Thursday, February 7, 2013

Great Clue Mystery


Cancer, Immune system, Brain, these are arguably the 3 enduring high stake mysteries in medicine.  
I put Cancer first, because it is the one mysteries with dead bodies all over the carpet.   And thousands of characters, some are suspected ring leaders, some are accomplices, some are panicked onlookers, some are striking security guards.       
Then there are researchers, like detectives, some focus on "who dunnit", some on "how dunnit", some on "protecting the innocent and preventing carnage".    They need all the help they could get.

This new development from Minnesota implicates a well hidden ring leader that may lead to a new strategy:

While this NIH development seems to study the "how dunnit" mystery that metabolism affects cancer



Friday, February 1, 2013

Interesting new development

BCO members shared these research, new approaches and fresh understanding of the puzzle that is cancer:

Gold nanoparticle in HDL used to target lymphoma cancer cells
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130121161915.htm

New understanding of how Beta blockers' effect on cancer:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130129121843.htm

Metastasis pathways:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-01/cu-cbd011813.php
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130127134214.htm