Oncology & Cancer
New detector for rare cancer cells
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers in the US have developed a new detector for measuring rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in samples of whole blood.
News tagged with circulation system
Health
Study shows inhaled toxic particles take direct route from lungs to brain
Breathing in polluted air could lead to toxic particles being transported from lungs to brain, via the bloodstream—potentially contributing to brain disorders and neurological damage, a new study reveals.
Jun 20, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Differences in COVID antibody responses emerge
Hope for a future without fear of COVID-19 comes down to circulating antibodies and memory B cells. Unlike circulating antibodies, which peak soon after vaccination or infection only to fade a few months later, memory B cells ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Cardiology
Computer model predicts how drugs affect heart rhythm
UC Davis Health researchers have developed a computer model to screen drugs for unintended cardiac side effects, especially arrhythmia risk.
Apr 11, 2020
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Inflammatory disorders
Researchers discover that fasting reduces inflammation and improves chronic inflammatory diseases
Fasting regimens have gained public and scientific interest in recent years, but fasting shouldn't be dismissed as a fad. In a study published in Cell, Mount Sinai researchers found that fasting reduces inflammation and improves ...
Aug 22, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Watching tumors burst through a blood vessel
Cancer cells metastasize in several stages—first by invading surrounding tissue, then by infiltrating and spreading via the circulatory system. Some circulating cells work their way out of the vascular network, eventually ...
Sep 20, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Metastasis stem cells in the blood of breast cancer patients discovered
Individual cancer cells that break away from the original tumor and circulate through the blood stream are considered responsible for the development of metastases. These dreaded secondary tumors are the main cause of cancer-related ...
Apr 22, 2013
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Immunology
New study confirms immune cells are guided by gradients
(Medical Xpress)—A group of researchers in Austria and Switzerland has for the first time proven that immune cells migrate along chemical concentration gradients. This process has long been assumed but never demonstrated ...
Medical research
Detection, analysis of 'cell dust' may allow diagnosis, monitoring of brain cancer
A novel miniature diagnostic platform using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology is capable of detecting minuscule cell particles known as microvesicles in a drop of blood. Microvesicles shed by cancer cells are even ...
Nov 11, 2012
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Medical research
Scientists unlock evolutionary secret of blood vessels
The ability to form closed systems of blood vessels is one of the hallmarks of vertebrate development. Without it, humans would be closer to invertebrates (think mollusks) in design, where blood simply washes through an open ...
Feb 21, 2012
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