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Nanoscopic probes can track down and attack cancer cells

Nanoscopic probes can track down and attack cancer cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A researcher has developed probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells.





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Effects of aspirin and folic acid on inflammation markers for colorectal adenomas

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Unexpectedly, inflammation markers do not appear to be involved with the chemopreventative effect of aspirin on colorectal adenomas, according to a brief communication published online October 12 in the Journal of the Na ...


Inflammation markers linked more with fatal than nonfatal cardiovascular events in elderly

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine shows that for elderly people at risk of cardiovascular disease, the presence of inflammatory markers in the blood can identify that an individual is at ...


New safety concern related to antipsychotic treatment

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

Overall, antipsychotic medications are reasonably effective, and fairly well tolerated treatments for mood and psychotic disorders. However, treatment with a number of antipsychotic medications is associated with weight ...


Simple, inexpensive and objective tools for the assessment of mucosal inflammation: fecal markers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UC and CD, the two major forms of IBD are chronic, idiopathic inflammatory conditions of the gut with a typically relapsing and remitting course. A prominent feature in mucosal biopsies from patients with active IBD is infiltration ...


New research suggests common anti-seizure medications may increase risk of cardiovascular problems

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An important clinical repercussion in the treatment of epilepsy has been discovered by a research team led by Scott Mintzer, M.D., assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and the Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy ...


Accelerated bone turnover remains after weight loss

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 28, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When a person is losing a significant amount of weight, they expect to notice changes in their body. However, they may overlook changes happening in their bones. During weight loss through calorie-restricted diets, bones ...


Identification of genetic markers for ulcerative colitis could lead to treatment

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An international consortium of researchers, including major contribution from a team led by Dr. John D. Rioux, a professor of medicine at the Université de Montréal and the Montreal Heart Institute, has identified ...


New genetic markers for ulcerative colitis identified

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An international team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers has identified genetic markers associated with risk for ulcerative colitis. The findings, which appear today as an advance online publication ...


New study replicates association between genetic variation and antidepressant treatment response

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 15, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pharmacogenetics, the study of genetic variation that influences an individual's response to drugs, is an important and growing focus in all of medical research, including psychiatry. It is a complex field, however, revealed ...


Researchers important markers of high risk of type 2 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 25, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Doctors are aware of a range of risk factors, mostly related to the patients’ family history, overweight, and lifestyle, that contribute to the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Now researchers at the University of Warwick ...



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