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May is skin cancer awareness month and one Kelowna physician is taking the opportunity to warn people about of the dangers of Melanoma. “Hey James, how are you doing?” asks Dr. Ben Wiese of the Kelowna Skin Cancer Clinic. “Come in have a seat,” Wiese motions to his patient James Wren. It’s Melanoma Monday and Wren is being checked over […]
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New research, published today in Nature, reveals how increasing brain stiffness as we age causes brain stem cell dysfunction, and demonstrates new ways to reverse older stem cells to a younger, healthier state. The results have far reaching implications for how we understand the ageing process, and how we might develop much-needed treatments for age-related brain diseases. As our bodies […]
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Tree-like branching structures are everywhere in the human body, from the bronchial system in the lungs to the spidering capillaries that supply blood to the extremities. Researchers have long worked to understand the cellular signaling needed to build these intricate structures, but new research suggests that simple physics may play an underappreciated role. The research, published in the Proceedings of […]
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In the journal Science Immunology, researchers from DTU Health Technology and Jacobs University in Bremen have just published their cutting-edge research demonstrating advancement in detection of a certain type of immune cells, called T cells. Improved detection of T cells have several therapeutic implications. For example, in cancer immunotherapy (a therapeutic approach that engage patients own immune cells) characterization of […]
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An international team led by researchers from the University of Cincinnati and Japan’s Keio and Hiroshima universities has discovered the energy production mechanism of cancerous cells that drives the growth of the nucleolus and causes tumors to rapidly multiply. The findings, published Aug. 1 in the journal Nature Cell Biology, could lead to the development of new cancer treatments that […]
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A new molecular mechanism discovered by UT Southwestern researchers indicates that drugs currently used to treat less than 10 percent of breast cancer patients could have broader effectiveness in treating all cancers where the drugs are used, including ovarian and prostate cancers. The new study also revealed a potential biomarker indicating when these drugs, called PARP inhibitors, can be unleashed […]
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A strain of the common cold virus has been found to potentially target, infect and destroy cancer cells in patients with bladder cancer, a new study in the medical journal Clinical Cancer Research reports. No trace of the cancer was found in one patient following treatment with the virus. Researchers from the University of Surrey and Royal Surrey County Hospital […]
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Skin cancer symptoms usually depend on the type of skin cancer it is. There are two main types – melanoma and non-melanoma. Melanoma is more serious and usually distinguished by a mole changing shape, an itchy or sore mole or a mole that bleeds, crusts or scabs. But non-melanoma is associated with a different set of symptoms. An itchy spot […]
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Öko-Test is sensitive to sun cream: Four out of five products is not recommended Sun cream should protect the skin against the negative effects of the sun’s rays, which, according to the sun poor months particularly important. However, all of the available sunscreens do not provide adequate protection and possible risks of critical ingredients added. “Öko-Test” has now examined 20 […]
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Öko-Test is sensitive to sun cream: Four out of five products is not recommended Sun cream should protect the skin against the negative effects of the sun’s rays, which, according to the sun poor months particularly important. However, all of the available sunscreens do not provide adequate protection and possible risks of critical ingredients added. “Öko-Test” has now examined 20 […]
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