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Oncology & Cancer

Breast cancer treatment advances with light-activated 'smart bomb'

Scientists have developed new light-sensitive chemicals that can radically improve the treatment of aggressive cancers with minimal side effects. In mouse tests, the new therapy completely eradicated metastatic breast cancer ...

Neuroscience

Experiments show untrained patient with prosthetic hand can tell objects apart by touch

Researchers from Skoltech, prosthetics manufacturer Motorica, and Far Eastern Federal University have for the first time compared the sensations in phantom limbs of amputees during spinal and peripheral nerve stimulation ...

Oncology & Cancer

Patient-specific brain tumor models guide personalized treatment

Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and ShanghaiTech University have developed an innovative method for growing brain tumors of individual patients in the laboratory that mimics the original structure ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Q&A: Professor discusses using light to 'hear' viruses

Elad Harel is used to shining a light on the mysteries of the natural world. Working at the cutting-edge of ultrafast spectroscopy—the application of short laser pulses to analyze the dynamics of molecules—the Michigan ...

Cardiology

Smartwatches may soon detect congestive heart failure

Researchers at Tampere University have achieved a major milestone in diagnosing heart diseases. According to their new study published in Heart Rhythm O2, congestive heart failure can be reliably detected by analyzing the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Blood test simplifies diagnosis of invasive mold infections

For people with weakened immune systems, common molds lurking in the environment—in the soil, along damp walls or on a forgotten apple—can cause dangerous infections deep inside the body. These invasive mold infections ...

Biomedical technology

Smart patch combines real-time health monitoring and drug delivery

A DGIST research team, led by Professor Kyung-In Jang, has developed a smart patch capable of real-time biometric signal monitoring and drug delivery. This patch integrates various sensors and a drug delivery system into ...

Neuroscience

New tool reduces epilepsy misdiagnoses by 70% using routine EEGs

Doctors could soon reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70% using a new tool that turns routine electroencephalogram, or EEG, tests that appear normal into highly accurate epilepsy predictors, a Johns Hopkins University ...

Oncology & Cancer

Urine-based bladder cancer diagnostic kit can be used at home

Bladder cancer has a cure rate of over 90% when detected early, but it has a high recurrence rate of 70%, necessitating continuous monitoring. Late detection often requires major surgeries, such as bladder removal followed ...

Biomedical technology

Biosensing platform simultaneously detects vitamin C and SARS-CoV-2

In the COVID-19 pandemic era, at-home, portable tests were crucial for knowing when to wear a mask or isolate at home. Now, Penn State engineering researchers have developed a portable and wireless device to simultaneously ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Making way for a digital twin of the human placenta

Preeclampsia, intrauterine fetal growth restriction, and other "great obstetrical syndromes" have been linked to disordered placenta development, so understanding the structure and function of this vital organ is critical ...

Oncology & Cancer

GaToroid: Getting closer to affordable cancer hadron therapy

Hadron therapy is a state-of-the-art radiotherapy technique that uses proton or ion beams to target tumoral cells, while sparing surrounding healthy tissues from unwanted radiation. To achieve best results, it requires complex ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Fluorescent probes illuminate cholesterol and Alzheimer's research

The search for answers to Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders remains one of the most pressing goals in brain research. Maciej J. Stawikowski, Ph.D., an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry ...

Diabetes

Q&A: Transplant treatment for diabetes shows promising results

A completely new way of treating type 1 diabetes is being tested at Uppsala University Hospital. Patients are being offered transplants of genetically modified insulin-producing cells and the initial results are promising. ...