Oncology & Cancer
Live tumour testing provides short cut to cancer drug development
A technique using live human cancer tissue to develop the next generation of cancer drugs is being developed in South Australia.
Aug 22, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Polio returns to Papua New Guinea after 18 years: WHO
An outbreak of polio has been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, the World Health Organization and the government said, with the virus detected in a child 18 years after the Pacific nation was declared free of the disease.
Jun 26, 2018
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Immunology
Genetic factors driving natural variation in innate immune cell parameters
Why do people respond differently to infections or vaccines? Why are some people allergic to pollen? These are still unanswered questions in immune studies. A research consortium led by CNRS research director Dr. Lluis Quintana-Murci ...
Mar 1, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Innovating fine needle aspiration for diagnosing autoimmune pancreatitis
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) can closely resemble pancreatic cancer, but these two diseases require distinctly different courses of treatment. A new study suggests that an endoscopic procedure using a larger-gauge needle ...
Nov 3, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers examine cases in California of neurological illness affecting limbs
There have been nearly 60 cases identified in California from 2012 - 2015 of acute flaccid myelitis, a rare syndrome described as polio-like, with most patients being children and young adults, according to a study in the ...
Dec 22, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers develop novel approach to visualize, measure protein complexes in tumors
Cancer diagnosis and treatment decisions are often hampered by a lack of knowledge of the biological processes occurring within the tumor. Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have developed a new approach to analyze these processes ...
Jan 15, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Lens-free microscope can detect cancer at the cellular level
UCLA researchers have developed a lens-free microscope that can be used to detect the presence of cancer or other cell-level abnormalities with the same accuracy as larger and more expensive optical microscopes.
Dec 17, 2014
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Surgery
Ultrasound microscopy: An aid for surgeons to make the invisible, visible
Professor Naohiro Hozumi of Toyohashi Tech is developing the technology to monitor living tissue and cell specimens for medical purposes.
Dec 10, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
RNA diagnostic test from paraffin improves lung cancer diagnosis over routine microscopic evaluation
Knowing what type of lung cancer a patient has is critical to determine which drug will work best and which therapies are safest in the era of personalized medicine. Key to making that judgment is an adequate tumor specimen ...
Jul 16, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Unraveling the largest outbreak of fungal infections associated with contaminated steroid injections
Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describe pathologic findings from 40 case reports of fungal infection in patients who had been given contaminated epidural, paraspinal, or intra-articular ...
Jun 26, 2013
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