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New Brunswick, N.J., January 5, 2009 – A team of researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) has identified a long-sought gene that is fatefully switched on in 30 to 40 percent of all breast cancer patients, spreading the disease, resisting traditional chemotherapies and eventually leading to death. CINJ is a Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The gene, called

Temecula officials are worried an electric substation planned for the city could spoil the scenery and utilize hazardous chemicals. The unmanned, 115-kilovolt substation is planned for a 10-acre site at Nicolas and Calle Medusa roads. It would serve Temecula, Murrieta and unincorporated parts of Riverside County. (source) The city is concerned about the potential use of sulfur hexafluoride and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, which could cause cancer. Sulfur hexafluoride

A team of British scientists discovered that tomatoes that have been genetically modified to be rich in antioxidants (purple tomatoes) can give protection against cancer and heart disease. The tomatoes containing high concentrations of anthocyanins, an antioxidant who naturally occur in blueberries, blackberries and blackcurrants, are called purple tomatoes. The colouring is due to anthocyanin. When fed to 20 mice genetically predisposed to develop cancer, the purple tomatoes increased the average

October is the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities. There are many events that are going to be held on National Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2008, all these events are aimed to increase public understanding of the disease that claimed the lives of so many people. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States and the