Quanterix PSA Test Found To Be A Reliable Predictor Of Prostate Cancer Recurrence Following Surgery
10/14/2011
Quanterix Corporation, a company enabling a new generation of molecular diagnostic tests based on its revolutionary Single Molecule Array (SiMoA™) technology, announced results from a clinical evaluation of its Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test, a fifth-generation digital immunoassay, demonstrating that the assay is a reliable predictor of five-year biochemical recurre...
KGI Professor Links MicroRNA Gene To Aggressive Skin Cancer
10/14/2011
A certain microRNA gene, miR-34b, could be a useful biomarker in early diagnosis of the most lethal forms of melanoma, according to new research published by KGI Professor Animesh Ray and his research collaborators. Ray, together with Dr...
Improving Radiation Therapy For Cancer Patients
10/14/2011
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed mathematical optimization models that will make radiation treatment plans safer and more efficient than conventional plans. Conventional radiation therapy uses a single, cumulative treatment plan that neglects changes in tumor geometry and biology over time...
Dialing Up Fetal Hemoglobin Dials Down Sickle Cell Disease
10/14/2011
Flipping a single molecular switch can reverse illness in a model of sickle cell disease, according to a study by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. When turned off, the switch, a protein called BCL11A, allows the body to manufacture red blood cells with an alternate form of hemoglobin unaffected by the mutation that causes the disease...
A new study from Spain finds that narrow band imaging appears to be a less time-consuming and equally effective alternative to chromoendoscopy for the detection of dysplasia (abnormal growths) in patients with long-standing inflammatory bowel disease...
Scientists Use Gold Nanorods To Tag Brain Tumors
10/14/2011
"It's not brain surgery" is a phrase often uttered to dismiss a job's difficulty, but when the task actually is removing a brain tumor, even the slightest mistake could have serious health consequences. To help surgeons in such high-pressure situations, researchers from Prof...
Blood Transfusion Not Always Best Treatment For Anemia, Age Of Stored Blood May Play A Role
10/14/2011
University of Kentucky researchers, including lead author Samy Selim of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, have recently published a paper suggesting that transfusion may not always be the best treatment for hospitalized patients with anemia. Results suggest the age of stored blood may be a factor in negative effects of transfusion...
The Power Of Optical Forces In Blood Cell Identification
10/14/2011
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers Dr. Sean J. Hart, Dr. Colin G. Hebert and Mr. Alex Terray have developed a laser-based analysis method that can detect optical pressure differences between populations or classes of blood cells that does not rely on prior knowledge, antibodies, or fluorescent labels for discrimination...
Chinese Mushrooms Compound Aids Cancer Drug Effectiveness
10/13/2011
According to study published in the journal Cancer Research, wild, poisonous mushrooms growing in a Southwest China forest carry a compound that seems to be effective in helping a cancer killing drug live up to its promise. Dr...
Ginger Root May Protect From Colon Cancer
10/13/2011
A select group of 30 volunteer patients were administered with a Ginger Root Supplement or placebo and after a month showed a promising decrease in many of the inflammation markers in the colon. Inflammation of the colon is an indicator believed to be a precursor to colon cancer. Thus reducing inflammation is an important step in colon cancer prevention. Suzanna M. Zick, N.D., M.P.H...