Cancer Research

Cost Effective Proton Therapy Device May Revolutionize Cancer Treatment

Using innovative physics, researchers have proposed a system that may one day bring proton therapy, a state-of-the-art cancer treatment method currently available only at a handful of centers, to radiation treatment centers and cancer patients everywhere. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 16 2007 - 9:52am

Hydrogels Repair, Regenerate Human Tissue

University of Delaware scientists have invented a novel biomaterial with surprising antibacterial properties that can be injected as a low-viscosity gel into a wound where it rigidifies nearly on contact--opening the door to the possibility of delivering a ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2007 - 4:55pm

Critical Link Between EGFRvIII And C-Met In Brain Tumors

MIT researchers have identified a critical link between two proteins found in brain tumors, a discovery that could eventually help treat a form of brain cancer that kills 99 percent of patients. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive brain tumo ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2007 - 11:28am

Measuring The Unseeable: Proteins' Dark Energy

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are the first to observe and measure the internal motion inside proteins, or its “dark energy.” This research, appearing in the current issue of Nature has revealed how the internal motion of ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2007 - 5:13pm

12 Years Of Brain Cancer Research Yields Better Treatment For Kids

In the search for better ways of treating children with brain cancer the study, a twelve-year research effort carried out by the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group at The University of Nottingham revealed that a significant proportion of children under ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2007 - 6:40pm

Effects Of Aging In Stem Cells

There is little disagreement that the body’s maintenance and repair systems deteriorate with age, even as there is plenty of disagreement as to why. Stem cells combat the aging process by replenishing old or damaged cells—particularly in the skin, gut, and ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 23 2007 - 5:56pm

Korean Mummy Had Hepatitis B?

Korea had mummies? Apparently so. Until recently, no one even knew that mummies existed in Korea. Korea's ancient tradition of ancestor worship and the belief that at death, the soul rises up and the body has to go back to its natural components, with ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 25 2007 - 11:38am

Air Pollution Linked To Clogged Arteries

Research now indicates that air pollution has a role to play in atherosclerosis (artery hardening), which can contribute to heart attacks or strokes. Findings published in Genome Biology show how the fats that clog arteries work together with air pollution ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 25 2007 - 6:05pm

Discussion: The Security Issues Of Nuclear Power

The first threat is at the source of the raw material for nuclear power itself, the uranium mine, processing plant, and transport route. Here, physical protection and security are at a much lower level than at a nuclear installation in the developed world, ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 25 2007 - 1:45pm

Gene For Itching Discovered

The "itch gene" is GRPR (gastrin-releasing peptide receptor), which codes for a receptor found in a very small population of spinal cord nerve cells where pain and itch signals are transmitted from the skin to the brain. The researchers, led by Z ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 25 2007 - 1:52pm