Stanford student gaining cult status for rethinking NBA philosophy
Muthu Alagappan arrived at Stanford University with his heart set on attending medical school, and he still hopes to become a doctor someday.
Mathematics
Jun 20, 2013
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Nanomedicines' impact on patients under the microscope
A pioneering imaging technique to track the effects of next-generation nanomedicines on patients has been harnessed by a University of Strathclyde academic.
Bio & Medicine
May 29, 2013
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Gold nanoparticles: A new delivery for cancer drugs
(Phys.org) —The protein tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a powerful weapon in the arsenal to control cancer. Unfortunately, as is the case with many potent cancer therapies, the use of TNF-alpha as an anti-cancer ...
Bio & Medicine
May 8, 2013
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Fluorescent indicator could help scientists identify useful drugs that modulate process of cell death
Apoptosis is a programmed death mechanism that eliminates unwanted or injured cells from the body. Defects in apoptotic regulation can lead to serious physiological problems such as tissue damage or uncontrolled cancerous ...
Biochemistry
May 8, 2013
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UK researcher sentenced to three months' jail for faking data
A British scientist convicted of scientific fraud last month for falsifying research data has been sentenced to three months jail. Steven Eaton is the first person to serve time under the UK's Good Laboratory Practice Regulations, ...
Other
Apr 19, 2013
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Research enables fishermen to harvest lucrative shellfish on Georges Bank
Combined research efforts by scientists involved in the Gulf of Maine Toxicity (GOMTOX) project, funded by NOAA's Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) program, and administered by the National Centers ...
Environment
Apr 10, 2013
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Kryptonite for cancer cells
(Phys.org) —Every available cancer drug is susceptible to resistance, according to Mansoor Amiji, Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Tumors grow more quickly than blood vessels, ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 19, 2013
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Practicing medicine at the nanoscale: New approaches to drug delivery offer hope for new, more targeted treatments
Modern medicine is largely based on treating patients with "small-molecule" drugs, which include pain relievers like aspirin and antibiotics such as penicillin.
Bio & Medicine
Mar 11, 2013
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Observing how EGFR clusters malfunction in cancer cells
For scientists to improve cancer treatments with targeted therapeutic drugs, they need to be able to see proteins prevalent in the cancer cells. This has been an impossible, until now. Thanks to a new microscopy technique, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 26, 2013
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Photo-immunotherapy boosts nanoparticle delivery to tumors
(Phys.org)—One of the main reasons that nanoparticles can boost the effectiveness of an anticancer drug while decreasing its toxicity is that they are able to accumulate at cancerous sites in the body through the abnormally ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 22, 2013
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