In the Journals

This section features easy-to-digest, page-long briefs of outstanding new research by scientists at the Center for Cancer Research (CCR), the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) in-house research program. The CCR’s mission is to bring together scientists from diverse fields to work on translating basic research findings into clinical applications. The journal briefs below reflect advances in areas of basic science, clinical science and new technologies.

• Unique Brain Enzyme Converts Codeine To Morphine

• What Puts the “Hot” in Chili Peppers: Implications for Drugs to Treat Pain and Sensory Disorders

• Antiangiogenesis Activity of Anticancer Drugs Foiled by Formulation Vehicles
• Near-Infrared Labeling Helps Researchers Focus on Tumors in Lab Animals

January 2004