POSTS TAGGED AS oncology

Growing Tumors Rapidly in the Lab

Dr. Todd Ridky
Todd Ridky, MD and a group at Stanford, were able to transform several human epithelial cells into [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]

Tracking Symptoms in Complex Disease

Cancer patients usually present multiple secondary symptoms, such as depression, fatigue, difficulty sleeping, joint and back pain, nausea and dry [MORE]

Chipping Away at Cancer

Chip to Capture Cancer Cells
Microfluidic chips have been useful in capturing biomarkers and pathogens, but thus far they haven’t [MORE]

Biorepository Collaboration

Liver Cancer Care
Earlier this year, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, and Merck agreed to create a nonprofit Asian Cancer Research Group [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]

Blood as a Source of iPSCs

Most of the R&D work on induced pluripotent stem cells has been done with skin tissue, but recently, investigators at [MORE]

3D Skin Monitoring to Detect Melanoma

Melanoma
Using a hand-held six light device, researchers at the Machine Vision Laboratory (Bristol Institute of Technology, Bristol, UK) are [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]

Partners for Digital Pathology

Dr. Gerd Binning

Royal Philips Electonics, in the Netherlands, and Munich-based Definiens have signed an agreement to pursue molecular imaging.  [MORE]

Mapping Cancer on Chromosomes

A recent study reported on the importance of DNA copy number variations-both duplications and deletions on chromosomes-in causing cancers.  Indeed, [MORE]

Business in Companion Diagnostics

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

Tracking Personalized Biomarkers

Dr. Victor Veulescu in his lab at Johns Hopkins
Residual cancer, after surgery, leaves biomakers in the blood-both protein and [MORE]

Biological Differences in Lung Tumor Genomics by Gender and Age

It’s not surprising that in searching for genomic individuality, researchers would find pathway-exhibiting cohorts based on age and gender.  Still, [MORE]