HealthDay – MONDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have isolated a group of genetic mutations involved in the growth of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Their work may lead to therapies with existing drugs that target the same mutations. Read Full Article

The business office of Science, the world’s leading peer-reviewed research journal, is producing a webinar on “Apoptotic Signaling in Normal and Cancer Cell Biology” to be broadcast live online at 12 noon ET (4:00 GMT) September 22, 2009, sponsored by Promega. The webinar will feature a discussion on the options available for monitoring apoptotic induction in various model systems. Read...

New research published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (Vol. 101, Issue 18) by a team of investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), shows significant changes in the profile of prostate cancer patients since the late 1980s.  CINJ is a Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Read Full Article

Scientists in Switzerland have discovered a way to block the growth of human colon cancer cells, preventing the disease from reaching advanced stages and the development of liver metastases. The research, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, shows that blocking the so-called Hedgehog-GLI pathway can prevent the growth of tumours, metastatic lesions and cancer stem cells, the cells thought to lie at...

AFP – Scientists in Israel have devised a portable breath tester that detects lung cancer with 86 percent accuracy, according to a study released Sunday. Read Full Article

Reuters – A sensor made with gold nanoparticles can detect lung cancer in a patient’s breath and may offer a diagnosis before tumors show up on an x-ray, Israeli scientists said on Sunday. Read Full Article

Resonant Medical, an innovator in soft tissue planning, image-guidance and adaptive radiotherapy products, today announced that the Company will be exhibiting the next generation of its multi-anatomy Clarity System at the 10th Biennial Meeting of The European Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncologists (ESTRO), being held in Maastricht, Netherlands. Clarity provides cost effective soft tissue...

Bio-Matrix Scientific Group, Inc. (OTCBB: BMSN) and Its majority owned subsidiary Entest BioMedical Inc. (OTCBB: ENTB) announced they have finalized a definitive agreement with Therinject LLC for the development of a new immuno-therapeutic cancer vaccine. Therinject LLC is engaged in the development of cancer treatments utilizing immunology based approaches. Read Full Article

Cell cycle checkpoints act like molecular tripwires for damaged cells, forcing them to pause and take stock. Leave the tripwire in place for too long, though, and cancer cells will press on regardless, making them resistant to the lethal effects of certain types of chemotherapy, according to researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Their findings, published in the Aug. Read Full...

Proper nutrition is important for all children, but especially for those undergoing treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Some treatments for cancer and other pediatric catastrophic diseases can affect appetite by causing nausea, unusual allergies, changes to the sense of taste and mouth sores. Nutritional care that helps patients achieve normal growth and weight gain, continue...