POSTS TAGGED AS ovarian cancer

Exosomes for Diagnosing Ovarian Cancer

Identifying high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma–specific extracellular vesicles by polyketone-coated nanowires
“Cancer cell–derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) have unique protein profiles, making them [MORE]

Novel Immunotherapy Delivery System

Cell-Loaded Beads Release Cytokines to Eradicate Tumors
“Researchers at Rice University have created a cytokine delivery system that can produce localized [MORE]

Gene Expression Diagnostic for Ovarian Cancer

Gene expression
“The OTTA-SPOT (Ovarian Tumor Tissue Analysis consortium – Stratified Prognosis of Ovarian Tumours) gene expression signature may improve risk [MORE]

Microfluidics Device takes Exomes from Blood

Pulling exosomes from blood to test for cancer
All cells produce and release exosomes, but tumors do more of both.  And, [MORE]

Ultrasound and Laser Light in Early Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer

Photoacoustic ultrasound for ovarian cancer detection
Late stage ovarian cancer has a high mortality rate; so, early detection is the key [MORE]

Gene Mapping for Targeted Chemotherapy

Breast Cancer Cell
Anti-cancer chemotherapy originally derived from chemical warfare studies in 1942. Alfred Gilman and Louis Goodman discovered the effect [MORE]

Detecting Occult Tumors

John Hopkinds Cancer Test for 8 Cancers
Johns Hopkins researchers took blood samples from 1,005 patients with various cancers, and with [MORE]

Urine Test for Ovarian Tumors

MIT Nanoparticles Detect Ovarian Cancer in Urine
By the best methods currently, the smallest detectable ovarian tumor has already reached 1 [MORE]

Stem Cell Approach to Fertility

Using ovaries that were removed from healthy females undergoing sex reassignment, cytologists at Massachusetts General Hospital were able to [MORE]

Biomarker for Earlier Detection of Ovarian Cancer

Epidemiologists have long suspected a link between infertility and ovarian cancer, and researchers at Rush University Medical Center may [MORE]