oncology
Scientists discover how cancer cells escape blood vessels
Posted in Medicine on 17th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
A finding that could help them develop drugs that inhibit this process and prevent cancers from metastasizing.
Electromagnetic field therapy may improve brain tumor survival
Posted in Medicine on 16th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
Tumor-Treating Fields interfere with the growth of tumors by disrupting the process of cell division, causing them to fragment.
'Nanobombs' that blow up cancer cells
Posted in Medicine on 9th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
Nanoparticles that contain a chemical used in baking bread that make cancer cells swell and burst when exposed to near-infrared laser light.
Injectable, intelligent gel targets cancer at the source
Posted in Science on 21st Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
A T cell-loaded biogel that can be injected directly into the tumor for a targeted, less laborious approach to immunotherapy.
'Designer cells' reverse one-year-old's leukaemia
Posted in Medicine on 6th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
'The technology is moving very fast, the ability to target very specific regions of the genome have suddenly become much more efficient'