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Under the influence of magnetic drugs

(Phys.org) -- For more than three decades scientists have been investigating magnetic nanoparticles as a method of drug delivery. Now by combining three metals - iron, gold and platinum - pharmacists at the ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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'Copper pump's' potential benefit in cancer treatment

(Phys.org) -- A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has made new discoveries about a copper-transporting protein in the membranes of human cells that drug-discovery scientists can co-opt ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new dimension to DNA and personalized medicine of the future

(Phys.org) -- By investigating the existence of an unusual four-stranded structure of DNA in human cells, scientists have opened the door to novel cancer therapeutics and a new era for personalised medicine.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Enzyme corrects more than one million faults in DNA replication

Scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) at the University of Edinburgh have discovered an enzyme that corrects the most common mistake in mammalian DNA.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Green-glowing fish provides new insights into health impacts of pollution

Understanding the damage that pollution causes to both wildlife and human health is set to become much easier thanks to a new green-glowing zebrafish. Created by a team from the University of Exeter, the fish ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Why 'soot' could be the key to delivering drugs to cancer cells

Nano-scale tubes made of carbon could be used to safely penetrate human cells and deliver anti-cancer medicines or modified DNA molecules for gene therapy. Although there is a long way to go before the concept ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers discover what cancer cells need to travel

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer cells must prepare for travel before invading new tissues, but new Cornell research has found a possible way to stop these cells from ever hitting the road.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Video games lead to new paths to treat cancer, other diseases

The cure for cancer comes down to this: video games.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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PolyU scientist finds novel use of African mushroom in cancer research

A young scientist from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Food Safety and Technology Research Centre (FSTRC) has successfully prepared highly stable selenium nanoparticles by using the polysaccharide-protein ...

Chemistry / Other

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cutting off the oxygen supply to serious diseases

A new family of proteins which regulate the human body's 'hypoxic response' to low levels of oxygen has been discovered by scientists at Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary, University of London and The University of Nottingham.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Therapeutically useful stem cell derivatives in need of stability

Human stem cells capable of giving rise to any fetal or adult cell type are known as pluripotent stem cells. It is hoped that such cells, the most well known being human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), can be used to generate ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists create first 3-D map of human genome

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have developed a method for generating accurate three-dimensional models of the entire DNA strand of a cell, known as a genome.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Novel use for African mushroom found in cancer research

A young scientist from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Food Safety and Technology Research Centre (FSTRC) has successfully prepared highly stable selenium nanoparticles by using the polysaccharide-protein ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Closing in on an ulcer- and cancer-causing bacterium

A research team led by scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong is releasing study results this week showing how a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, that causes more than half of peptic ulcers worldw ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast