Sequencing the hookworm
3/04/2015
Ancylostoma ceylanicum genome provides researchers potential new drug and vaccine targetsIn an advance that may potentially lead to new treatments for parasitic hookworms, scientists at the...
Anderson Algorithm increases surgical success with advanced ovarian cancer
3/04/2015
A surgical algorithm developed and implemented by ovarian cancer specialists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center dramatically increases the frequency of complete removal of all...
Online education tool helps bridge gaps in therapeutic decision-making for advanced NSCLC
3/04/2015
A new interactive online tool helps educate practicing oncologists worldwide with therapeutic decision-making for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) based on a patient's molecular and...
A new tool provides maps of protein interactions for 2,800 diseases
3/04/2015
dSysMap, Disease-mutations Systemic Mapping, is a computational tool to interpret the effect of genetic mutations on the development of complex diseasesThis is an example of a disease map...
Untangling DNA with a droplet of water, a pipet and a polymer
3/04/2015
With the 'rolling droplet technique,' a DNA-injected water droplet rolls like a ball over a platelet, sticking the DNA to the plate surfaceResearchers have long sought an efficient way to...
When screening tests turn healthy people into patients
3/04/2015
The BMJ's campaign against 'too much medicine' sees three papers calling screening to account, questioning if looking out for breast cancer or aneurysm does more harm than good.
Anderson Algorithm increases surgical success with advanced ovarian cancer
3/04/2015
A surgical algorithm developed and implemented by ovarian cancer specialists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center dramatically increases the frequency of complete removal of all...
Online education tool helps bridge gaps in therapeutic decision-making for advanced NSCLC
3/04/2015
A new interactive online tool helps educate practicing oncologists worldwide with therapeutic decision-making for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) based on a patient's molecular and...
When screening tests turn healthy people into patients
3/04/2015
The BMJ's campaign against 'too much medicine' sees three papers calling screening to account, questioning if looking out for breast cancer or aneurysm does more harm than good.
Copper molecule shows promise in halting cancer spread
3/03/2015
Researchers have made a copper molecule that binds to the DNA of cancer cells and stops them replicating. It also kills them more quickly than the widely used chemo drug cisplatin.