News tagged with brain radiation

Tumor-attacking virus strikes with 'one-two punch'

Ohio State University cancer researchers have developed a tumor-attacking virus that both kills brain-tumor cells and blocks the growth of new tumor blood vessels.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

WHO study suggests link between cell phones and tumors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Preliminary results of an International investigation by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggest there may be a "significantly increased risk" of some types of brain tumors after use of ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 17 weblog

Oldest fossil brain found in Kansas (Videos)

When Alan Pradel of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris CAT scanned a 300-million-year-old fossilized iniopterygian from Kansas, he and his colleagues saw a symmetrical blob nestled within ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Experts say cellphones are 'possibly carcinogenic'

(AP) -- A respected international panel of scientists says cellphones are possible cancer-causing agents, putting them in the same category as the pesticide DDT, gasoline engine exhaust and coffee.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (9) | comments 21

Will we hear the light? Surprising discovery that infrared can activate heart and ear cells

University of Utah scientists used invisible infrared light to make rat heart cells contract and toadfish inner-ear cells send signals to the brain. The discovery someday might improve cochlear implants for ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher finds Chernobyl birds have smaller brains

(PhysOrg.com) -- Birds living near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear accident have on average 5 percent smaller brains, according to research led by a University of South Carolina scientist.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Irradiating stem cell niche doubles survival in brain cancer patients

Patients with deadly glioblastomas who received high doses of radiation that hit a portion of the brain that harbors neural stem cells had double the progression-free survival time as patients who had lower doses or no radiation ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

San Fran: Mobile Phones Need Warning Attached

San Francisco is set to be the first place in the nation to require that retailers tell consumers how much radiation their brain will absorb from new phones. The ordinance -- approved on Tuesday and now awaiting ...

Technology / Other

created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Study reveals chemo's toxicity to brain, possible treatment

Researchers have developed a novel animal model showing that four commonly used chemotherapy drugs disrupt the birth of new brain cells, and that the condition could be partially reversed with the growth factor IGF-1.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stem cells alleviate tumor treatment side effects

(PhysOrg.com) -- Human embryonic stem cells could help people with learning and memory deficits after radiation treatment for brain tumors, suggests a new UC Irvine study.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cellphone cancer warning falls lightly on US ears

(AP) -- News last week that an arm of the World Health Organization said cellphones might raise the risk of brain cancer has been greeted by Americans mostly with a shrug of the shoulder - one that's pinning ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

How do cell phones affect young brains?

Cell phone safety warnings are generally designed for a large man with a big head who talks less than half an hour a day.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japanese hospital to test new cancer therapy

Medical researchers in Japan say they will start the world's first clinical studies of a radiation therapy using accelerator-based neutron beams to kill cancer cells.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Functional boost for magnetic resonance imaging

Over the last few years, researchers have used a type of brain scanning, known as functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI, to help them map changes in blood flow in the brain and to correlate this with thoughts and behavior. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Loss of gene promotes brain-tumor development, reduces survival, study finds

New research shows that loss of a gene called NFKBIA promotes the growth of glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and deadly form of brain cancer, and suggests that therapies that stabilize this gene may improve survival ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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