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A new method of delivering chemotherapy drugs could eliminate the heavy price of the treatment. Because the cell-killing therapy targets fast-growing cells, it... Read More »
Diagnosing diseases such as HIV and leukemia could soon be as simple as screening cells using an inexpensive, portable device. The new chip can focus cells into a... Read More »
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Daniel PorterI bet flow cytometry could be a useful technique in a variety of fields -- could they possibly implement a single FC device for a variety of applications?
May 30, 2012
Aurora SterlingI don't see why not. Seems like it would be fairly straightforward to adapt this for other uses.
May 30, 2012
Here's your weekly wrap up of the top medical news!
Baby kept alive with world’s smallest artificial heart
Italian doctors are reporting that... Read More »
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Aurora SterlingThe connections between industry and research are always interesting
Jul 5, 2012
Cancer cells are characterized by uncontrolled proliferation due to genetic and/or epigenetic changes. The wide scope of such changes poses a key challenge to... Read More »
A team from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Spain has developed a novel non-invasive cellular thermometer. The method uses green fluorescent proteins... Read More »
Grant funding for scientists at public and private institutions is as competitive and selective as it has ever been. An article in Science magazine earlier this year... Read More »
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Daniel PorterThe history of scientific discovery is fraught with aberrations in the way science is "supposed" to go, and it seems cancer research is no exception. Many breakthrough discoveries have significant non-scientific "ulterior motives" -- maybe we need to embrace this reality and create a system that controls for it rather than fights against it?
May 23, 2012
Skin cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer or lymphoma sometimes occur after a heart transplant because of the immune suppressing drugs used to prevent rejection ... Read More »
Several studies have used DNA microarray analysis to identify breast cancer subtypes, including basal-like or triple negative breast cancer. Basal-like breast cancer... Read More »
Here’s your weekly roundup of exciting medical news.
Paralyzed people control robotic arms directly with brain activity
A new study in Nature... Read More »
The strategy Google uses to decide which pages are relevant to a search is being used to determine which proteins in cancer are relevant for the progression of the... Read More »
A natural substance found in the produce aisle could potentially treat an aggressive form of breast cancer. Researchers at the University of Missouri found that the... Read More »
A study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that high-throughput sequencing, a high-speed DNA-decoding technology, detects the... Read More »
No reliable method for early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer has been developed. Pancreatic cancer, or pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), is amongst the top ... Read More »
A new nanotechnology breakthrough is helping scientists and oncologists evaluate why a certain subset of early-stage cancer cells, called cancer stem cells... Read More »
Researchers from The Scripps Research Institute recently conducted a study in which they discovered new chemical compounds that inhibit an enzyme called PRMT1... Read More »
Researchers have created an ultrasensitive biosensor that could open up new opportunities for early detection of cancer and personalized medicine tailored to the... Read More »
A new study provides promising results regarding a maintenance therapy for multiple myeloma patients who have received a stem cell transplant. Patients with this... Read More »
Here’s the top medical news of this week!
Promising new HIV treatments give hope for eventual cure
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)... Read More »
Delivering radiotherapy directly to cervical cancer using 3-D imaging techniques is effective at controlling the return and spread of the disease and, in most cases... Read More »
Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have transplanted brain cancer patients' own gene-modified blood stem cells in order to protect their bone... Read More »