Novel Technology Could Potentially Seek Out Cancer Cells And Cause Them To Self-Destruct
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Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a robotic device made from DNA that could potentially seek out specific cell targets within a complex mixture of cell types and deliver important molecular instructions, such as telling cancer cells to self-destruct…
Scientists Reveal The Secret Of Sperm Quality Control
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Yale researchers have discovered how the «guardian of the genome» oversees quality control in the production of sperm — and perhaps in many other cells as well. The research published online in the journal Current Biology opens up the potential of developing new forms of birth control and fertility treatment — and even new ways to combat many forms of cancer…
"DNA Origami" Robots Target Cancer Cells
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Using a technique called «DNA origami», US scientists have made programmable molecule-transporting nanorobots that can seek out particular cell targets and deliver specific instructions for them to follow. One example of such use could be to tell cancer cells to destroy themselves. The researchers write about their findings in Friday’s online issue of Science…
North Carolina-Based Genetic Resources Fuel Big Scientific Progress
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A series of 15 scientific papers published this week in the journals of the Genetics Society of America (Genetics and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics) put North Carolina at the epicenter of a scientific resource called the Collaborative Cross- a «library» of genetic diversity that scientists believe can help fast-track important discoveries about genetics and disease into new discov…
Blood Cancer Patients To Benefit From Stem Cell Research Breakthrough
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A landmark study published Online First in The Lancet Oncology , describes the discovery of a unique matching mechanism that affects the outcome of blood stem cell transplants and helps improving survival rates for sufferers from leukemia and other blood cancers…
Computerized System Matches Patient To Clinical Trial More Efficiently
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The Moffit Cancer Center has received a new patent for a computerized system that efficiently matches the right patient with the right clinical trial…
Botanical Formula Effective In Treating Prostate Cancer
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A study published online in The International Journal of Oncology reports findings from a team of scientists at Indiana University, Methodist Research Institute, who examined a botanical formula containing botanical extracts, phytonutrients, botanically-enhanced medicinal mushrooms, and antioxidants, that kills aggressive prostate cancer tumors…
Fooling Cancer Cells With Nano-Technology
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Survival rates of brain cancer continue to remain low, despite the substantial advances in detection, diagnosis, and treating tumors within the brian. This low survival rate is partly due to high levels of resistance to treatment…
How Zygotes Sort Out Imprinted Genes
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Writing in the February 17, 2012 issue of the journal Cell, researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Toronto Western Research Institute peel away some of the enduring mystery of how zygotes or fertilized eggs determine which copies of parental genes will be used or ignored…
The Complexities Involved In End Of Life Care
Posted on | Февраль 17, 2012 | No Comments
Everyone has to die one day, yet often the issue of death and dying still remains a taboo, despite the fact that palliative care is a major public health issue…