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• 'Phenotype switching' can make melanoma become metastatic, resistant to drugs
• Skid row cancer study has implications for treatment
• New study finds spike in sugary drink consumption among California adolescents
• Challenges, opportunities for reducing antibiotic resistance in agricultural settings

'Phenotype switching' can make melanoma become metastatic, resistant to drugs Posted: 18 Oct 2013 05:36 PM PDT One of the challenges of understanding cancer is trying to determine the mechanisms that drive metastasis, or the process by which tumor cells are able to spread throughout the body. Researchers describe how melanoma tumors use "phenotype switching" -- changing their outward appearance -- can result in melanoma cells that are highly invasive and more resistant to therapy.

Skid row cancer study has implications for treatment Posted: 18 Oct 2013 05:36 PM PDT An ethically dubious medical research study from the 1950s and 60s, known as the "Bowery series," foreshadowed and shared commonalities with prostate cancer screening and treatment measures as they are carried out today, argues a physician and historian.

New study finds spike in sugary drink consumption among California adolescents Posted: 18 Oct 2013 10:23 AM PDT While consumption of soda and other sugary drinks among young children in California is starting to decline, a new study released shows an alarming 8 percent spike among adolescents, the biggest consumers of these beverages.

Challenges, opportunities for reducing antibiotic resistance in agricultural settings Posted: 18 Oct 2013 10:23 AM PDT Antibiotic resistant pathogens are an emerging, critical human health issue. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared antibiotic resistance as a top health issue worldwide. Two million Americans are infected each year with diseases resistant to known antibiotics; between ten and fifteen thousand die. Interdisciplinary standards are needed for studying antibiotic resistance in agriculture to help rectify its wide-reaching problems.

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