News tagged with cancerous cells


Nanoscale 'Fountain Pen' Draws Therapeutic Nanodiamonds

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A research team at Northwestern University has developed a tool that can precisely deliver tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells. The tool, called the nanofountain probe, functions in two different ...


'Chemical Nose' to Sniff Out Cancer Earlier, Improve Treatment Options

'Chemical Nose' to Sniff Out Cancer Earlier, Improve Treatment Options

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a "chemical nose" array of nanoparticles and polymers, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a fundamentally new, more effective way to differentiate ...


Research leads to advanced trials of new cancer treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Research by a Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor has led to the development of a product that has been shown in clinical trials to be successful in halting the growth of various types of cancer cells.


New therapies to treat breast, lymph cancer: studies

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New therapies developed following groundbreaking clinical trials appear to effectively target breast cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to research unveiled Sunday at a major cancer conference.


New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using nanodiamonds

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A research team at Northwestern University has demonstrated a tool that can precisely deliver tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells.


Cancerous and normal cells

Scientists Measure Differences Between Normal and Cancer Cell Surfaces

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists know that cancerous cells and normal cells have different physical features, but the details of these differences, and why they occur, are not well understood. In a recent edition ...


Upside-down world: DNA protecting protein helps cancer drug to kill cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Some DNA repair enzymes can become double-edged swords - If they work too slowly, they can block necessary cell maintenance and contribute to cell death. This could explain the somewhat mysterious success of the widely used ...


Scorpion venom with nanoparticles slows spread of brain cancer

Scorpion venom with nanoparticles slows spread of brain cancer

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 3

By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, University of Washington researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 ...


SIRT1 takes down tumors

SIRT1 takes down tumors

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Yuan et al. have identified another anti-cancer effect of the "longevity" protein SIRT1. By speeding the destruction of the tumor promoter c-Myc, SIRT1 curbs cell division. The study will be published online ...


Naturally fluorescent molecules may serve as cancer biomarker

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Excess amounts of a naturally fluorescent molecule found in all living cells could serve as a natural biomarker for cancer, according to bioengineers.


A sticky business -- how cancer cells become more 'gloopy' as they die

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The viscosity, or 'gloopiness', of different parts of cancer cells increases dramatically when they are blasted with light-activated cancer drugs, according to new images that provide fundamental insights into how cancer ...


Scientists Identify Molecular Signature for Leukemia Stem Cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists studying chronic myeloid leukemia, more commonly known as CML, are one step closer to decoding the “genetic signature” of stem cells in this disease. They’ve identified a marker in a tiny but powerful subset of ...


Surviving lung cancer: New technique boasts high cure rates, offers hope in place of surgery

Surviving lung cancer: New technique boasts high cure rates, offers hope in place of surgery

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Countless people have heard the phrase, "You have lung cancer," but only 50 can say they've completed a new treatment at Temple University that doubles their chances of surviving the deadly disease — and without ...


Cancer diagnosis: Now in 3-D (Video)

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

University of Washington researchers have helped develop a new kind of microscope to visualize cells in three dimensions, an advance that could bring great progress in the field of early cancer detection. The technique could ...



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