A new method that allows researchers to link genomic and proteomic information from cancer cells to information about drug structure will be a powerful tool in the design and discovery of new drugs, researchers report in the August issue of the Nature publication The Pharmacogenomics Journal*.

A new approach to cancer treatment that replaces a patient’s immune system with cancer-fighting cells can lead to tumor shrinkage, researchers report today in the journal Science*. The study demonstrates that immune cells, activated in the laboratory against patients’ tumors and then administered to those patients, can attack cancer cells in the body. The experimental […]

Note: An interview with NLST scientists, a video news release on the launch of the trial, photos, stills, audio clips, and other materials related to NLST can be found at http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/benchmarks-vol2-issue9

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) today launched a new study to determine if screening people with either spiral computerized tomography (CT) or chest X-ray before […]

Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, or HAART, is the standard of care for HIV/AIDS patients and has prolonged the lives of countless persons with the disease. HAART has been associated, however, with the emergence of lipodystrophy syndromes. In this month’s issue of the journal Mitochondrion*, researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Purdue University, West […]

The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) 5 A Day for Better Health Program released a summary today emphasizing the link between diet and health in African-American men. The summary discusses the health disparities between Black men and other racial/ethnic groups, the impact of eating habits, and how eating five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables […]