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A guide star lets scientists see deep into human tissue

Astronomers have a neat trick they sometimes use to compensate for the turbulence of the atmosphere that blurs images made by ground-based telescopes. They create an artificial star called a guide star and ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (25) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Tick saliva could hold cancer cure: Brazilian scientists

It may be one of nature's repulsive little blood-sucking parasites, but the humble tick could yield a future cure for cancers of the skin, liver and pancreas, Brazilian researchers have discovered.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 7

New studies explain how cancer cells 'eat us alive'

Four key studies now propose a new theory about how cancer cells grow and survive, allowing researchers to design better diagnostics and therapies to target high-risk cancer patients. These studies were conducted by a large ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Nanoparticles cross blood-brain barrier to enable 'brain tumor painting'

Brain cancer is among the deadliest of cancers. It's also one of the hardest to treat. Imaging results are often imprecise because brain cancers are extremely invasive. Surgeons must saw through the skull ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

New discovery may eliminate potentially lethal side effect of stem cell therapy

Like fine chefs, scientists are seemingly approaching a day when they will be able to make nearly any type of tissue from human embryonic stem cells. You need nerves or pancreas, bone or skin? With the right combination of ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 14, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Strategy discovered to activate genes that suppress tumors and inhibit cancer

(Medical Xpress) -- A team of scientists has developed a promising new strategy for "reactivating" genes that cause cancer tumors to shrink and die. The researchers hope that their discovery will aid in the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Paired drugs kill precancerous colon polyps, spare normal tissue

A two-drug combination destroys precancerous colon polyps with no effect on normal tissue, opening a new potential avenue for chemoprevention of colon cancer, a team of scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 28, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists combine tumor-targeting peptides and nanoparticles to destroy glioblastoma

Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer. Rather than presenting as a well-defined tumor, glioblastoma will often infiltrate the surrounding brain tissue, making it extremely difficult to treat surgically ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New tool 'cooks' cancer cells in inoperable brain tumors

Washington University neurosurgeons are tackling brain tumors at Barnes-Jewish Hospital with a new laser probe.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Research carries cautionary warning for future stem cell applications

Research work carried out at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem arouses a cautionary warning in the growing field of the development of stem cells as a means for future treatment of patients through replacement ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Inhaled nanoparticles deliver potent anticancer cocktail to lung tumors and block resistance

(PhysOrg.com) -- An ideal treatment for lung cancer would be one that could be inhaled deep into lung tissue where it would deliver tumor-killing agents that would then largely stay in the lungs, avoiding the toxicities that ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds link between low oxygen levels in body and cancer-aiding protein

What began as research into how diabetics could possibly preserve their eyesight has led to findings that could prolong the vision of children afflicted with retinoblastoma.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Newly discovered mechanism controls levels and efficacy of a marijuana-like substance in the brain

A newly discovered molecular mechanism helps control the amount and effectiveness of a substance that mimics an active ingredient in marijuana, but that is produced by the body's own nerve cells.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

MicroRNA network study implicates rewired interactions in cancer

Genes interact in complex networks that govern cellular processes, much like people connect a social network through relationships. Researchers are now discovering how biological networks change and are rewired in cancer. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 02, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast