News tagged with tumour tissue
Breast cancer prognosis goes high tech
Cancer researchers at the University of Calgary are investigating a new tool to use for the prognosis of breast cancer in patients. This new digital tool will help give patients a more accurate assessment ...
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Autologous stem cell transplantation for soft tissue sarcoma: insufficient research into therapy
Due to a lack of suitable studies, it is unclear whether patients with soft tissue sarcoma can benefit from autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. With this type of therapy, some of the patient's own (autologous) ...
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Shining a light on disease -- tracking light-emitting bacteria during infection
By attaching light-emitting genes to infectious bacteria in an experimental system, researchers at University College, Cork, Ireland, have been able to track where in the body the bacteria go - giving an insight into the ...
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Casting out devils: How salmonella kills tumors
Salmonella are regarded as bad guys. Hardly a summer passes without severe salmonella infections via raw egg dishes or chicken that find their way into the media. But salmonella not only harm us -- in the future they may ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Robot's gentle touch aids delicate cancer surgery
New, delicate surgery techniques to hunt for tumours could benefit from a lighter touch - but from a robot, rather than from a human hand. Canadian researchers have created a touchy-feely robot that detects tougher tumour ...
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Novel cancer gene accelerates or stops tumour growth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the University of Toronto have found a gene that plays a crucial role in the development of rhabdomyosarcoma - the most common childhood sarcoma ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Rearrangements of multifunctional genes cause cancer in children and young people
A doctoral thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that three genes that lie behind a number of malignant tumour diseases are normally involved in several fundamental processes ...
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Better MRI scans of cancers made possible
Researcher Kristina Djanashvili has developed a substance that enables doctors to get better MRI scans of tumours. On Tuesday 13 January, Djanashvili will be soon awarded a doctorate by TU Delft, Netherlands, for her work ...
Jan 13, 2009 |
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