News tagged with her2 receptor

New radiation-free targeted therapy detects and eliminates breast cancer tumors in mice

Combining a compound known as a gallium corrole with a protein carrier results in a targeted cancer therapy that is able to detect and eliminate tumors in mice with seemingly fewer side effects than other breast-cancer treatments, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Researchers use light to measure cancer cells' response to treatment

Many cancer therapies target specific proteins that proliferate on the outside of some cancer cells, but the therapies are imperfect and the cancer does not always respond. Since it is beneficial for doctors to know as soon ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0