News tagged with cervical cells

Biological computer destroys cancer cells

Researchers led by ETH professor Yaakov Benenson and MIT professor Ron Weiss have successfully incorporated a diagnostic biological "computer" network in human cells. This network recognizes certain cancer ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers on the trail of a treatment for cancer of the immune system

Infection with Epstein Barr means that the B cells, which are the primary memory cells of the immune system, are hi-jacked.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study urges three-year gap in cervical cancer test

Healthy women over 30 who test negative for human papillomaviruses (HPV) may be able to safely extend the period between gynecological exams from every year to three years, said a US study Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Detecting lethal diseases with rust and sand

The next big thing in medical diagnostics could be minutes particles of rust, iron oxide, coated with the material from which sand is formed, silicon dioxide. These magnetic nanoparticles, a mere 29 to 230 nanometers across, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study details how protein made by HPV teams up on and thwarts protective human protein

An international team of researchers is reporting that it has uncovered new information about human papillomavirus that one day may aid in the development of drugs to eliminate the cervical-cancer-causing ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify how virus triggers cervical and mouth cancer

University of Manchester scientists have discovered for the first time an important new way in which the human papilloma virus (HPV) triggers cancer in what could lead to new treatments for cervical and mouth cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Cervical screenings could be cut to twice in a lifetime with HPV vaccine

Women who have had the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could need only two HPV screening tests for the rest of their lives according to new research being presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research on cancer vaccine begins to pay off

The vaccine that Larry Mathews is getting won't protect him from the flu. That's OK -- the stakes are far higher than that.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 20, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Targeting hit-and-run cancer viruses

Viruses that can invade host cells, initiate cancer and then flee from their own trail of destruction could be stopped in their tracks, say researchers writing in the September issue of the Journal of General Virology.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists score 'hat-trick' against cancer

Scientists from Singapore's Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have made three successive breakthroughs in key areas of cancer research. Their work, published in top scientific journals Cancer Cell, Nature ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Cervical cancer screening method should be changed, research suggests

Cervical cancer screening intervals could be extended to five years for women aged 30 and over if the primary screening method was human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, say scientists at Queen Mary, University of London.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Curing more cervical cancer cases may be in the math

Cervical cancer is highly curable when caught early. But in a third of cases, the tumor responds poorly to therapy or recurs later, when cure is much less likely.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Papillomavirus silences innate immune response

In the 1980s, Harald zur Hausen and his co-workers discovered that specific types of human papillomavirus (HPV) cause cervical cancer. Scientists soon found out how these pathogens cause cells to degenerate. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Stem cells restore mobility in neck-injured rats (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first human embryonic stem cell treatment approved by the FDA for human testing has been shown to restore limb function in rats with neck spinal cord injuries - a finding that could expand the clinical ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Alternative to pap test does not appear to be better for detecting cervical cancer

A Dutch study that included nearly 90,000 women finds that liquid-based cytology, a commonly used alternative to conventional Pap tests, is not superior to Pap tests for the detection of cervical cancer precursors or cancer, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0