Spindles give cancer clues
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer scientists working at the University of Dundee have discovered a form of stem cell activity that may help lead to early identification of the disease.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 12, 2010
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How do you improve mammogram accuracy? Add noise
Members of a Syracuse University research team have shown that an obscure phenomenon called stochastic resonance (SR) can improve the clarity of signals in systems such as radar, sonar and even radiography, used in medical ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 22, 2009
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ERK's got rhythm: Protein that controls cell growth found to cycle in and out of cell nucleus (w/ Video)
Time-lapsed video of individual breast tissue cells reveals a never-before-seen event in the life of a cell: a protein that cycles between two major compartments in the cell. The results give researchers a more complete view ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 1, 2009
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The book of life can now literally be written on paper
(PhysOrg.com) -- An insight from the labs of Harvard chemist George Whitesides and cell biologist Don Ingber is likely to make a fundamental shift in how biologists grow and study cells - and it's as cheap and simple as reaching ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 19, 2009
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Researchers develop new lab-on-a-chip technique
Scientists at the University of Toronto have developed a new "lab-on-a-chip" technique that analyses tiny samples of blood and breast tissue to identify women at risk of breast cancer much more quickly than ever before.
Biochemistry
Oct 7, 2009
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New Perspectives on Cancer Surgery
(PhysOrg.com) -- Instead of the classic scalpel, surgeons can also operate with an electroscalpel. A significant advantage to this technique is that while a cut is being made, blood vessels are closed off and hemorrhaging ...
Biochemistry
Sep 29, 2009
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New beryllium reference material for occupational safety monitoring
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in collaboration with private industry and other government agencies, have produced a new reference material for beryllium. Beryllium, an ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 22, 2009
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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 and safely remove ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 3, 2009
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Teeny-tiny X-ray vision
The tubes that power X-ray machines are shrinking, improving the clarity and detail of their Superman-like vision. A team of nanomaterial scientists, medical physicists, and cancer biologists at the University of North Carolina ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 28, 2009
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A promising niche for nanotech
In a cluster of rather drab buildings overlooking the Charles River, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are incubating a tiny technology that packs an enormous punch.
Bio & Medicine
Jun 24, 2009
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