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University of Leeds Opens Brain Tumor Research Lab

Officials from the University of Leeds are proud to announce the inauguration of the first brain tumor research laboratory at the university, and also the only one in Yorkshire, the United Kingdom. The new facility is based at the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine (LIMM).At this point, the project to open this la...

11 February 2011
10:30 GMT

Mobile Phones and Cancer Might Not Be Linked

A recently conducted study on the connection between the use of mobile phones and cancer shows that there might not be a link between the two in the end, at least not when two main types of brain cancer, namely glioma and meningioma, are involved. The researchers found that the regular use of mobile phones might act...

18 May 2010
10:00 GMT

Research Sheds Doubt on the Safety of Cell Phones

In spite of being an area where a huge number of studies has already been performed, the use of cell phones is still making scientists uneasy. The long-term threats on people's safety have not yet been fully and accurately assessed, experts say, therefore they cannot whole-heartedly sanction their use just yet. ...

13 November 2009
02:42 GMT

New Biomarkers Show How Brain Cancer Responds to Therapy

Experts from the Harvard Medical School (HMS) Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have managed to discover a new biomarker that holds the potential to allow doctors to more accurately identify patients with recurrent glioblastoma (brain tumors), who could potentially respond to anti-vascular endothelial growth facto...

24 June 2009
06:02 GMT

Rich Kids More Likely to Develop Cancer

Scientists looking to better understand the occurrence of cancer in young children and teenagers have long realized that geographical factors and family lifestyle may play an important part in the evolution of a child's health. When it comes to family background and the family's state of affluence, we'...

11 June 2008
08:21 GMT


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