cancer
Pioneering surgery 'saves bowels' when removing polyps
Posted in Medicine on 16th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Pioneering surgeons have developed a technique to preserve the bowels when removing pre-cancerous growths.
Progress on DNA based medical nano-machines
Posted in Medicine on 16th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
If Bachelet's approach proves successful in humans, and is backed by more research, the teams work could signal a transformational moment in cancer treatment.
New nanodevice defeats drug resistance and releases cancer drugs
Posted in Medicine on 11th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Researchers were able to shrink tumors by 90 percent in two weeks.
A dose of extra oxygen can rev up cancer-fighting immune cells
Posted in Medicine on 9th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Boosting oxygen in the air helped mice with cancer battle lung and breast tumors.
Cancer-fighting nanoparticles carry medicine to tumors in the lungs
Posted in Medicine on 6th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
A new nanoparticle is capable of carrying cancer-fighting drugs to a tumor site in the lungs before releasing them.