Oncology & Cancer

Bone marrow cells migrate to tumors and can slow their growth

Bone marrow-derived cells (BMDCs) participate in the growth and spread of tumors of the breast, brain, lung, and stomach. To examine the role of BMDCs, researchers developed a mouse model that could be used to track the migration ...

Immunology

How do white blood cells move so fast?

If you fall and scrape a knee, it's the job of white blood cells called neutrophils to rush to the site of infection and chase down invading bacteria.

Oncology & Cancer

Real-time MRI-guided gene therapy for brain cancer

Neurosurgeons at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center are among the first in the world to utilize real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance for delivery ...

Cardiology

Regenerating heart muscle tissue using a 3D printer

The combination of the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron's unique biomedical imaging and therapy (BMIT) beamline and the vision of a multi-discipline researcher from the University of Saskatchewan in confirming fiction ...

Neuroscience

Scientists track neuronal stem cells using MRI

Carnegie Mellon University biologists have developed an MRI-based technique that allows researchers to non-invasively follow neural stem cells in vivo.

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