The bmj have just published a study that showing that tamoxifen may not prevent breast cancer if women also take the antidepressant Seroxat (paroxetine). This only applies to the Seroxat, other antidepressants did not have this effect. It seems that Seroxat reduces or completely stops the benefit of tamoxifen. The full (technical) article is here, [...]
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I read an interesting article today about nuclear pore proteins The image on the left, is a cell, the nucleus is the blue dot on the right hand side of the green cell. Nuclear pore proteins control what gets in and out of that blue dot. Researchers have discovered that some of these proteins can [...] This one is for the scientists, the Scottish Chromatin group are having a meeting next Wednesday (the 10th of February 2010). The meeting is being held at the University of Edinburgh from 2pm-6pm, so obviously if you are in (0r near) Edinburgh you can just go along. Interestingly they are also webcasting the meeting, so [...] Everybody has white blood cells inside them, these white blood cells help us fight off infection and keep us healthy. In a drop of blood about this size • you have roughly 6,000 neutrophils. Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell. For more information on this topic see my post “What is a normal [...] I read an interesting paper in Nature Methods this week called “Systems analysis of EGF receptor signalling dynamics with microwestern arrays“. EGF stand for Epidermal Growth Factor, the EGF receptor is a small protein that “knows” when EGF is present. Growth Factors generally make cells grow and so if your growth factors are faulty you [...] A Cancer Research UK press release out today suggests that people with higher levels of vitamin D in their blood have a lower risk of colorectal cancer (you can read the original paper in the British Medical Journal Jenab et al 2010). This is particularly important in Scotland because we only get about 5 % [...] Not really a cancer post, but certainly an interesting idea. Researchers in America are developing a new way of using the camera on a mobile phone, to take pictures of microscope slides when you don’t have access to a full blown laboratory. This sort of thing will probably be of most use in the developing [...] This is a geeky post aimed at the scientists, the journal “Cell” is trying out a new way of showing scientific articles online and (in my opinion), it looks great. Normally you have to pay a lot of money to read Cell (an online only individual subscription for one year costs about £180). For [...] Can a CT scan give you cancer? Yes, occasionally. A research study published on the 14th of December 2009 looked at whether CT scans increase your risk of cancer, this was covered in the Press and Journal “CT scans may increase risk of cancer“. CT scans (also known as CAT scans) use X-rays (a form [...] I haven’t written about VEGF before, not because it’s not important, it is, in fact VEGF has been shown to be important in a whole range of solid (i.e. lump forming) tumours, these include: Bladder Generally speaking, if you have a lot of [...] |
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