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New technology to tackle treatment-resistant cancers

Free-flowing cancer cells have been mapped with unprecedented accuracy in the bloodstream of patients with prostate, breast and pancreatic cancer, using a brand new approach, in an attempt to assess and control the disease ...

Cancer created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Triangles guide the way for live neural circuits in a dish

Korean scientists have used tiny stars, squares and triangles as a toolkit to create live neural circuits in a dish.

Neuroscience created Jul 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computer-aided design used for breast tissue reconstruction

A technology usually reserved for designing buildings, bridges and aircraft has now been used to aid breast tissue reconstruction in cancer patients.

Medical research created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brain activity study lends insight into schizophrenia

Magnetic fields produced by the naturally occurring electrical currents in the brain could potentially be used as an objective test for schizophrenia and help to better understand the disease, according to new research published ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dental pulp stem cells transformed by 'bad breath' chemical

Japanese scientists have found that the odorous compound responsible for halitosis – otherwise known as bad breath – is ideal for harvesting stem cells taken from human dental pulp.

Medical research created Feb 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Kids teach parents to respect the environment

A child can directly influence the attitude and behaviour of their parents towards the environment without them even knowing it.

Pediatrics created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lasers light the path of neuron regeneration

(Medical Xpress) -- Lasers have been used to fabricate tiny scaffolds to be used as delivery vehicles to drop cells off at damaged locations and help treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Medical research created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A breath of fresh air for detecting vitamin B12 deficiency

Researchers have developed a new test to detect the levels of vitamin B12 using your breath, allowing for a cheaper, faster, and simpler diagnosis that could help to avoid the potentially fatal symptoms of B12 deficiency.

Neuroscience created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Swine flu' breath test could reduce future vaccination shortages, research suggests

A novel breath test, measuring the immune response to the H1N1 flu virus, could help to ease future vaccine shortages by identifying the people who have already been infected with the flu virus.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast