Study gives clue as to how notes are played on the genetic piano
May 12, 2011
Japanese and U.S. scientists in the young field of epigenetics today reported a rationale as to how specific genes are silenced and others are not.
CTRC holds free public lecture on skin cancer
May 11, 2011
A free public lecture on skin cancer risks, prevention and treatment, part of the ongoing cancer prevention and treatment series at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Second SALSI forum takes aim at Latino obesity
May 10, 2011
The second-annual SALSI Research Forum, highlighting efforts to prevent obesity among Latinos in San Antonio and South Texas.
Study shows enlarged prostate not a cancer warning sign
May 9, 2011
Despite the recommendations of some health groups, the symptoms of an enlarged prostate are not associated with the risk of prostate cancer, according to new data from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial, a decade-long study of almost 19,000 men.
New study suggests breast cancer treatments lose effectiveness over time
May 9, 2011
Some breast cancer treatments designed to reduce the risk of a recurrence may lose their effectiveness once the patient survives the first three-year danger zone, suggests a new study published online today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.