In 2015, University of Alberta cancer researcher Jack Tuszynski learned that his patent application for a promising chemotherapy treatment for people suffering from metastatic bladder cancer had been rejected by the U.S. ...
Nov 23, 2021
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Radiation treatment is one of the most frequently used therapies against cancer. However, despite its long and wide-ranging use, radiation therapy tends to be more of a one size fits all treatment with little regard to the ...
Oct 18, 2021
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Radiation therapy has been—and will be—a cornerstone of cancer treatment for good reason: It works.
May 12, 2021
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Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego and San Diego State University have discovered a key feature that allows cancer cells to break from typical cell behavior and migrate away from the stiffer tissue in ...
Mar 9, 2021
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Among the things to give thanks for this year is the fact that stubborn, persistent problems seem to have an irresistible sort of magnetic pull for scientists and mathematicians. Things that would leave most of us bewildered ...
Nov 23, 2020
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Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs)—cancer drugs that are designed to target and destroy cancerous tissue while leaving healthy cells intact—represent a long sought-after advancement in cancer therapy. ADCs work by attaching ...
Nov 8, 2019
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Patients with irregular heartbeats, or arrhythmia, have few effective treatment options—available drugs are not always effective, and an implanted defibrillator can be too aggressive.
Oct 29, 2019
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For the first time, a sophisticated computer model has been shown to accurately predict two of the most challenging side effects associated with radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. This precision oncology approach ...
Sep 26, 2019
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Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering, Geneva, Switzerland—Personalized neurotechnology-aided rehabilitation of the arm could improve recovery in severe chronic stroke patients according to a new paper published today ...
Jul 1, 2019
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A University of North Texas researcher and a 16-year old student are working together to fight cancer with mathematics. Julia Christina Ayalde Camacho, a student in the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science and Xuexia ...
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