Cancer Research UK scientists have used imaging techniques as a new way to identify patients who could benefit from certain breast cancer treatments, according to a study published in Oncotarget.
Jul 8, 2016
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A streamlined approach to tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis requiring a single sputum sample and providing rapid, accurate results to patients proved feasible in rural Uganda, according to research presented at the ATS 2016 International ...
May 17, 2016
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When it comes to cancerous mutations, cells in soft tissues like bone marrow and the brain tend to exhibit fewer irregularities than their stiffer somatic brethren in the lungs or bone. According to researchers at the University ...
Feb 29, 2016
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(MedicalXpress)—Researchers from Ohio State University have designed nanoparticles based on naturally occurring green fluorescent proteins that can trace the progression of a cancer drug through human cells. These nanoparticles ...
Whitehead Institute researchers have created a new mouse-human modeling platform that could be used to study neural crest development as well as the modeling of a variety of diseases, including such cancers as melanoma and ...
Jan 25, 2016
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Northwestern University neuroscientists now can read the mind of a fly. They have developed a clever new tool that lights up active conversations between neurons during a behavior or sensory experience, such as smelling a ...
Dec 4, 2015
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Various research groups are collecting different types of cells and turning them into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells that can then generate diverse types of cells and tissues in the body. Now investigators have transplanted ...
Nov 19, 2015
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A noninvasive device that enables doctors to quickly and accurately identify cancerous tissue in a person's mouth could result in more effective diagnosis and treatment of the disease, says a biomedical engineer at Texas ...
Nov 5, 2015
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Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a novel mouse model for the vision disorder Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), and found that they can use gene therapy to improve visual function ...
Oct 5, 2015
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A team of scientists at the Children's Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) has become the first to use a tissue-clearing technique to localize a rare stem cell population, in the process cracking open a black box ...
Sep 24, 2015
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