News tagged with anatomic pathology

New test may predict breast cancer metastasis

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a finding that could change the way breast cancer is treated, researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have identified a new marker for breast cancer metastasis.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Researchers unveil new method for detecting lung cancer

When lung cancer strikes, it often spreads silently into more advanced stages before being detected. In a new article published in Nature Nanotechnology, biological engineers and medical scientists at the ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New imaging method reveals stunning details of brain connections

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, applying a state-of-the-art imaging system to brain-tissue samples from mice, have been able to quickly and accurately locate and ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

PET scans reveal estrogen-producing hotspots in human brain

A study at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has demonstrated that a molecule "tagged" with a radioactive form of carbon can be used to image aromatase, an enzyme responsible for ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Probing the secrets of sharp memory in old age

A study of the brains of people who stayed mentally sharp into their 80s and beyond challenges the notion that brain changes linked to mental decline and Alzheimer's disease are a normal, inevitable part of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Molecule tells key brain cells to grow up, get to work: study

About four out of every 10 cells in the brain are so-called oligodendrocytes. These cells produce the all-important myelin that coats nerve tracts, ensuring fast, energy-efficient transmission of nerve impulses. Mixed among ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Prostate cancer surgeons 'feel' with their eyes

Robotic surgical technology with its three-dimensional, high-definition view gives surgeons the sensation of touch, even as they operate from a remote console. A new study describes the phenomenon, called intersensory integration, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mouse model may provide insight into the schizophrenic brain

Schizophrenia is an incredibly complex and profoundly debilitating disorder that typically manifests in early adulthood but is thought to arise, at least in part, from pathological disturbances occurring during very early ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Widely used cholesterol-lowering drug may prevent progression

Simvastatin, a commonly used, cholesterol-lowering drug, may prevent Parkinson's disease from progressing further. Neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center conducted a study examining the use of the FDA-approved ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Was mighty T.rex 'Sue' felled by a lowly parasite?

(PhysOrg.com) -- When pondering the demise of a famous dinosaur such as 'Sue,' the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex whose fossilized remains are a star attraction of the Field Museum in Chicago, it is hard to avo ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

New discovery brings hope to treatment of lymphatic diseases

Researchers in the laboratory of Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati at the University of Kentucky have discovered the first naturally occurring molecule that selectively blocks lymphatic vessel growth. In an article in the Aug. 9, 2009 ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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