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Breast Cancer and Exposure to Chemicals at Work

There have been several news reports about how exposure to certain chemicals at work, before you are 36, increases your chances of getting breast cancer when you are older. There is a video summary of this research at Insider Medicine, called “Work exposure to certain chemicals increases breast cancer risk“ You can also read [...]

Cancer Research Grant for Aberdeen

The local cancer research charity CRANES – Cancer Research Aberdeen and North East Scotland, have been able to give a grant of £23,000 to Aberdeen University. This is going to be used to research the links between obesity and cancer. To start the study they will be looking at people who have been treated [...]

Studying lots of proteins at once

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 [...]

Huntly – Pink Pamper Evening – Friday 9th October 2009

October is “Breast Cancer Awareness Month”, which was started in the 1980′s by the drug company Astra Zeneca, the company that makes Tamoxifen. Breast Cancer Awareness month is used to raise money for breast cancer charities and increase awareness of the disease.

In Huntly, on Friday October the 9th at 7pm, you can come [...]