Fresh pot of tea strikes anti-cancer gold
Researchers might one day brew up a cancer treatment in their afternoon cuppa, says a study in a Royal Society of Chemistry journal.
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Mar 24, 2009
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Pioneering medical nanotechnology offers new cancer breakthrough hope
A multi-disciplinary team of scientists from the University of Leicester could be potentially paving the way for the development of a powerful new strategy for both the early diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 17, 2009
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Gold nanoparticle prostate cancer treatment found safe in dogs, study shows
Scientists at the University of Missouri have proven that a new form of prostate cancer treatment that uses radioactive gold nanoparticles, and was developed at MU, is safe to use in dogs.
Bio & Medicine
Oct 15, 2012
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Nanotechnology researchers develop new strategy to deliver chemotherapy to prostate cancer cells
Honing chemotherapy delivery to cancer cells is a challenge for many researchers. Getting the cancer cells to take the chemotherapy "bait" is a greater challenge. But perhaps such a challenge has not been met with greater ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 9, 2012
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Researchers identify fish protein that may inhibit cancer metastasis
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified a peptide, or protein, derived from Pacific cod that may inhibit prostate cancer and possibly other cancers from spreading, according to preclinical ...
Biochemistry
Mar 19, 2013
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Scientists develop ultra-sensitive test that detects diseases in their earliest stages
Scientists have developed an ultra-sensitive test that should enable them to detect signs of a disease in its earliest stages, in research published today in the journal Nature Materials.
Analytical Chemistry
May 27, 2012
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'Theranostic' imaging offers means of killing prostate cancer cells
(Phys.org) -- Experimenting with human prostate cancer cells and mice, cancer imaging experts at Johns Hopkins say they have developed a method for finding and killing malignant cells while sparing healthy ones.
Bio & Medicine
Aug 10, 2012
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Cincinnati professor nominated for Nobel dies (Update)
(AP)—Elwood Jensen, an award-winning University of Cincinnati professor nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for work that opened the door to advances in fighting cancer, has died of pneumonia. He was 92.
Other
Dec 21, 2012
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New sensor tracks zinc in cells, could be exploited for early diagnosis of prostate cancer
Zinc, an essential nutrient, is found in every tissue in the body. The vast majority of the metal ion is tightly bound to proteins, helping them to perform biological reactions. Tiny amounts of zinc, however, are only loosely ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 9, 2013
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Nanoparticles deliver combination chemotherapy directly to prostate cancer cells
In recent years, studies have shown that for many types of cancer, combination drug therapy is more effective than single drugs. However, it is usually difficult to get the right amount of each drug to the tumor. Now, researchers ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 27, 2010
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