POSTS TAGGED AS chemotherapy

New Discovery in Cell Death: Necroptosis

Cells become cancerous when they loose their ability to undergo programmed cell death (known as “apoptosis”).  Until recently, apoptosis [MORE]

Testing Breast Cancer Tests

In 1955, the National Cancer Institute began organizing oncologists into regional study groups to address specific interests that NCI [MORE]

Robot for IV Cancer Therapy

Getting the right mix of chemotherapy drugs, properly diluted, in a sterile IV bag, without contamination, can be a [MORE]

Silica Nanoparticles as Delivery Vehicles for Anticancer Drugs

Imagine the sign on the door: “California NanoSystems Institute: Nano Machine Center for Targeted Delivery and On-Demand Release.”  [MORE]

Implantable, Electronic Drug Dispensing

A research group at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill recently presented their technology for delivering anticancer [MORE]

A Really Smart Biosensor Chip

Protein scientists in Germany and Japan have developed a new biochip that can detect proteins for specific diseases and [MORE]

Business in Companion Diagnostics

As an indication of things to come, Qiagen (Venlo, The Netherlands) signed an exclusive agreement with Johns Hopkins [MORE]

Self-Administered Chemotherapy

Swiss diagnostic and therapeutic giant, Roche, recently invested more than $181m in Halozyme Therapeutics (San Diego, CA) to develop a [MORE]

Light-Scattering for Chemo Effectiveness

Angle-resolved low coherence interferometry (a/LCI) is a technology that allows oncologists to determine how effectively an anticancer drug is working.  [MORE]