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Protein Markers Predict Risk of Melanoma Recurrence

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new prognostic tool that can determine the risk of recurrence in melanoma patients has been developed by researchers at Yale Cancer Center. The technology, based on five proteins expressed in melanoma tissue, ...


Scientists use virus to kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells intact

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(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 ...


Scientists discover genetic pattern that indicates early-stage lung cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wistar Institute researchers and collaborators from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University have identified immune system markers in the blood which indicate early-stage lung tumors in people at high risk for ...


Free e-samples of prescription drugs: At what cost?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Search the Internet to learn about your asthma, high cholesterol or other common disorder, and odds are you'll be directed to a pharmaceutical company-sponsored Web homepage. There you'll often find an offer for a free sample ...


Gene mismatch influences success of bone marrow transplants

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A commonly inherited gene deletion can increase the likelihood of immune complications following bone marrow transplantation, an international team of researchers reports in the November 22 advance online issue of Nature Ge ...


CDC Confirms Four New Cases of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)-Resistant H1N1

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tests performed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the request of infectious disease experts at Duke University Medical Center have confirmed this week that isolates from four patients with H1N1 influenza ...


Mutation found in swine flu virus: WHO

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway.


IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)

IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

IBM scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip, that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use, and can test for ...


Researchers create 'fly paper' to capture circulating cancer cells

Researchers create 'fly paper' to capture circulating cancer cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor.


Magnetic Nanotags Spot Cancer in Mice Earlier Than Current Methods

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Searching for biomarkers that can warn of diseases such as cancer while they are still in their earliest stage is likely to become far easier thanks to an innovative biosensor chip developed by Stanford University ...



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