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Gold Nanotubes in Treating Mesothelioma
Golden nanotubes deliver drugs to treat cancer
From University of Cambridge: “Gold nanotubes (AuNTs) represent an intriguing subset of 1D nanomaterials. [MORE]
Myc Transcription in Regenerating Damaged Heart
The Myc Transcription Factor
One of the curiosities of cancer research is why heart tissue is so much less likely to [MORE]
Cambridge University’s “Tubistor” for 3-D Cell Culturing
Tubistor Constant monitoring of cell culture
Rather than putting electrodes into cell masses to monitor their electrical signaling, University of Cambridge [MORE]
Protein-Centered Diagnostics
Flowchart of proteomics
This piece has a half-truth—i.e. that the diseases of aging, like Alzheimer’s and T2 diabetes, arise from aberrant [MORE]
More Accurate Dosing for Cancer Chemotherapy
Physiology of Nephron
Dosing a cancer patient with carboplatin is a tricky business: too little can be ineffective; too much and [MORE]
Lab Grown Artificial Bile Ducts
Artificial Bile Ducts
Several years ago, researchers in Wake Forest University’s Regenerative Medicine Program grew urethras for five boys and successfully [MORE]
Growing Mouse Embryos from Stem Cells
Mouse
For the first time, researchers at the University of Cambridge have created mouse embryo from stem cells in the lab. [MORE]
Nano Motor for Internal Robots?
Expanding Polymer-Coated Gold Nanoparticles
Physicists at the Cavendish Laboratory (University of Cambridge) have created a nano-scale “piston engine” that might, one [MORE]
Bladder Control with a Biorobot
Urinary Bladder
Patients with severe spinal cord injury, who have lost the ability to walk often lose control of their bladder [MORE]
Profiling Prostate Cancer
Lab Technologist
The PSA assay for prostate cancer is notoriously inaccurate, opening the way for a better diagnostic of this major [MORE]
Testing Quality in Stored Blood
Blood banks store blood for up to 42 days, but studies in England show that transfused blood older than [MORE]