Tag: Cancer Research
A team of cancer researchers at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel in Switzerland has published in Science Advances that specific cancer cells respond to a combination of a diabetes medication and an antihypertensive drug. At higher doses, the antidiabetic drug Metformin, the most widely prescribed drug for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, inhibits the […]
Vice President Joe Biden says he plans to dedicate his career after politics to cancer research — and to do so for “as long as I’m alive” — but ruled out serving in Hillary Clinton’s administration should she win the White House this fall, reports Dylan Scott of STAT. Biden is still exploring ways in […]
Space.com’s Samantha Mathewson reports that advanced cancer research is calling on techniques used by NASA scientists who analyze satellite imagery to find commonalities among stars, planets, and galaxies in space. Scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) use complex machine learning algorithms to identify similarities among galaxies that may otherwise be overlooked, NASA officials said […]
OK, so Step 1 addressed what cancer is – but what causes cancer? Honestly, there is not a simple answer. As there are many types of cancer, so are there many possible causes. You can do 99 things correctly – eat healthy foods, exercise daily, hydrate your body – and still, cancer can get a […]