Tag: cancer

The role of bacteria in the development of colorectal cancer is coming under scrutiny at the University of Rochester Medical Center, thanks to an $840,000 research award from the American Cancer ...

Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D., asks the biggest of questions using a tiny organism. Bohmann, professor of genetics in the Department of Biomedical Genetics, will speak about his exploits mining fruit flies for ...

One of the cancer field’s most respected information sources, the National Cancer Institute Bulletin, recently featured the work of Craig Jordan, Ph.D., a cancer stem cell scientist at the University ...

In a collaborative study published Feb. 9, 2009, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), scientists performed a genome-wide expression analysis comparing highly enriched normal ...

The healing benefits of meditation will be discussed during a talk from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.

Women with metastatic breast cancer can develop techniques for managing their physical and emotional health during a talk from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.

If you’re headed south for the upcoming school break, don’t forget to protect your skin from the sun’s damaging rays during your vacation. Mary Gail Mercurio, M.D., a dermatologist who sees many skin ...

A Valentine’s Day celebration and happy hour will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Good Luck, 50 Anderson Ave. The third-annual event supports the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.

People with cancer can learn about the emerging field of integrative medicine during a talk from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.

Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the reasons long believed to explain the phenomenon account for only part of the differences for such patients ...