NEWS

HHS Releases New Tobacco Control Strategy for the Nation

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week unveiled a new comprehensive tobacco control strategy that seeks to help smokers quit and stop others from starting to use tobacco. One high profile piece of the plan will result in bolder health warnings that must cover the upper half of the front and back of cigarette packages and at least 20 percent of tobacco product advertisements beginning in 2012. Read more > >

• Mutated Gene Linked to Poor Survival in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

  Findings could help guide future treatment decisions

• Novel Drug Effectively Shrinks Tumors in Hodgkin Lymphoma

  Study shows promise for patients whose disease is not responding to standard therapies

• Indefinite Imatinib Therapy May Not Be Necessary for Some CML Patients

  Stopping therapy after 2 years appears feasible for some patients

• Lasofoxifene Is Potential New Option for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction

  In postmenopausal women, drug reduces risk of breast cancer, bone fractures, and cardiac events

• Some Cells in Stroma May Block Immune System’s Antitumor Effects

  Mouse study shows the potential for “unmasking” immune response to cancer

SCIENCE SNAPSHOTS

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An image of a tube formation assay taken with an epifluorescence microscope. The tube formation assay is a 3D in vitro assay that mimics the formation of vasculature in vivo. NCI’s Dr. Enrique Zudaire is using this assay to discover new drugs to block tumor angiogenesis and tumor growth. The nuclei of endothelial cells appear blue. In green are the endothelial cells, which have been genetically engineered to express a green fluorescent protein. The thinner areas are hollow tubes while the thicker areas are cell clusters. (Image courtesy of Dr. Enrique Zudaire)