POSTS TAGGED AS lung cancer

Vapor Therapy System to Ablate Lung Tumors

Lung Tumor Ablation
Using a technology called “InterVapor” (from Uptake Medical, Tustin, CA) physicians ablated a colon cancer metastasis to the [MORE]

SNIFFPHONE

NaNose Breathalyzer
Tumors are known to release volatile organic compounds, which is why dogs can be trained to sniff out lung [MORE]

Nanofiber Breathalyzer for Diabetes and Lung Cancer

Researchers at the Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology have shown how to create tin-dioxide nanotubes, with catalytic [MORE]

“CUSTOM” Molecular Profiling for Clinical Cancer Drug Trials

Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has conducted the first prospective clinical trial which used genetic analysis alone to [MORE]

Regenerating Lung Tissue

Most of the attention in regenerative medicine has gone to stem cell strategies, but investigators at Weill Cornell have [MORE]

Breath Analysis for Diseases

Breathlink System
According to Dr. Raed Dweik at the Cleveland Clinic, “there are clear signatures in the breath for liver [MORE]

Promising Biomarker for Early Lung Cancer Detection

In the transition of loose connective tissue, known as mesenchyme, into epithelial cells of the lung, DNA methylation can silence [MORE]

Minimally Invasive Innovation for Lung Disease

Broncus Technologies (Mountain View, CA) has installed its first “LungPoint” system at the John Lincoln Hospital in Phoenix.  It is [MORE]

Computer Modeling of Cancer Pathways

Relying on genomic profiling data, researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix, and nearby Scottsdale Health, have discovered [MORE]

Cancer Breathalyzer

Analyzing breath using nanoparticles
Researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa have devised a breathalyzer that relies on [MORE]