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Bismuth nanoparticles provide high fidelity images of breast tumors

By combining a nanoparticle that is readily visible in X-ray computed tomography (CT) scans with a molecule that targets tumor lymph vessels and other tumor tissues, a research team from the University of California, San ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drug boosts snakebite survival time by half: study

Rubbing snakebites with an ointment that slows the functioning of lymph glands could boost survival times by 50 percent, according to a study released Sunday.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Scientists identify most proteins made by parasitic worm

A team led by Thomas B. Nutman, M.D., of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has completed a large-scale analysis of most of the proteins produced ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Laying bare the not-so-sweet tale of a sugar and its role in the spread of cancer

Cancer has a mighty big bag of tricks that it uses to evade the body's natural defense mechanisms and proliferate. Among those tricks is one that allows tumor cells to turn the intricate and extensive system of lymphatic ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers unlock how key drug kills tropical parasites

In a major breakthrough that comes after decades of research and nearly half a billion treatments in humans, scientists have finally unlocked how a key anti-parasitic drug kills the worms brought on by the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fox Chase researchers identify risk factors for the spread of breast cancer to lymph nodes

Breast cancer, one of the most prevalent cancers in women, afflicts an additional 200,000 women each year and causes about 40,000 deaths annually. The disease often extends to neighboring lymph nodes, in part, through lymphovascular ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

WHO: 1 billion suffer from hidden tropical disease

(AP) -- The World Health Organization estimated Thursday that 1 billion of the world's poorest people suffer from neglected tropical diseases such as dengue, rabies and leprosy that remain concentrated in remote rural areas ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most Italian breast cancer patients older and diagnosed very early

A study of breast cancer in Italian women has found that more than 70% of those affected by the disease are over the age of 50 years, and the disease is identified before it has spread to the lymph nodes in more than 60% ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chronic skin inflammation alleviated with lymphatic vessel growth stimulation

ETH Zurich pharmacists have discovered an astonishing mechanism that could help alleviate the suffering of patients with chronic skin inflammation, by stimulating lymphatic vessel growth.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Banana plantain fibers could treat Crohn's disease

Crohn's is a condition that affects one in 800 people in the UK and causes chronic intestinal inflammation, leading to pain, bleeding and diarrhoea. Researchers are working with biotechnology company, Provexis, to test a ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

New imaging technique could help physicians ease the aftermath of breast cancer

A new study of breast cancer survivors may help physicians ease a common side effect of cancer treatments. The collaborative research by Eva Sevick, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Molecular Imaging at the University of ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Diagnostic blood test can identify rare lung disease

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have found that a certain blood test can successfully identify lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) in some patients, eliminating ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A cell turns into a virus factory

Bunyaviruses are poorly researched, despite their diversity and importance in relation to animal and human diseases. ETH Zurich researchers led by virologist Ari Helenius have now discovered the tricks used ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 25, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Researchers discover gene mutation linked to lymphatic dysfunction

A genetic mutation for inherited lymphedema associated with lymphatic function has been discovered that could help create new treatments for the condition, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New tools for prediction of disease progression in acute childhood leukemia

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University and University Children’s Hospital in Uppsala have devised powerful new tools for typing cells from children with acute lymphatic leukemia and for prediction of how children ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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