News tagged with detect cancer
Polarization imaging: Seeing through the fog of war
Funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the development of a new circular polarization filter by a collaborative team of scientists at the Colorado School of Mines and ITN Energy Systems has the potential to ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Light can detect pre-cancerous colon cells
After demonstrating that light accurately detected pre-cancerous cells in the lining of the esophagus, Duke University bioengineers turned their technology to the colon and have achieved similar results in a series of preliminary ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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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 ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Tackling tumors with iron oxide
(PhysOrg.com) -- Detecting cancer cells and destroying them, injecting drugs with extreme precision into diseased cells in the human body – these are just two examples of what EPFL scientists are attempting ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 01, 2011 |
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Turning agents of disease into tools for health and better living
Viruses that attack plants, insects, mammals and bacteria are proving effective platforms for delivering medicines and imaging chemicals to specific cells in the body, as building blocks for tiny battery electrodes and computer ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Simpler, less-expensive detection kit for osteoarthritis, liver disease, and cancer developed
A research team from Chiang Mai University (CMU) have developed a simpler, less-expensive Detection Kit for monitoring Hyaluronan using purified protein from the waste cartilage of a variety of species from the meat processing ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 21, 2011 |
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Breast cancer screening with MRI benefits women with radiation therapy history
Breast cancer screening with MRI can detect invasive cancers missed on mammography in women who've undergone chest irradiation for other diseases, according to a new study published online and in the April print edition of ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Repeat MRI screening for breast cancer results in fewer false positives
MRI screening for breast cancer delivers consistent rates of cancer detection and fewer false-positive results over time, according to a new study published online and in the April print edition of Radiology.
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Nanoscale gene 'ignition switch' may help spot and treat cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a proof of principal study in mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins and the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) have shown that a set of genetic instructions encased in a nanoparticle can ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Fewer guessing games for lung cancer patients
A study published in the December issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine identified positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans as a potentially useful tool for predicting local recurrence in lung c ...
Dec 06, 2010 |
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UK company to transform electronics for security scanners, cancer detection
A new UK company set to transform the use of terahertz electronics for applications in security imaging, telecommunications and cancer detection has won (Wednesday 24 November) a prize in Research Councils ...
Nov 26, 2010 |
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Researchers advance understanding of structural change in cancer cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- A method developed by a University of Maine mathematician to get a much more detailed look at cellular morphology has the potential to aid in early cancer detection.
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Early prostate cancer detection, screening: No benefit for men with low baseline PSA value
Men aged 55 to 74 years who have low baseline blood levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) are not likely to benefit from further screening and treatment. That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in ...
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Scientists developing cancer breath test
Scientists working on a breath test to detect cancer said they were now able to identify different types of the disease, in research published Wednesday.
Aug 11, 2010 |
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Overtreating earliest cancers -- but which ones?
(AP) -- D.J. Soviero wanted the least treatment that would beat back her small, early-stage breast cancer, but her first doctor insisted she had only one option: tumor removal followed by radiation and chemotherapy.
Jun 15, 2010 |
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