Medical research
Under the Microscope #6 -- Killer T-cells
In this video we see a killer T-cell of the immune system attacking a cancer cell.
Feb 7, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers train computer to evaluate breast cancer
Since 1928, the way breast cancer characteristics are evaluated and categorized has remained largely unchanged. It is done by hand, under a microscope. Pathologists examine the tumors visually and score them according to ...
Nov 9, 2011
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Gardening in the brain: Specialist cells prune connections between neurons
Gardeners know that some trees require regular pruning: some of their branches have to be cut so that others can grow stronger. The same is true of the developing brain: cells called microglia prune the connections between ...
Jul 21, 2011
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Medical research
New microscope enables 'super' science
Using the only microscope of its kind in Australia, medical scientists have seen for the first time the inner workings of T-cells, the front-line troops that alert our immune system to go on the defensive against germs and ...
Jul 6, 2011
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New research redraws pancreas anatomy
(Medical Xpress) -- Research from Karolinska Institutet shows that insulin secretion in the pancreas is not under direct neural control, as has previously been thought. The few nerves that are present are connected to blood ...
Jul 6, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Ovarian cancer cells bully their way through tissue
A team led by Joan Brugge, the Louise Foote Pfeiffer Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, recently shed light on how ovarian cancer spreads. In a paper published in the July edition of the journal Cancer Discovery, ...
Jun 14, 2011
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Medical research
Super microscope used to pinpoint body's immunity 'switch'
Using the only microscope of its kind in Australia, medical scientists have been able for the first time to see the inner workings of T-cells, the front-line troops that alert our immune system to go on the defensive against ...
Jun 5, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Protein snapshots reveal clues to breast cancer outcomes
Measuring the transfer of tiny amounts of energy from one protein to another on breast cancer cells has given scientists a detailed view of molecular interactions that could help predict how breast cancer patients will respond ...
May 5, 2011
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