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Half of cancer sufferers 'live a decade or more'
Posted in Medicine on 29th Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller
Half of people in England and Wales now being diagnosed with cancer will survive at least a decade - double the rate in the early 1970s, figures show.
Goggles help surgeons 'see' tumours
Posted in Hardware on 21st Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller
The newly developed goggles allow surgeons to 'see' the cancer cells they need to remove.
One Drug to Shrink All Tumors
Posted in Medicine on 24th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
When mice with human tumors received doses of anti-CD47, which sets the immune system against tumor cells, the cancers shrank and disappeared.
Researchers hijack cancer migration mechanism to move brain tumors
Posted in Medicine on 26th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
The migrating cells latch onto the specially-designed nanofibers and follow them to a location where they can be captured and killed.
Tiny capsule adds a sense of touch to laparoscopic surgery
Posted in Medicine on 28th Oct, 2013
by Alex Muller
Researchers at Nashville's Vanderbilt University have developed a wireless capsule that can restore a sense of touch for surgeons.