Research: Working Night Shifts Long-Term Doubles Breast Cancer Risk
Queen’s University and British Columbia Cancer Agency study reveals risks Keep Reading
Queen’s University and British Columbia Cancer Agency study reveals risks Keep Reading
Karen Yeates, a Queen’s University researcher in Medicine, has created a cost-effective way to screen for cervical cancer using cell phone technology that is particularly useful in low-resource environments. “Using cell phones can help lower the barriers to large-scale screening and Pap smears in the developing world,” says Dr. Yeates, co-director of the Queen’s School… Keep Reading
With just a few days to go, Queen’s University’s K. Lo’s Krew has raised over $32,000 and is the top fundraising post secondary team in Canada. The team, featuring over 130 members, is set to participate in the CIBC Run for the Cure Sunday in Kingston. Heading up the team are Jodi Snowdon and Kim… Keep Reading
Canadian Prostate Cancer Biomarker Network – a recently formed national research group – is seeking better tools for treating prostate cancer, and a $4 million fund announced today will help develop more accurate tools for determining that treatment. “The focus of this new Canadian Terry Fox Research Institute project is on identifying the best biomarker… Keep Reading
Researchers at Queen’s University have identified a possible cause for the loss of a tumour suppressor gene (known as PTEN) that can lead to the development of more aggressive forms of prostate cancer. “This discovery gives us a greater understanding of how aggressive prostate cancer develops because we now have some insight into the mechanism… Keep Reading
Researchers at Queen’s University have identified a new mechanism that could potentially explain why the body’s immune system sometimes fails to eliminate cancer. The new findings shed light on the possible cause of immune resistance in cancer cells, and indicate that nitroglycerin, a relatively safe and low-cost drug used for more than a century to… Keep Reading
A Queen’s School of Kinesiology and Health Studies professor’s book has been turned into a National Film Board of Canada documentary that will make its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Pink Ribbons Inc. is based on Samantha King’s book of the same name which takes a critical look at fundraising and… Keep Reading
Clinical trials for a new bladder cancer therapy show promising interim results. Lead researcher Alvaro Morales says that the breakthrough using the drug Urocidin follows thirty years of his research in this important area. “I am optimistic about the results of the trial,” says Dr. Morales, professor emeritus in the Department of Urology at Queen’s… Keep Reading
Queen’s University’s Jamaica Cass and Mulu Geletu will receive Minority Scholar Awards at the 2011 American Association of Cancer Research conference (AACR), the largest cancer conference in the world. Ms Cass, a PhD candidate, will present a poster at the conference on tissue microarrays—multiple tissue samples that are mounted together on the same microscope slide… Keep Reading
Kingston, Ontario — Kevin Simmt (Political Studies, ’11) crossed paths with a mother grizzly bear and two cubs and was swept away – twice – while trying to cross a powerful river all in the name of raising money for cancer. Mr. Simmt, a political science student, and his friend Daniel Biggs spent three days… Keep Reading
A team of Queen’s University researchers has received $450,000 to study a gene mutation common to breast cancer patients. The three-year funding supports research aimed at developing an inexpensive diagnostic tool for identifying individuals with the gene mutation. “In the long term, we hope to identify people early who are at risk of developing breast… Keep Reading