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Magnetic nanochain detonates chemo barrage inside tumors

Medicine-toting nanochains slip into tumors and explode a chemotherapy drug into hard-to-reach cores of cancer, engineers and scientists at Case Western Reserve University report.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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Researchers use light to measure cancer cells' response to treatment

Many cancer therapies target specific proteins that proliferate on the outside of some cancer cells, but the therapies are imperfect and the cancer does not always respond. Since it is beneficial for doctors to know as soon ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Molecules on branched-polymer surfaces can capture rare tumor cells in blood

The removal of rare tumor cells circulating in the blood might be possible with the use of biomolecules bound to dendrimers, highly branched synthetic polymers, which could efficiently sift and capture the diseased cells, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Nanotechnology holds promise for safer breast implants

A new review published in WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology explores how nanotechnology may be used to develop safer breast implants as an alternative to silicone rubber, minimizing health complications.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Novel compound selectively kills cancer cells

A cancer cell may seem out of control, growing wildly and breaking all the rules of orderly cell life and death. But amid the seeming chaos there is a balance between a cancer cell's revved-up metabolism and skyrocketing ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

US panel rejects Avastin for breast cancer use

An expert panel urged the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday to strip the Roche-made drug Avastin of its label for use against breast cancer because it is neither safe nor effective.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA panel: Revoke drug's breast cancer approval

(AP) -- A panel of cancer experts has ruled for a second time that Avastin, the best-selling cancer drug in the world, should no longer be used in breast cancer patients, clearing the way for the government to remove its ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hearing may be end of road for breast cancer drug

(AP) -- The best-selling cancer drug in the world comes under federal scrutiny once again this week, as drugmaker Roche makes a last-ditch effort to keep Avastin approved for breast cancer, despite evidence ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

FDA: Breast implant problems grow with time

Don't expect breast implants to last for life, the government warned Wednesday: About 1 in 5 women who receive them for cosmetic reasons will have them removed within 10 years, and those odds are even higher ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Estrogen blocker cuts breast cancer risk 65%: study

An anti-estrogen drug has shown a "promising" 65-percent reduction of breast cancer risk among post-menopausal women, according to the findings of a study released Saturday.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discover a way to kill off tumors in cancer treatment breakthrough

Scientists from the School of Pharmacy at Queen's University Belfast and Almac Discovery Ltd have developed a new treatment for cancer which rather than attacking tumours directly, prevents the growth of new blood vessels ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

New hope for the cure: Drug combination targets aggressive triple-negative breast cancer

(PhysOrg.com) -- With currently available early-detection methods for breast cancer, many people can be treated successfully. But for the 20 percent of patients with so-called triple-negative breast cancer, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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New 'nanodrug' breaks down barriers to attack breast cancer cells from the inside out

Throwing stones at castle walls is one way to attack an enemy, but sneaking inside makes the target much more vulnerable.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prostate cancer spreads to bones by overtaking the home of blood stem cells

Like bad neighbors who decide to go wreck another community, prostate and breast cancer usually recur in the bone, according to a new University of Michigan study.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cancer drug found hiding in sunflower seed protein

University of Queensland scientists have found sunflower proteins and their processing machinery are hijacked to make rogue protein rings in a discovery that could open the door to cheaper, plant-based drug manufacturing.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast