Nano-Factories Could Make Drugs At Tumor Sites
4/10/2012
A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US has designed nanoparticles that produce proteins when utraviolet (UV) light shines on them: they suggest the idea could be used to create "nano-factories" that make protein-based drugs at tumor sites to fight cancer...
Fractionated Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin Dosing Regimen Improves Outcomes For Some Leukemia Patients
4/10/2012
A French study published Online First in The Lancet has revealed that fractionizing the dosage of the targeted anticancer drug gemtuzumab ozogamicin allows for safer delivery of the drug into patients between the ages of 50 to 70 years with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and significantly improves their outcomes...
Tiny Wireless Device Powers Itself Through Bloodstream
4/10/2012
Engineers at Stanford University have demonstrated how a tiny, externally controlled, wirelessly-powered medical device, is able to propel itself through blood, in a manner reminiscent of the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage, where a microscopic submarine and scientific crew are injected into the bloodstream of a man...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: April 9, 2012
4/10/2012
ONCOLOGY Harnessing the power of angiogenesis inhibitors The development of new blood vessels, known as angiogenesis, is critical for processes such as wound healing, but is exploited by tumors to enable more robust growth...
Dental X Rays Tied To Brain Tumors
4/10/2012
The largest study of its kind finds that a history of frequent dental x-rays, particularly at a young age, is tied to an increased risk of developing meningioma, the most common type of primary brain tumor in the United States...
Gold Nanostars First To Deliver Drug Directly To Cancer Cell Nucleus
4/10/2012
Nanotechnology offers powerful new possibilities for targeted cancer therapies, but the design challenges are many. Northwestern University scientists now are the first to develop a simple but specialized nanoparticle that can deliver a drug directly to a cancer cell's nucleus -- an important feature for effective treatment...
Cancer Diagnosis And Risk Of Suicide And Fatal Heart Attack
4/10/2012
People who are diagnosed with cancer have a markedly increased risk of suicide and cardiovascular death during the period immediately after being given the diagnosis. This has been shown in a new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the prestigious scientific journal the New England Journal of Medicine...
New Technology Can Detect Breast Cancer's Fingerprint In A Droplet Of Blood
4/10/2012
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. The earlier cancer is detected, the better the chance of successful treatment and long-term survival. However, early cancer diagnosis is still challenging as testing by mammography remains cumbersome, costly, and in many cases, cancer can only be detected at an advanced stage. A team based in the Dept...
Diagnostic And Invasive Procedures Common In Women With Breast-Conserving Surgery
4/10/2012
Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) have high rates of diagnostic and invasive breast procedures after treatment with breast-conserving surgery (BCS) according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...
False-Positive Mammography Results And Breast Cancer Risk
4/10/2012
False-positive mammograms could be an indicator of underlying pathology that could result in breast cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...