Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Receives 8 Million From NIH To Study How Cancer Spreads
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University two grants totaling $8 million to study the microenvironments that drive the spread of cancer from the primary tumor to other parts of the body in the process known as metastasis. "Although metastasis is responsible for the vast majority of cancer-related deaths, our understanding of this complex process is extremely limited and so are the opportunities for preventing metastatic disease, " said John Condeelis, Ph.
Living On Without Telomerase
Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center have discovered an alternative mechanism for the extension of the telomere repeat sequence by DNA repair enzymes. The ends of the chromosomes, the telomeres, are repetitive DNA sequences that shorten every time a cell divides during the process of duplicating its genome. Once the telomeres become very short the cell stops dividing. Thus, telomeres work like a cellular clock that keeps an eye on the number of cell divisions. And once the cell's time is over it can no longer divide.
Avoid Cancer By Getting Off Your Butt
Researchers have linked nearly fifty thousand cases of breast cancer per year and over forty thousand cases of colon cancer to a simple lack of activity. Just by getting away from our desks and TVs and getting off our butt we can do a large part towards avoiding cancer scientists say. The news was presented today at The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) annual conference. The figures really highlight the important role that both activity and inactivity play in the development of specific cancers.