News tagged with cancerous cells
Scientists use virus to kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells intact
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A virus that in nature infects only rabbits could become a cancer-fighting tool for humans. Myxoma virus kills cancerous blood-precursor cells in human bone marrow while sparing normal blood stem cells, a ...
Tick saliva could hold cancer cure: Brazilian scientists
Aug 28, 2009 |
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It may be one of nature's repulsive little blood-sucking parasites, but the humble tick could yield a future cure for cancers of the skin, liver and pancreas, Brazilian researchers have discovered.
Unlocking the body's defenses against cancer
Aug 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered a way of allowing healthy cells to take charge of cancerous cells and stop them developing into tumours in what could provide a new approach to treating early-stage cancers.
Scientists Measure Differences Between Normal and Cancer Cell Surfaces
May 05, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Scorpion venom with nanoparticles slows spread of brain cancer
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 16, 2009 |
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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 ...
A sticky business -- how cancer cells become more 'gloopy' as they die
Mar 15, 2009 |
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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 ...
Alternatively spliced tissue factor identified as promising new biomarker for aggressive cancers
Oct 26, 2009 |
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A recently discovered form of the protein that triggers blood clotting may play a key role in the molecular mechanisms leading to the growth of certain metastatic cancers, according to new research reported by an international ...
The ends of mRNAs may prevent the beginnings of cancer
Aug 20, 2009 |
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The tail ends of cellular protein templates, regions often thought relatively inconsequential, may actually play a role in preventing normal cells from becoming cancerous.
DNA-damaged cells communicate with neighbors to let them know they're in trouble
Jul 13, 2009 |
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When cells experiencing DNA damage fail to repair themselves, they send a signal to their neighbors letting them know they're in trouble. The discovery, which shows that a process dubbed the DDR (DNA Damage Response) also ...
Nanoscale 'Fountain Pen' Draws Therapeutic Nanodiamonds
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 29, 2009 |
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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
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 23, 2009 |
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(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 ...
New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using nanodiamonds
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 18, 2009 |
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A research team at Northwestern University has demonstrated a tool that can precisely deliver tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells.
Upside-down world: DNA protecting protein helps cancer drug to kill cells
Apr 28, 2009 |
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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 ...
Naturally fluorescent molecules may serve as cancer biomarker
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Excess amounts of a naturally fluorescent molecule found in all living cells could serve as a natural biomarker for cancer, according to bioengineers.
Scientists Identify Molecular Signature for Leukemia Stem Cells
Mar 10, 2009 |
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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 ...
