of Dr. Spellman discussing TCGA and the ovarian cancer findings

Diabetes is the Most Common Risk Factor for Liver Cancer in the U.S.

April 19, 2010, 9:28AM

Drawing of the inside of a body showing the liver, colon and lungs.

The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver cancer, has been increasing in the U.S. for several decades. NCI reseachers found that diabetes was associated with a greater percentage of HCC cases than any other factor.

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