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Synthetic lethality: A new way to kill cancer cells

Synthetic lethality: A new way to kill cancer cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ovarian and breast cancer treatments being developed that mix a protein inhibitor and traditional anticancer drugs are showing signs of success, according to a new review for Faculty of 1000 Biology Reports.


Researchers find cancer-fighting properties in papaya tea

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

(PhysOrg.com) -- The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for generations.


Study evaluates costs and benefits of new chemotherapy drugs

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New chemotherapy agents appear associated with improvements in survival time for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer but at substantial cost.


New developments in nanotechnology tackle the two biggest problems associated with chemotherapy

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Huixin He, associate professor, nanoscale chemistry at Rutgers University, Newark, and Tamara Minko, professor at the Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, have developed a nanotechnology approach that potentially could ...


Novel antitoxin strategy developed using 'tagged binding agents'

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study involving the world's deadliest substance has yielded a new strategy to clear toxins from the body—which may lead to more efficient strategies against toxins that may be used in a bioterrorist event, as well as snake ...


Spotlight on rare tumors in hunt for new cancer treatments

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New breakthrough treatments for the most common cancers could soon come from cutting-edge research into some of the world's rarest tumors.


Overcoming multidrug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A strong predictor of poor outcome in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is resistance to chemotherapy with glucocorticoids. Such resistance is caused, in part, by an inability of the leukemic cells to die by ...


Molecular imaging technique uses ultrasound and microscopic bubbles to target cancer cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An imaging technique combining ultrasound and specially modified contrast agents may allow researchers to noninvasively detect cancer and show its progression, according to research published in the March issue of The Jo ...


From carnivorous plants to the medicine cabinet?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In the tropics, carnivorous plants trap unsuspecting prey in a cavity filled with liquid known as a "pitcher."


Multifunctional polymer neutralizes both biological and chemical weapons

Chemistry / Polymers

created 5 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In an ongoing effort to mirror the ability of biological tissues to respond rapidly and appropriately to changing environments, scientists from the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine have synthesized a single, multifunctional ...



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