Breast Cancer Reoccurence Prediction Test - MammaPrint

February 7th, 2007

MammaPrint - A gene test designed to predict chances of reoccurence of breast cancer in women already once diagonized with it - today got formal approval from Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of USA.

Although this is not the first time that such a test has been designed, this is the first one to get the official nod from FDA.

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Is the cure to cancer finally out?

February 4th, 2007

New Scientist magazine recenty reported about experiments using a little known compound called Dichloroacetate (a.k.a. DCA) conducted by University of Alberta and its success in killing breast, brain and lung cancer cells.

So is this molecule the cure to cancer?
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