oncology
New self-regulating nanoparticles could treat cancer
Posted in Medicine on 30th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
Intelligent nanoparticles which heat up to a temperature high enough to kill cancerous cells - but which then self-regulate and lose heat before they harm healthy tissue.
'Handful of changes' make cells into cancer
Posted in Medicine on 20th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
British scientists have worked out how many changes it takes to transform a healthy cell into a cancer.
Tumor Cells Get Hooked on Cancer Drugs
Posted in Medicine on 16th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
Cancerous tumor cells get addicted to the very drugs meant to eradicate them.
This supercomputer can detect brain tumours
Posted in Medicine on 10th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
Scientists have trained a supercomputer to automatically detect brain tumours from scans with 90% accuracy.
How the poliovirus can be used to battle lethal cancers
Posted in Medicine on 22nd Sep, 2017
by Alex Muller
A technique developed several years ago involving an engineered hybrid of poliovirus and rhinovirus has shown great promise in treating a lethal form of brain cancer.