Source: IAEA IAEA PUBLISHES NEW EDITION OF A BOOK ON INTERNATIONAL BASIC SAFETY STANDARDS Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards – Interim Edition. This publication is the new edition of the International Basic Safety Standards. Since the publication of the previous edition in 1996, the contents have been extensively revised […]

Source: International Atomic Energy Agency – AIEA On 12 September 2011, the 35-nation IAEA Board of Governors convened for their deliberations from 12-16 September, which precede the annual General Conference to be held from 19-23 September 2011. On Monday morning, the Board session began with a statement by IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, focusing on […]

By NATURE MEDICINE Effective cancer immunotherapy requires the release of a broad spectrum of tumor antigens in the context of potent immune activation. We show here that a cDNA library of normal tissue, expressed from a highly immunogenic viral platform, cures established tumors of the same histological type from which the cDNA library was derived. […]

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By ISTO É FTP U.S. researchers said on Wednesday (09/03) the discovery of a way to attack tumors in advanced stages of breast cancer and liver, using a potent chemotherapy drug combined with tiny carbon particles known as nanodiamonds. The technique was tested in mice and showed that nanodiamonds help the doxorubicin to penetrate in […]

Read the study published in PLoS Genetics How epigenetic information is propagated during somatic cell divisions is still unclear but is absolutely critical for preserving gene expression patterns and cellular identity. Here we show an unanticipated mechanism for inheritance of DNA methylation patterns where the epigenetic mark not only recruits the catalyzing enzyme but also […]

Annals of Oncology Background: Androgens play a role in the development of both androgenic alopecia, commonly known as male pattern baldness, and prostate cancer. We set out to study if early-onset androgenic alopecia was associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer later in life. Patients and methods: A total of 669 subjects (388 with […]

Of Oncogene Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand—TNFSF10 (TRAIL), a member of the TNF-α family and a death receptor ligand, was shown to selectively kill tumor cells. Not surprisingly, TRAIL is downregulated in a variety of tumor cells, including BCR–ABL-positive leukemia. Although we know much about the molecular basis of TRAIL-mediated cell killing, the mechanism responsible […]

By Naturenews Common freshwater algae might hold a key to cleaning up after disasters such as Japan`s Fukushima nuclear accident, scientists said yesterday at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, California. The algae, called Closterium moniliferum, are members of the desmid order, known to microbiologists for their distinctive shapes, said Minna Krejci, […]