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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

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers provide genetic evidence that antioxidants can help treat cancer

Researchers from Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center have genetic evidence suggesting the antioxidant drugs currently used to treat lung disease, malaria and even the common cold can also help prevent and treat cancers because ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Take a bow-wow: dogs fight bowel cancer

Japanese researchers on Monday reported a "lab" breakthrough: a retriever which can scent bowel cancer in breath and stool samples as accurately as hi-tech diagnostic tools.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers unlock 30 new genes responsible for early onset puberty

University of Minnesota School of Public Health researcher Ellen Demerath, Ph.D., is among an international group of researchers that has identified 30 new genes responsible for determining the age of sexual maturation in ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Salmon baby food? Babies need omega-3s and a taste for fish, scientist says

Has your toddler eaten fish today? A University of Illinois food science professor has two important reasons for including seafood in your young child's diet, reasons that have motivated her work in helping to develop a tasty, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Omega imbalance can make obesity 'inheritable': study

Overeating combined with the wrong mix of fats in one's diet can cause obesity to be carried over from one generation to the next, researchers in France reported Friday.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 4

High meat diet may lead to early puberty for girls

(PhysOrg.com) -- Increased amounts of meat in children's diets may be part of the reason why girls go through puberty at a much younger age than they did 100 years ago, new research using the Children of the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 11, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 37 | with audio podcast

Common copy number variations unlikely to contribute significantly toward common diseases

A study of the genetics of common diseases including diabetes, heart disease and bipolar disorder has found that commonly occurring copy number variations - duplicated or missing chunks of DNA in our genome - are unlikely ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aspirin boosts breast cancer survival rate

(PhysOrg.com) -- An observational study of 4,164 women diagnosed with breast cancer showed those taking aspirin in the period after diagnosis had a much lower rate of recurrence, and a much higher survival ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 17, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Study Shows How Normal Cells Influence Tumor Growth

(PhysOrg.com) -- It was once thought that the two communities of cells within a cancerous breast tumor - fast-growing malignant cells and the normal cells that surround them - existed independently, without interaction. Then ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Walnuts may prevent breast cancer

Walnut consumption may provide the body with essential omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants and phytosterols that reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New test may predict spread of breast cancer (w/Video)

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have previously shown that the co-mingling of three cell types can predict whether localized breast cancer will spread throughout the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

DNA self-tests: More hype than help?

With a little spit and a few keyboard strokes, you can unlock the secrets of your DNA. At least, it seems that simple at an array of Internet sites that are pitching genetic tests directly to consumers.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | 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

A better imaging agent for heart disease and breast cancer

Scientists are reporting development of a process for producing large quantities of a much-needed new imaging agent for computed tomography (CT) scans in heart disease, breast cancer and other diseases, and the first evidence ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0