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Since the dawn of nanotechnology, researchers have envisioned using nanoscale drug delivery devices for chemotherapy drugs designed to fight cancer more effectively... 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 »

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 the top medical news of this week! Promising new HIV treatments give hope for eventual cure   The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)... Read More »

Collaborative research utilizes 'social networking' science to identify IQ gene   Everyone has been talking about a new study that links... Read More »

Engineers and scientists at Case Western Reserve University have developed medicine-toting nanochains that slip into tumors and explode a chemotherapy drug into the... Read More »

Recently, in several articles here on Patexia, we have commented on the importance of nanotechnology in medicine, including everything from lamprey robots to... Read More »

Most advanced ovarian cancer patients undergo surgery to remove as much tumor as possible, and then undergo platinum-based chemotherapy. But predicting response to... Read More »

Researchers at the University of Hull have identified biomarkers which could help to predict resistance to chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. Potential... Read More »

The highly-studied, human p53 gene is known to play a key role in cellular stress response mechanisms by converting a variety of different stimuli into cell growth... Read More »

Researchers from Rice University, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine have utilized light-harvesting nanoparticles to... Read More »

A harmless virus may be able to boost the effects of two standard chemotherapy drugs. RT3D, trade name Reolysin, is a new drug developed by Oncolytics Biotech. It is... Read More »

A recent study by National University of Singapore (NUS) researchers revealed that breast cancer patients who had received or were undergoing chemotherapy treatment... Read More »

A research team at the University of Southern California has found that fasting can slow tumor growth and limit its spreading, and can be combined with chemotherapy... Read More »

Too much of a good thing, in all actuality, can be quite the opposite. Ideal medications should, of course, minimize side effects, while maximizing the therapeutic... Read More »

With the advent of a new fluorescent spray used during surgery, doctors can visualize tumors with their naked eyes.   Scientists at the University of... Read More »