Read more tumor stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6022/tumor.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:23:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70505/nanobees-sting-cancer-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists working to harness the power of bee venom in the fight against cancer have created "nanobees" that can actually sting a tumor to death. Melittin, an ingredient in bee venom with anti-tumor properties, was attached to tiny spheres that sought out and attacked cancerous cells in mice. Previous efforts...http://www.newser.com/story/70505/nanobees-sting-cancer-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 4:58:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69023/report-revives-fears-of-cell-phone-tumor-link.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new report charges that health organizations and the cell phone industry are downplaying clear links between cell phone use and brain cancer, reports the Los Angeles Times . The latest research shows that cell phone use significantly increases the risk of some kind of tumors, and that young people are...http://www.newser.com/story/69023/report-revives-fears-of-cell-phone-tumor-link.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 4:17:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63062/promising-trojan-horse-cells-kills-animal-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralian researchers have achieved promising results with a new approach to treating cancer, reports the Sydney Morning Herald . Scientists have developed mutant bacteria nanocells that slip into tumor cells to switch off drug-resistant genes, and allow cancer-fighting drugs inside, also delivered by the nanocells. The strategy has achieved near-universal success...http://www.newser.com/story/63062/promising-trojan-horse-cells-kills-animal-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 1:58:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60662/down-syndrome-gene-holds-cancer-clue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have noticed for years that Down syndrome patients are far less likely to die from solid tumors—and now, scientists in Boston think they know why. Down syndrome patients’ extra chromosome holds a gene that helps cut blood flow to tumors, restricting their growth, the Globe reports. “Individuals with...http://www.newser.com/story/60662/down-syndrome-gene-holds-cancer-clue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 11:39:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60457/new-cancer-strategy-dont-cure-it-manage-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe standard care for cancer patients is to kill tumors by blasting them with chemotherapy. Radiologist Roger Gatenby proposes a different approach in Nature : Forget about curing cancer and eliminating the tumors. Just keep them at a manageable size through drugs instead of chemo. "It just makes common sense," he...http://www.newser.com/story/60457/new-cancer-strategy-dont-cure-it-manage-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 May 2009 11:22:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59830/tumor-stricken-tasmanian-devils-now-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Tasmanian devil, the iconic inhabitant of the island off Australia and the world’s largest surviving carnivorous marsupial, is now officially endangered, reports the BBC. Under attack by a virulent disease characterized by facial tumors, the devil population may be as low as 20,000, down 70% since the mid-1990s....http://www.newser.com/story/59830/tumor-stricken-tasmanian-devils-now-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 9:31:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59503/judge-orders-arrest-of-anti-chemo-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Minnesota judge issued an arrest warrant today for the mother of a 13-year-old boy resisting chemotherapy after the pair missed a court hearing on his welfare. Brown County District Judge John Rodenberg is also ordering that Daniel Hauser be placed in protective custody so he can get proper medical...http://www.newser.com/story/59503/judge-orders-arrest-of-anti-chemo-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 15:36:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50773/ginsburg-cancer-has-not-spread.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRuth Bader Ginsburg's cancer was found at the earliest stage and has not spread beyond her pancreas, the Supreme Court said today. The 75-year-old associate justice returned home to Washington after being released from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Doctors removed Ginsburg's spleen and a portion...http://www.newser.com/story/50773/ginsburg-cancer-has-not-spread.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Feb 2009 12:59:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47118/jobs-hormone-imbalance-may-signal-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSteve Jobs’ statement revealing the “hormone imbalance” that’s caused his weight loss may point to a resurgence of cancer, the Los Angeles Times reports. Jobs survived a rare form of pancreatic cancer that’s less dangerous than the typical kind. But a reappearance of the tumor could suggest it's "aggressive and...http://www.newser.com/story/47118/jobs-hormone-imbalance-may-signal-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Jan 2009 6:52:26 CST