In recent years, science and the media have been buzzing with the term CRISPR. From speculation around reviving the woolly mammoth to promises of distant cures for cancer, the unproven potential for this genome editing tool ...
Biotechnology
Apr 11, 2017
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To eradicate any cancer cells that may potentially remain after surgery or chemotherapy, many breast cancer patients also undergo radiation therapy. All patients experience unfortunate side effects including skin irritation, ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 29, 2017
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An Indiana cancer services agency says it will replace and rebuild its data after a computer hack demanding a ransom.
Security
Jan 17, 2017
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Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have been able to generate multifunctional RNA nanoparticles that could overcome treatment resistance in breast cancer, potentially making existing treatments ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 14, 2016
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers at Krems University Hospital in Vienna Austria has found mixed results while conducting studies to determine the viability of using dogs to detect lung cancer in human beings. In their paper ...
Australian cancer researchers have developed a highly promising nanomedicine that could improve treatment for pancreatic cancer – the most deadly cancer in Australia.
Bio & Medicine
Aug 8, 2016
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A growing field called nanotechnology is allowing researchers to manipulate molecules and structures much smaller than a single cell to enhance our ability to see, monitor and destroy cancer cells in the body.
Bio & Medicine
May 18, 2016
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Scientists have produced some of the most detailed mapping imagery of breast cancer cells ever seen as part of new research at the University of Lincoln, UK, aimed at improving understanding of the biological properties that ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 21, 2016
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Tiny sensors that can detect the spread of cancer through the lymphatic system while a patient is having surgery to remove primary tumours could dramatically reduce the need for follow up operations.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 19, 2016
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In a small, hot room in a compound located in Tanzania's lush southern highlands are three white-clad technicians, a glass-and-metal chamber and a large brown rat named Charles.
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2016
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