POSTS TAGGED AS cancer

Drug Loaded Nanoparticles Specific for Cancer Cells

 
Drug loaded nanoparticles dissolve in cancer cells
Ludwig Maximilian University (Munich) “researchers developed new nanoparticles that only release their drugs inside [MORE]

Multimodal Endoscope to Guide Surgical Robots

Compound eyes of Mantis shrimp
Chinese optical engineers report “a bio-inspired multimodal 3D endoscope combining the excellent characteristics of human eyes [MORE]

Picosecond Laser Scalpel

Picosecond Laser Scalpel
A surgical laser that cuts and cauterizes is a double-edged tool—expensive, effective but risking damage to healthy tissue [MORE]

Light-Activated Liposome in Gene Delivery

Spherical liposomes are light activated for CRISPR gene therapy
Because liposomes are considered safer than viral vectors for gene delivery, researchers [MORE]

Liquid Biopsy for Cancer, Pros and Cons

Liquid biopsy
“. . .  liquid biopsy entered a new era in August with FDA’s approval of two tests that use [MORE]

Clonal Hematopoiesis Confounding Liquid Biopsy for Prostate Cancer

Cell-free DNA liquid biopsy for prostate cancer
“[University of Washington] scientists found that about half of the mutations that liquid biopsies [MORE]

Non-Invasive Means for Diagnosing Melanoma

Non-Invasive Means for Diagnosing Melanoma
From researchers at two universities in Lithuania: “The novelty of our method is that it combines [MORE]

Liquid Biopsy for Adult Brain Tumors

 
Bob Carter, MD, PhD, MGH one of the study’s authors
Massachusetts General Hospital “. . .  researchers compared blood samples and [MORE]

Electrochemical Bio‐Barcode Assay for Cancer

Hand-held device for rapid test of cancer biomarkers
Canadian engineers have developed a point-of-care device for monitoring cancer biomarkers in blood, [MORE]

Cerenkov Luminescence Imaging Identifies Surgical Margins

Cerenkov luminescence imaging in prostate surgery
Cerenkov luminescence is a phenomenon Russian physicist Pavel Cherenkov first observed in 1934 (Nobel Prize [MORE]

Tattoo Changes Color to Indicate Disease State

Color changing tattoo to indicate disease
“Dynamic tattoos have been in development for years, with early prototypes being able to successfully [MORE]

Highly Accurate AI Test for Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer
Researchers in Pittsburgh, Tel Aviv and Johannesburg report they have developed “An accurate, robust, and validated AI-based algorithm to [MORE]

Bioluminescent Reporter for DNA Breaks

Bioluminescent repair reporter for DNA Breaks
Researchers in Taiwan and at Massachusetts General Hospital have found a way to visualize double [MORE]

Detecting Malignant Melanoma in a Urine Test

Myeloma diagnosis with urine tests
“Our goal [biochemists at Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia]was to find a link between [MORE]