A team of researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and their colleagues have reported successful treatment of a rare blood disease, using an animal model and a novel method of gene delivery. The researchers found that the method, which uses a virus called foamy virus as a […]

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, today released the Cancer Trends Progress Report: 2007 Update. The report, which spans the cancer control continuum from prevention through end of life, summarizes our nation’s progress against cancer in relation to the Healthy People 2010 targets developed by the U.S. Department of […]

In laboratory experiments using budding yeast, the same type used in baking and brewing, scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, developed a new approach to determine the location of unrepaired breaks in DNA. This new approach should better inform research as unrepaired DNA damage often underlies the […]