Oncology & Cancer
Low-dose radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy eradicates metastatic cancer in mice
More doesn't necessarily mean better—including in cancer treatment.
Jul 14, 2021
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Neuroscience
Measuring brain blood flow and activity with light
A new, noninvasive method for measuring brain blood flow with light has been developed by biomedical engineers and neurologists at the University of California, Davis, and used to detect brain activation. The new method, ...
May 13, 2021
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Improving equity in the physics of medical devices
Achuta Kadambi, an assistant professor at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, published a column in the journal Science about how medical devices can be fundamentally biased—not just in dataset representation as has ...
Apr 1, 2021
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Medical research
Using light to reprogramme the brain's GPS
Neuroscientists at UCL have used laser beams to "switch on" neurons in mice, providing new insight into the hidden workings of memory and showing how memories underpin the brain's inner GPS system.
Nov 6, 2020
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Neuroscience
Exercise boosts motor skill learning via changes in brain's transmitters
Doctors have relentlessly impressed upon us the many benefits of exercise. Energy, mood, sleep and motor skills all improve with a regular fitness regimen that includes activities such as running. This has become of particular ...
May 4, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Higher doses of radiation don't improve survival in prostate cancer
A new study shows that higher doses of radiation do not improve survival for many patients with prostate cancer, compared with the standard radiation treatment. The analysis, which included 104 radiation therapy oncology ...
Mar 15, 2018
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Neuroscience
Scientists identify brain region in mice that keeps the body from losing its balance
New scientific research has revealed how a small part of the brain singlehandedly steadies the body if it is thrown off balance. The study in mice found that a brain region called the lateral vestibular nucleus, or LVN, accomplishes ...
Jan 30, 2018
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Medical research
Gene therapy via ultrasound could offer new therapeutic tool
Combining ultrasound energy and microbubbles to poke holes in cells may prove to be a new tool in the fight against cardiovascular disease and cancer, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC. A ...
Aug 22, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers conduct high-res analyses on lesions in tissue
A precise understanding of how ion beams affect biological tissue is of great importance for both radiotherapy applications and the assessment of radioprotection risks, e.g. to astronauts on long term missions in space.
Sep 23, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
A different view of cancer cells: New study measures physical changes in tumor cells as they become metastatic
Most cancer deaths are caused by metastatic tumors, which break free from the original cancer site and spread throughout the body. For that to happen, cancer cells must undergo many genetic and physical changes.
Apr 23, 2013
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