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Scientists can now differentiate between healthy cells and cancer cells

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created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 3

One of the current handicaps of cancer treatments is the difficulty of aiming these treatments at destroying malignant cells without killing healthy cells in the process. But a new study by McMaster University researchers ...


Modified gene targets cancer cells a thousand times more often than healthy cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Rochester have designed a gene that produces a thousand times more protein in cancer cells than in healthy cells.


Cell removal technique could lead to cheaper drugs

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have pioneered a simple way to remove dead cells from cell cultures used to make protein-based drugs, which are increasingly prescribed to treat a range of illnesses.


An alternative to chemotherapy: Nanoparticles tackle pediatric brain tumors

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 14, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, led by Karen L. Wooley, Ph.D., James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences, is a step closer to delivering cancer-killing ...





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Unlocking the body's defenses against cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 5

(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 find cells responsible for bladder cancer's spread

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Johns Hopkins scientists have tracked down a powerful set of cells in bladder tumors that seem to be primarily responsible for the cancer's growth and spread using a technique that takes advantage of similarities between ...


Stem cells restore cognitive abilities impaired by brain tumor treatment, study finds

Medicine & Health / Research

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Human embryonic stem cells could help people with learning and memory deficits after radiation treatment for brain tumors, suggests a new UC Irvine study.


Toward a nanomedicine for brain cancer

Toward a nanomedicine for brain cancer

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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

In an advance toward better treatments for the most serious form of brain cancer, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of the first nanoparticles that seek out and destroy brain cancer cells without ...


Research points to potential chink in cancer's armor

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at the University of York have identified and successfully silenced a gene that appears essential to cancer cell survival.


Study finds way to protect healthy cells from radiation damage

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 3

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, may be hot on the heels of a Holy Grail of cancer therapy: They have found ...


Researchers advance therapy for Parkinson's, other diseases

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- By miniaturizing a device that monitors the delivery of healthy cells, researchers at Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing a powerful instrument for physicians to use in treating ...


Shedding light on cancer cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists label cells with coloured or glowing chemicals to observe how basic cellular activities differ between healthy and cancerous cells. Existing techniques for labelling cells are either too slow or too toxic to perform ...


Tokyo hospital to test viral therapy for tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tokyo University Hospital will begin a clinical test in late August of a viral therapy in which viruses are injected directly into brain tumor patients, according to hospital officials.


Got zinc? New zinc research suggests novel therapeutic targets

Biology / Other

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Everyone knows that vitamins "from A to zinc" are important for good health. Now, a new research study in the August 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that zinc may be pointing the way to new th ...



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