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Immune cell type controls onset and course of severe malaria
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Scientists have determined that a subset of immune cells may cause malaria patients to contract the severe form of the disease, suffering worse symptoms. Led by Monash University immunologist Professor Magdalena Plebanski, ...
A new method for bone-marrow-derived liver stem cells isolation and proliferation
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Great interest has been aroused in the identification and isolation of liver stem cells from bone marrow cells. Several subsets of bone marrow cells have been found to have the potential to differentiate into hepatocytes, ...
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Gold nanoparticles may pan out as tool for cancer diagnosis
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 31, 2007 |
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When it comes to searching out cancer cells, gold may turn out to be a precious metal. Purdue University researchers have created gold nanoparticles that are capable of identifying marker proteins on breast cancer cells, ...
Medicine released from pill filmed
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an international alliance with funding from NanoNed, the Dutch national research programme, researchers at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, have succeeded in filming the spread ...
2 proteins may be survival markers in some breast cancers
Nov 13, 2007 |
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New research suggests that the presence or absence of two proteins may be important markers for long-term survival in some breast-cancer patients.
Major step forward in understanding cell reprogramming
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Feb 14, 2008 |
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Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Researchers have taken a major step toward eventually being able to reprogram adult cells to an embryonic stem cell-like state without the use of ...
Nanoscopic probes can track down and attack cancer cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 16, 2009 |
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A researcher has developed probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells.
Researchers identify stem cells in pancreatic cancer
Feb 01, 2007 |
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University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have discovered the small number of cells in pancreatic cancer that are capable of fueling the tumor’s growth. The finding is the first identification of cancer ...
Genes influence effectiveness of weight-loss drug
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Obese patients with a specific genetic make-up lose more weight when taking the weight loss drug sibutramine and undergoing behavioral therapy compared to those without this genetic make-up, reports a new study in Gastroenterology, the of ...
Getting to the roots of breast cancer
Apr 29, 2008 |
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The lesson learned in eradicating dandelions from your yard could apply in treating breast cancer as well, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report that appears online today in the Journal of ...
Tumor vessels identified by unique molecular markers
Jun 11, 2007 |
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Results from a new study have made it easier for scientists to distinguish between growing blood vessels in healthy tissues and those that are associated with tumors. This is a significant finding because this distinction, ...
Monitoring immune responses in disease
Sep 03, 2008 |
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A recent study (doi:10.1016/j.clim.2008.06.009) published in Clinical Immunology, the official journal of the Clinical Immunology Society (CIS), describes a new method enabling the detection of multiple parameters of sin ...
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