Posts by: Patricia Silva

Patricia Silva

Patrícia holds her PhD in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases from the Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, The Netherlands. She has studied Applied Biology at Universidade do Minho and was a postdoctoral research fellow at Instituto de Medicina Molecular in Lisbon, Portugal. Her work has been focused on molecular genetic traits of infectious agents such as viruses and parasites.

July 22, 2015July 22, 2015

Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Based On Newly Discovered Protective Gene

Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital recently published in the journal Cell the discovery of a protective gene against colorectal cancer which may open alternative avenues towards novel therapeutic strategies. The ... Read more

May 13, 2015May 13, 2015

Researchers Discover a New Therapeutic Role for a Chemotherapy Drug in Colon Cancer

A team led by researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore recently reported that an already existing chemotherapy drug for the treatment of leukemia ... Read more

May 4, 2015May 4, 2015

PlasmaTech’s ProctiGard Can Prevent Radiation Therapy Side-Effects in Colon Cancer Patients

The National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health estimates that there are more than 250,000 new cases of colon, rectal, bladder, cervical, prostate, testicular and endometrial cancer diagnosed ... Read more

April 24, 2015April 27, 2015

Colorectal Cancer Metabolism Regulated by Specific Long Non-Coding RNA Molecule

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center recently announced that a collaborative study involving MD Anderson researchers discovered that a specific RNA molecule is capable of regulating cancer metabolism ... Read more

April 21, 2015April 21, 2015

DiaCarta and University of Potsdam Collaborate on Novel Early Colon Cancer Detection Test

California-based molecular diagnostics company DiaCarta Inc. and the University of Potsdam in Germany have recently announced an exclusive license agreement for the development and commercialization of a non-invasive diagnostic test for early detection ... Read more

April 6, 2015April 6, 2015

Clinical Practice Guidelines on Molecular Marker Tests for Colorectal Cancer Open to Public Comment

An expert panel recently released a clinical practice guideline draft for the assessment of molecular markers in patients with primary or metastatic colorectal cancer. The document is entitled “Guideline on the ... Read more

March 20, 2015March 20, 2015

Possible Association Between Genetic Alterations and Colorectal Cancer Prognosis

A team of researchers from the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, the University of Toronto and Memorial University in Canada conducted a study on the possible association between specific genetic alterations and ... Read more

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015

Mutations in TP53 Gene Associated with Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

A new study recently published in the journal JAMA Oncology revealed the frequency of mutations in the germline TP53 gene in patients diagnosed with early-onset colorectal cancer. The study is ... Read more

March 3, 2015March 3, 2015

NYU Langone Gastroenterologist Offers Recommendations for Colon Cancer Prevention

March has been declared national colon cancer awareness month, and as part of the effort to raise awareness of the disease, director of the Division of Gastroenterology at NYU Langone Medical ... Read more

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015

Neighbor Tissue in Colon Tumors Dictates Relapse Prognosis

Researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) Barcelona, Spain have recently published new research in the journal Nature Genetics where they highlight the possibility of classifying colon tumors into good or bad prognosis based ... Read more

February 26, 2015February 26, 2015

Fungal Infection Mimics Colorectal Cancer, According to Case Report

Researchers at the University of Arizona reported a case study of a male patient with a fungal infection that resembled colorectal cancer. The study was published in the journal BMC Research ... Read more

February 23, 2015February 23, 2015

Protein Found to Promote Colon Cancer Migration and Recurrence

Researchers from the Chinese Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital in Chengdu and Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, discovered that the protein LIN28B is able to induce ... Read more

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015

Aggressive Cancer Predisposition in Children Associated With Fatal Mutations

A recent study published in the journal Nature Genetics, focused on children with an aggressive cancer predisposition and the associated underlying mutations. The study is entitled “Combined hereditary and somatic mutations ... Read more

February 10, 2015February 10, 2015

Researchers Reveal the Mechanism Behind Targeted Cancer Therapy Drug Resistance

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) recently published in the journal Nature Genetics their findings on a protein known as YAP and its role in the development of ... Read more

January 26, 2015January 26, 2015

Study Reveals Protein Kinase C Role in Colon Cancer

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine made a surprising discovery that is published ahead of print in the prestigious journal Cell. The team found that a set ... Read more