Cancer clinic to pay Rs 17 L Times of India, India - Apr 4, 2008

Inovio Biomedical Corporation (AMEX:INO), a leader in enabling the development of DNA vaccines using electroporation-based DNA delivery, announced today that the team of Dr. Christian H. Ottensmeier, MD, PhD, Cancer Research UK Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, will present interim data from a clinical study of an experimental DNA-based prostate cancer vaccine at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in San Diego, USA, April 12 - 16, 2008. The data indicates that the combination of this DNA vaccine and electroporation DNA delivery was safe and well-tolerated.

SouthCoast cancer incidence higher than state average SouthCoastToday.com, MA - 1 hour ago

Cancer story gets national attention Gazette Online, IA - 1 hour ago

In a new study published online in Science, researchers shed light on the poorly understood process of metastasis - when a tumor spreads to other organs. They report that mutations in mitochondrial DNA can spur metastasis and that it can be reversed with drugs, at least in mice: Mitochondria are the tiny organelles inherited from your mom that serve as the cell's powerhouses. They have their own DNA, called mtDNA. Ten years ago, cancer researchers noticed that mtDNA in tumor cells tends to be riddled with mutations--far more than in normal tissues. (This is in part because mtDNA is not packaged in proteins, which makes it more vulnerable to damage.) Some researchers think mtDNA may cause tumors. But others suggest that the mutations are simply a byproduct of the cancer; they note that people with mitochondrial diseases are not particularly cancer-prone, and cancer risk is not inherited maternally, as would be expected for a disease linked to mitochondria.

Whether you are running for president or looking for a clerical job, you cannot afford to get angry if you are a woman, Yale University psychologist Victoria Brescoll has found.

A united front against prostate cancer Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 11 hours ago

Removing the marrow from the heart of bones could make them stronger and help heal fractures, researchers suggest.