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Scorpion venom with nanoparticles slows spread of brain cancer

By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, University of Washington researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Carbohydrate acts as tumor suppressor

Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have discovered that specialized complex sugar molecules (glycans) that anchor cells into place act as tumor suppressors in breast and prostate cancers. These ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Studying cells in 3-D could reveal new cancer targets

Showing movies in 3-D has produced a box-office bonanza in recent months. Could viewing cell behavior in three dimensions lead to important advances in cancer research? A new study led by Johns Hopkins University ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Can magnetism help us control the brain, remotely?

University at Buffalo scientists have used magnetic nanoparticles to remotely control ion channels, neurons in cell culture and even the movement of a tiny worm.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

'Chemical Nose' to Sniff Out Cancer Earlier, Improve Treatment Options

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a "chemical nose" array of nanoparticles and polymers, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a fundamentally new, more effective way to differentiate ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Compounds could be new class of cancer drugs

A team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators has developed a group of chemical compounds that could represent a new class of drugs for treating cancer.

Chemistry /

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New method for detection of phosphoproteins reveals regulator of melanoma invasion

Scientists have developed a new approach for surveying phosphorylation, a process that is regulated by critical cell signaling pathways and regulates several key cellular signaling events. The research, published by Cell ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Malaria parasite caught red-handed invading blood cells

Australian scientists using new image and cell technologies have for the first time caught malaria parasites in the act of invading red blood cells. The researchers, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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

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

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists design new anti-flu virus proteins using computational methods

A research article May 12 in Science demonstrates the use of computational methods to design new antiviral proteins not found in nature, but capable of targeting specific surfaces of flu virus molecules.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

How tumor cells move

If cancer cells lack a certain protein, it could be much easier for them to penetrate healthy body tissue, the first step towards forming metastases. Scientists at the Pharmacology Institute of the University of Heidelberg ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HPV vaccine could prevent breast cancer: research

Vaccinating women against the human papillomavirus (HPV) may prevent some forms of breast cancer and save tens of thousands of lives each year, new Australian research suggests.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It takes two to infect: Structural biologists shed light on mechanism of invasion protein

Bacteria are quite creative when infecting the human organism. They invade cells, migrate through the body, avoid an immune response and misuse processes of the host cell for their own purposes. To this end every bacterium ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Umbilical cord cells may treat arthritis

Umbilical cord stem cells may be useful in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Animal and in vitro experiments, described in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research and Therapy, have shown that mesenc ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Early tests find nanoshell therapy effective against brain cancer

Rice University bioengineers and physician-scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have successfully destroyed tumors of human brain cancer cells in the first animal tests of a minimally invasive ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0