News tagged with cancerous tumors
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Strategy discovered to activate genes that suppress tumors and inhibit cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- A team of scientists has developed a promising new strategy for "reactivating" genes that cause cancer tumors to shrink and die. The researchers hope that their discovery will aid in the ...
May 21, 2012 |
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Researchers discover novel approach to stimulate immune cells
Researchers at Rutgers University have uncovered a new way to stimulate activity of immune cell opiate receptors, leading to efficient tumor cell clearance.
May 11, 2012 |
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Droplet array sheds light on drug-resistant cancer stem cells
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed a miniaturized biochip for investigating the effect of drugs on cancer stem cells (CSCs). Published recently in Nano Today, this new te ...
May 09, 2012 |
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Boron-nitride nanotubes show potential in cancer treatment
A new study has shown that adding boron-nitride nanotubes to the surface of cancer cells can double the effectiveness of Irreversible Electroporation, a minimally invasive treatment for soft tissue tumors in the liver, lung, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 26, 2012 |
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New microdevice enables culture of circulating tumor cells for cancer diagnosis, treatment
A research collaboration between the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Children's Hospital Boston has created a microfluidic device that can harvest rare circulating tumor cells ...
Apr 24, 2012 |
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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
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Nanoparticles home in on brain tumors, boost accuracy of surgical removal
Like special-forces troops laser-tagging targets for a bomber pilot, tiny particles that can be imaged three different ways at once have enabled Stanford University School of Medicine scientists to remove brain tumors from ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 15, 2012 |
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Scientists identify major source of cells' defense against oxidative stress
Both radiation and many forms of chemotherapy try to kill tumors by causing oxidative stress in cancer cells. New research from USC on a protein that protects cancer and other cells from these stresses could one day help ...
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Nanoparticle-delivered RNA interference drug stops head and neck cancer growth
(Phys.org) -- A nanoparticle drug delivery vehicle for small interfering RNA molecules (siRNA), that is already being tested in human clinical trials, now shows promise for the treatment of head and neck cancer. Dong Shin, ...
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Apr 06, 2012 |
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Using radio waves to bake tumors
(Phys.org) -- Nanothermal therapy – the use of nanoparticles to cook a tumor to death – is one of the many promising uses of nanotechnology to both improve the effectiveness of cancer therapy and reduce its side ...
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Apr 06, 2012 |
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New inhibitors of a cancer-causing protein may lead to targeted therapeutics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Markus Seeliger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and collaborators at Harvard University, have developed and ...
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Using game theory to understand the physics of cancer propagation
In search of a different perspective on the physics of cancer, Princeton University and University of California, San Francisco researchers teamed up to use game theory to look for simplicity within the complexity of the ...
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Researchers use nanoparticles, magnetic current to damage cancerous cells in mice
Using nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, University of Georgia scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in mice can be killed in half an hour without harming healthy cells.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Some scum! Microbe in pond scum enlisted in new cancer test
Scientists are enlisting the living, self-propelled microbes found in pond scum -- the pea-green surface slicks that form on ponds -- in the development of a long-awaited new test to detect the cells that spread cancer through ...
Mar 25, 2012 |
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Scientists open new window into how cancers override cellular growth controls
Rapidly dividing cancer cells are skilled at patching up damage that would stop normal cells in their tracks, including wear and tear of telomeres, the protective caps at the end of each chromosome.
Mar 21, 2012 |
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