Cancer Research News: April 16 – April 30

Calcium intake may reduce risk for colorectal adenomas in patients with a certain genetic profile.
Across the country, physicists and biologists are teaming up to fight cancer.
Obesity in men is linked to high risk for prostate cancer.
Large Hadron Collider scientists are developing new types of radiotherapy to treat cancer.

Cancer Research News: March 16 – March 27

Bald African-American men may be at greater risk for prostate cancer.
A tumor-killing virus injected into patients with advanced melanoma is showing promise as a treatment.
A treatment that genetically alters a patient’s immune cells to fight cancer is producing remissions in some adults with leukemia.
Congratulations to Drs. Bayard D. Clarkson and Jimmie C. Holland, both inaugurated as part of the first class of Fellows of the AACR Academy.

The FDA reviews diabetes drugs for safety.
Despite bipartisan support for science funding, government R&D spending is about to crash.
Renowned pharmaceutical executives warn that U.S. science cuts endanger the future.
Nature published a special issue on Women in Science.