Cancer cells break down sugars and produce the metabolic acid lactate at a much higher rate than normal cells. This phenomenon provides a telltale sign that cancer is present, via diagnostics such as PET scans, and possibly ...
Mar 14, 2013
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Life begins at 40, but not for a small and ageing fleet of nuclear reactors vital for millions of life-saving medical procedures each year and using material that could go in an atomic bomb.
Mar 25, 2012
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Professor David Rollo and a group of researchers at McMaster may have found a "silver bullet" when it comes to slowing the aging of the brain.
Jan 4, 2012
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Fully implantable electronic devices such as cardiac pacemakers, cardiovascular monitors and deep brain stimulators, have been widely developed in medical monitoring, diagnosis, and treatments. Existing implantable devices ...
Apr 3, 2024
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New blood vessel formation (angiogenesis) stimulates the growth of cancer and other diseases. Anti-angiogenic inhibitors slow down cancer growth by disrupting the blood supply to the tumor. To date, the success of these treatments ...
Aug 1, 2013
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