Cancer :: Cancer detection and treatment lies in gold nanoparticles
The future of cancer detection and treatment may be in gold nanoparticles ? tiny pieces of gold so small they cannot be seen by the naked eye.
Medicine
Northwestern surgeon invents teaching technology for scary patient exams
Pelvic and prostate exams provoke jitters for medical students. Carla Pugh, an assistant professor of surgery at Northwestern University, invented and patented a sensor technology in exam simulators to show students whether they have the right touch in these sensitive exams without a patient ever having to yell “Ouch!” Pugh has also invented teaching technologies for other difficult medical procedures. She was honored for being a trailblazer in a national museum.
Stem Cell :: Epigenetics to shape stem cell future
Everyone hopes that one day stem cell-based regenerative medicine will help repair diseased tissue. Before then, it may be necessary to decipher the epigenetic signals that give stem cells their unique ability to self-renew and transform them into different cell types.
Tumour :: How T lymphocytes attack
French CNRS researchers with a group of scientists from Institut Curie and INSERM have used two-photon microscopy to demonstrate, for the first time in vivo and real-time, how T lymphocytes infiltrate a solid tumour in order to fight it. How is a tumour destroyed by T lymphocytes? This scenario has recently been visualised and published in the journal of Experimental Medicine.
Kidney Disease :: Simple model to predict chronic kidney disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), a serious and progressive medical condition, has been and remains under-identified. While it is easy and inexpensive to test for kidney function, people who are at high risk for CKD are not routinely screened.
Breast Cancer :: Positive results more likely from industry-funded breast cancer trials
Industry-funded studies of breast cancer therapies are more likely to report positive results than non-pharmaceutical funded studies, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute have found.
Breast Cancer :: Drug industry increasingly influences breast cancer research
Breast cancer treatment trials supported by the pharmaceutical industry are more likely to report positive results than non-sponsored studies, according to a study to be published in the April 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
Breast Cancer :: Racial differences in breast cancer incidence
African and African American women are more likely to die of breast cancer than their white counterparts because they tend to get the disease before the menopause, suggests new research from the University of East Anglia and the Children’s Hospital Boston in collaboration with researchers in the US and Italy.
X Ray :: New technique by CU-Boulder researchers opens door to tabletop X-ray laser
A team of researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder has developed a new technique to generate laser-like X-ray beams, removing a major obstacle in the decades-long quest to build a tabletop X-ray laser that could be used for biological and medical imaging.
Down Syndrome :: Drug treatment improves learning in mice with Down syndrome symptoms
A once-a-day, short-term treatment with a drug compound substantially improved learning and memory in mice with Down syndrome symptoms, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children?s Hospital.