Recent Posts Tagged With 'blood test for lung cancer'

• Silencing of a Single Gene Associated with Smoking and Lung Cancer

  Posted on Thursday January 1st, 2009 at 09:41 in blood test for lung cancer, silencing of a single gene associated with smoking and lung cancer

  New research from Zdenko Herceg, Ph.D., head of the Epigenetics Group at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) shows how tobacco smoking leads to lung cancer.The researchers discovered that a process known as methylation modifies the...

• HIV Type Blood Test Detects Lung Cancer Before Symptoms Occur

  Posted on Monday September 15th, 2008 at 20:29 in lung cancer, cancer research, hiv type blood test detects lung cancer before symptoms develop cancer, blood test for lung cancer

  According to the September 15, 2008, online Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and University of Michigan, have found that lung cancer produces antibodies much like HIV. Samir M. Hanash, M.D., Ph.D., and c...