Paper Diagnostic for Cancer
It’s not surprising that most of cancer mortality occurs in the developing world; that’s where human populations [MORE]
Bacteriobots
Here’s a new example of multimodalities in anticancer strategy: South Korean scientists have inserted nanocapsules containing anticancer drugs into genetically [MORE]
hESCs
Since 2001, when the USFDA approved “Gleevec” for clinical use, scientists, oncologists and cancer patients alike have understood “signal induction [MORE]
Personalized cancer treatment depends upon subclassifications of patients’ diseases, such as breast cancer’s sub groups: luminal A, luminal B, [MORE]
Former President Ulysses Grant died in July 1885 from a squamous cell carcinoma at the base of his tongue. [MORE]
In bookbinding, a large printed sheet, folded into eight faces makes up a signature. In this piece, Taiwanese cancer [MORE]
Infrared Spectroscopy
Using sealed specimen cups and mass spectroscopy, researchers at Imperial College London were able to detect gastroesophageal cancer [MORE]
Dr. James D. Watson
Nutritionists have made a strong case for fruits and vegetables, which are high in antioxidants, as [MORE]
How to Detect Chromosomal Alterations in Plastma
All cancer patients, no matter the primary site, have abnormal chromosomes released from [MORE]
Wilm’s tumor of the kidney most often presents in children, while chronic myelogenous leukemia of the bone marrow usual is [MORE]
Researchers at Cornell have reported designing a microfluidics chip (using anti-prostate specific membrane antigens as the capture molecule) that has [MORE]
Stem Cell Mutations
At least since 1971, when Alfred Knudson proposed the “multiple hit” theory for the origin of cancers, [MORE]
It is estimated that one in five Americans will develop a non-melanoma skin cancer (i.e. basal cell or squamous cell [MORE]
Engineers at Stanford have built a prototype for a smart phone clip-on (over the phone’s camera) that illuminates the [MORE]