Cancer has been observed in humans and other animals throughout recorded history. So it’s no surprise that people have been writing about cancer since the beginning of time. Some of the earliest evidence of cancer can be found in fossilized bone tumors, ancient Egyptian human mummies, and ancient manuscripts. But did you know where scientists …
Being diagnosed with cancer turns people’s lives upside down, and dealing with potential cancer ghosting or losing friends while battling cancer is something no one expects. It can be a frightening and often isolating diagnosis to live with, from anxiety about what the future may hold to the grim day-to-day realities of being ill and …
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues. But did you know that PARP-1, a type of protein, constantly repairs our damaged DNA? The PARP-1 is a protein found in our cells that constantly repairs damaged DNA. However, it cannot repair the DNA in neurons while …
Until the 1980s scientists believed that infants did not feel any pain because they did not fully develop pain receptors. They assumed that the reactions babies had to pokes and pricks were just muscular responses. But do infants actually feel pain? Infants were long thought to not feel pain. They were routinely subjected to major …
Kendra Jackson, at the time, was a 46-year-old divorced mother who worked at a bank. She was well-liked in her neighborhood and was known for her outgoing and kind personality. She always had a runny nose and a severe headache after getting into an accident. But what doctors later discovered was that her brain was …
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Honeybee venom ‘kills some breast cancer cells’ Getty Images Australian scientists say the venom from honeybees has been found to destroy aggressive breast cancer cells in a lab setting. The venom – and a compound in it called melittin – were used against two cancer types which are hard to treat: triple-negative and HER2-enriched. The …
Researchers say blood test can detect cancer years before symptoms A blood test can pick up cancers up to four years before symptoms appear, researchers say, in the latest study to raise hopes of early detection. A team led by researchers in China say the non-invasive blood test – called PanSeer – detects cancer in …
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research study finds honeybee venom rapidly kills aggressive breast cancer cells Venom from honeybees has been found to rapidly kill aggressive and hard-to-treat breast cancer cells, according to potentially groundbreaking new Australian research. The study also found when the venom’s main component was combined with existing chemotherapy drugs, it was …
Alternative Donor/Unrelated Donor Transplants for the β-Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease Go to: Abstract Considerable progress with respect to donor source has been achieved in allogeneic stem cell transplant for patients with hemoglobin disorders, with matched sibling donors in the 1980s, matched unrelated donors and cord blood sources in the 1990s, and haploidentical donors in …
Batkid declared cancer-free 5 years after “saving” San Francisco “Batkid” in California declared cancer-free CBSN Live “Batkid” in California declared cancer-free Nov 14, 2018 00:20 buttons/button-playertray-rightbuttons/button-playertray-right Miles Scott was fighting leukemia when he suited up as five-year-old Batkid to battle Penguin and the Riddler in front of a crowd of thousands in San Francisco. He …
