News tagged with malignant tumor
Tumors Feel the Deadly Sting of Nanobees
When bees sting, they pump into their victims a peptide toxin called melittin that destroys cell membranes. Now, by encapsulating this extremely potent molecule within a nanoparticle, researchers at the Washington University ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 28, 2009 |
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A golden bullet for cancer: Nanoparticles provide a targeted version of photothermal therapy for cancer
In a lecture he delivered in 1906, the German physician Paul Ehrlich coined the term Zuberkugel, or "magic bullet," as shorthand for a highly targeted medical treatment.
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Mar 12, 2010 |
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Stress triggers tumor formation, researchers find
Stress induces signals that cause cells to develop into tumors, Yale researchers have discovered. The research, published online Jan. 13 in the journal Nature, describes a novel way cancer takes hold in the body and sugges ...
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Magnetic Nanoparticles Remove Ovarian Cancer Cells from the Abdominal Cavity
A major complicating factor in the treatment of ovarian cancer is that malignant cells are often shed into the patient’s abdominal cavity. These cells can then spread to other tissues, seeding new tumors that make effective ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 18, 2010 |
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Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Catalyze Brain Tumor Death
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago Medical Center’s Brain Tumor Center have developed a way to target brain cancer cells using ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 24, 2009 |
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New drug shows promise in the fight against malignant melanoma
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gavin Robertson is not a man who uses the word ‘hate’ lightly, but he makes no secret of his desire to slay the dragon that is malignant melanoma.
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Mystery unraveled: How asbestos causes cancer
More than 20 million people in the U.S., and many more worldwide, who have been exposed to asbestos are at risk of developing mesothelioma, a malignant cancer of the membranes that cover the lungs and abdomen that is resistant ...
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Cause of skin cancer that heals itself found
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists has identified the key gene causing a rare type of skin cancer that grows rapidly for a few weeks or months but then heals itself.
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Researchers find possible way to block the spread of deadly brain tumors
Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) may have found a way to stop the often-rapid spread of deadly brain tumors.
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Engineers turn a drawback - the stickiness of gold nanoparticles - into an advantage
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gold nanoparticles -- tiny spheres of gold just a few billionths of a meter in diameter -- have become useful tools in modern medicine. They've been incorporated into miniature drug-delivery ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Researchers solve a molecular mystery in muscle
The muscle-building abilities of hormones known as insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are legendary. Just do an online search and you'll find not only scientific papers discussing the effects of IGFs on the cells that give ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Discovery blocks cancer drug's toxic side effect
A debilitating side effect of a widely used but harshly potent treatment for colon cancer could be eliminated if a promising new laboratory discovery bears fruit.
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Fat droplet nanoparticle delivers tumor suppressor gene to tumor and metastatic cells
Dr. Esther Chang describes the most recent developments in human trials of the first systemic, non-viral, tumor-targeted, nanoparticle method designed to restore normal gene function to tumor cells while completely bypassing ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Doctors look for orange-size lump, find 56-pounder
(AP) -- Doctors were shocked when they looked into a woman's uterus searching for an orange-size tumor but found something that resembled a giant rock instead.
Aug 27, 2010 |
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Individual mutations are very slow to promote tumor growth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Individual cancer-causing mutations have a minute effect on tumor growth, increasing the rate of cell division by just 0.4 percent on average, according to new mathematical modeling by scientists ...
Sep 28, 2010 |
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