Science360
Neon Cancer Detector
Professor Michael Sailor hopes to dramatically change how cancer is being treated. With support from the National Science Foundation, he is on a quest to create nanoparticles that travel the bloodstream, latch onto cancers in their...
The Wall Street Journal
GRAIL's Hans Bishop on The Key to Early Cancer Diagnosis
Grail CEO Hans Bishop shares his company's mission to create a simple blood test capable of detecting 50 types of cancer.
JJ Medicine
Ras Raf MAPK Pathway and Cancer | Mutations, Cancer Pathogenesis, and Chemotherapy
Lesson on Ras Raf MEK ERK (MAPK) pathway and its involvement in cancer pathogenesis. Various mutations in EGFR, Ras and Raf proteins can lead to particular types of cancer, which can be treated with chemotherapeutic treatments that...
Next Animation Studio
Immune discovery could be universal cure to cancer
Cardiff University researchers have identified a mechanism in our immune system that could be utilized to treat most cancers.
Healthcare Triage
The HPV Vaccine, and Why Your Kids Should Get It: Healthcare Triage #4
Human Papillomaviruses (HPV) are the cause of genital warts, and believed to lead to a number of cancers. But there's a vaccine for HPV that can prevent you from getting infected. This week, Rosianna sends in some questions about the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jack Andraka - Breakthrough How One Teen Innovator is Changing the World
JACK ANDRAKA was just a fifteen year old Maryland high school sophomore when he invented an inexpensive early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancers. Now, at seventeen, Jack’s groundbreaking results have earned him...
Professor Dave Explains
Immunomodulators Part 2: Immunostimulants
We just learned about immunosuppressants, so now it's time to learn about immunostimulants. As one would expect, rather than dampening immune activity, these enhance immune activity. There are instances in which immune stimulation has...
Science360
Nanoparticle Cancer Detector - Science Nation
A San Diego researcher has developed a way to tag cancer cells for early detection in the blood stream. Professor Michael Sailor hopes to dramatically change how cancer is treated. He is on a quest to create nanoparticles that travel the...
JJ Medicine
BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations & Cancer (Types of Cancer, and Who’s Most At Risk)
BRCA1 and BRCA2 are genes involved in DNA repair and other important functions. However, mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 increase the risk of different types of cancer, including breast and ovarian cancer. In this lesson, we discuss the...
Healthcare Triage
You Guys Should Get the HPV Vaccine, Too
The HPV vaccine is pretty well known amongst the public, but mostly as a measure against cervical cancer in women. A recent news article highlights its use in men, and we want to highlight that highlight.
Kenhub
Lymph nodes of the small intestine
Lymph nodes and vessels of the small intestine and neighboring structures.
Catalyst University
Anatomy | The Three Types of Skin Cancers
In this video, I explain and differentiate the three main types of skin cancers: basal cell carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas, and malignant melanomas.
FuseSchool
Dangers of smoking
Did you know that smokers are twice as likely to have a heart attack? And that one in two smokers will die from a smoking-related disease. In fact all of these things are negatively affected by smoking… pretty much every organ in your...
Healthcare Triage
You Can Do a Lot to Prevent Some Cancers
Americans seem very afraid of cancer. Much of this fear is legitimate. Cancer is a significant cause of death. Unlike other causes, it often seems to come out of nowhere. It's the "silent killer". But evidence increasingly argues that...
The Wall Street Journal
The Value Proposition
In a system that largely pays doctors and hospitals according to how much care they give, how can we make the transition to paying for quality and value?
Science360
Last of the Tasmanian devils - Infectious cancer to blame
Researcher Andrew Storfer discusses his research on Tasmanian devils, their infectious cancer, and how this research has wide reaching impacts.
Curated Video
Study: Millennials and Gen X at a higher risk of cancer than older generations
A new study by the American Cancer Society found that Generation X and millennials are at greater risk of developing 17 of the 34 cancer types than previous generations. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
Bird flu detected in dairy cows in 12 states
The CDC says over 100 dairy cattle herds in around a dozen states have reported cases of the highly infectious disease since March. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
Cancer cases among Gen Xer's growing faster compared to those before them
Gen X patients had decreases in lung and cervical cancer rates, but the rise in other cancers could erase those gains. (Scripps News)
Sky News
Pioneering stem cell treatment for lung cancer to be trialled in the UK
Pioneering stem cell treatment for lung cancer to be trialled in the UK
Sky News
A Third of Cancer Patients Wait to be Referred
A Third of Cancer Patients Wait to be Referred
Curated Video
Valerie Harper testifies about cancer research before congress
Actress Valerie Harper appealed to Congress on Wednesday (7 MAY 2014) to allocate more funding for cancer research.
Harper, 74, was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009. Then in 2013 doctors said she had brain cancer and as little as three...