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On March 6, 2018, 23andMe, Inc. received the first-ever FDA authorization for a direct-to-consumer genetic test that analyzes gene mutations to help predict a... Read More »
Rotationplasty For Bone Cancer : surgical procedure helps children defeat bone cancer
A glowing new era in cancer surgery may be dawning. Using fluorescently labelled markers, surgical molecular navigation means that tumours and nerves can be displayed ... Read More »
A tumor suppressor gene acts as a molecular guardian against cancer by protecting the cell from various forms of damage and oncogenic pre-events. The silencing of... Read More »
Performing surgery to remove brain tumors is tricky (to say the least) because primary brain tumors look just like ordinary brain tissue. While fluorescent imaging... Read More »
Scientists from Yale University have created what they call, “a paradigm-changing immunotherapeutic method for cancer therapy.” The Yale team’s new... Read More »
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have developed nanoparticles that could treat a devastating, incurable cancer. Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of plasma... Read More »
Princeton researchers have developed a way to make a common biological test more than 3 million times more sensitive. The greatly increased performance of the test... Read More »
A new treatment for prostate cancer utilizes both vaccine and hormone therapies. It is currently undergoing a clinical trial examining its effectiveness in treating... Read More »
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 »
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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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 »
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 »
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 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 »
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 »