News tagged with arsenic trioxide

'Kinks' in tiny chains reveal Brownian rotation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University researchers have created a method to measure the axial rotation of tiny rods. The technique detailed in a paper by Sibani Lisa Biswal and her colleagues appears this month ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Arsenic agent shuts down two hard-to-treat cancers in animal experiments

Researchers at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, a part of Georgetown University Medical Center, have found that an arsenic-based agent already FDA-approved for a type of leukemia may be helpful in another ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Arsenic early in treatment improves survival for leukemia patients

Arsenic, a toxic compound with a reputation as a good tool for committing homicide, has a significant positive effect on the survival of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), when administered after standard initial ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Arsenic shows promise as cancer treatment, study finds

Miss Marple notwithstanding, arsenic might not be many people's favorite chemical. But the notorious poison does have some medical applications. Specifically, a form called arsenic trioxide has been used as a therapy for ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Arsenic used to treat leukemia

(PhysOrg.com) -- Arsenic, known in the West mainly as a poison, has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for around two thousand years for the treatment of conditions such as syphilis and psoriasis. It ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Targeted Nanoparticles Boost Arsenic’s Anticancer Punch

Arsenic trioxide has a long history as a potent human poison, but it also has proven valuable as one of the primary treatment options for acute promyelocytic leukemia. Efforts to use arsenic trioxide to treat other types ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0