News tagged with tissue specimens
Should breast tissue be screened for cancer after cosmetic surgery?
Mar 11, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Young women undergoing cosmetic breast reduction surgery are being screened for cancer without their informed consent, according to a paper published on bmj.com today.
Search results for tissue specimens
Citrus surprise: Vitamin C boosts the reprogramming of adult cells into stem cells
Dec 24, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (26) |
4
Famous for its antioxidant properties and role in tissue repair, vitamin C is touted as beneficial for illnesses ranging from the common cold to cancer and perhaps even for slowing the aging process. Now, ...
New Yorkers beware! New cockroach hits the Big Apple
Dec 24, 2009 |
4.1 / 5 (17) |
3
New Yorkers are used to fighting each other for space, but there may be a new contender in town according to a Rockefeller study that appears to have uncovered a new species of cockroach.
Figitumumab has anti-tumor activity in Ewing's sarcoma
Dec 23, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A preliminary study of the anticancer drug figitumumab has found that it has antitumour activity in Ewing's sarcoma—a cancer which affects mainly teenage boys. The results have led to the drug's progression to a Phase 2 trial ...
2/3 of Australians unlikely to get vaccinated against swine flu
Dec 23, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Australia risks a serious swine flu (H1N1 influenza virus) outbreak with two-thirds (65 per cent) of unprotected Australians stating they're unlikely to get vaccinated against the disease in the next 12 months, according ...
Researchers find new patterns in H1N1 deaths
Dec 23, 2009 |
5 / 5 (4) |
1
Brazilian researchers have performed the first-ever autopsy study to examine the precise causes of death in victims of the H1N1 swine flu.
Novel nanotechnology heals abscesses caused by resistant staph bacteria
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 22, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a new approach for treating and healing skin abscesses caused by bacteria resistant to most antibiotics. The study ...
Ultrasound-guided cortisone injections may help treat severe hip pain
Dec 22, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Ultrasound-guided cortisone injections may be an effective treatment method for gluteus medius tendinopathy, a common, painful condition caused by an injury to the tendons in the buttocks that typically affects middle-aged ...
Study Finds Treatment With Anabolic Hormone May Enhance Local Bone Regeneration
Dec 22, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- In research that could open new avenues of investigation in the prevention and treatment of fractures, in bone regeneration and tissue engineering, scientists from Yale School of Medicine ...
Protein link may be key to new treatment for aggressive brain tumor
Dec 22, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Biomedical researchers at the University of Central Florida have found a protein that could hold the key to treating one of the most common and aggressive brain tumors in adults.
Fossil shelved for a century reworks carnivore family tree
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 22, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (8) |
4
More than a hundred years after its discovery, the limbs and vertebrae of a fossil have been pulled off the shelf at the American Museum of Natural History to revise the view of early carnivore lifestyles. ...
List of search results for tissue specimens
