Tiny backpacks for cells
MIT engineers have outfitted cells with tiny "backpacks" that could allow them to deliver chemotherapy agents, diagnose tumors or become building blocks for tissue engineering. Michael Rubner, director of MIT's Center for Materials Science and Engineering and senior author of a paper on the work that appeared online in Nano Letters on Nov. 5, said he believes this is the first time anyone has attached such a synthetic patch to a cell........
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Does a Family History of Prostate Cancer Affect a Patient?s Prognosis?
MedicineWorld.org reports on a study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics which shows that prostate cancer patients with a family history of prostate cancer have the same treatment outcomes as men without such a family history.
Mushrooms have been used in folk or traditional medicine for thousands of years. Extracts of medicinal mushrooms have been used in China, Japan, and Korea to treat disorders ranging from allergies, arthritis, bronchitis, and scleroderma to cancer, especially of the stomach, esophagus
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Deep Breathing For Fast Back Pain Relief
1) It accelerates the intake of oxygen and puts more oxygen into your bloodstream to feed your cells. 2) It helps the lymph system eliminate the waste products produced by the cells. .
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Selenium may help reduce risk of high risk bladder cancer
of animals who eat a lot of vegetation that is rich in selenium. We only need a small amount of it in our diet. The National Institutes of Health has this fact sheet about selenium, where you can learn more. You can read more about it in this article, Selenium may prevent high risk-bladder cancer. ~~~ Tags: cancer blog, selenium and bladder cancer, smoking and bladder cancer, bladder cancer Share This
La UE pagará un canon por un gen del cáncer
vuelve a conceder la patente del gen BRCA1, pero de una manera más restringida, aplicada sólo a unas pocas mutaciones. La Universidad de Utah en Salt Lake City (EEUU) acaba de ganar una batalla legal para mantener algunas patentes europeas del gen BRCA1, cuya mutación, junto a la del BRCA2, está asociada con el 10-15% de los casos de cáncer hereditario de mama y ovarios. La compañía biotecnológica estadounidense Myriad Genetics logró en 2001 tres patentes relacionadas con el gen BRCA1, pero esta decisión fue revocada tres años más tarde por la Oficina Europea de Patentes. El propio
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Day One at Mayo: Assimilating Information and Setting Up (Sigh) More Tests
with wheelchairs. Seriously, I've never met a nicer group of people. The neurologist was even nice! Read that slowly and take it in, peeps. The neurologist was nice. It's really incredible to be amongst such caring people. And it's comforting. http://medicineworld.org/images/blogs/7-2007/mayo-clinic-17031.jpgPlease keep praying. Even though we're homesick (already), I know I'm in the right hands. Love you guys!
ust 2006 - March 2007 Chemotherapy Total no. of Cycles: 8 Chemotherapy drugs: Paclitaxel (Taxol) & Gemcitabine (Gemzar) March 2002 - July 2006 Tamoxifen 2 tablets daily November 2001 - February 2002 Chemotherapy Total no. of cycles: 4 Chemotherapy Drugs: Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) &?? (To check )
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THE RICETTA STILOSA PER CODESTO WEEKEND
anche codesto stiloso blog di cucina non poteva che proporre a voi lettori's & lettrici's una ricetta attinta dalla tradizionale tradizione gastronomica d'Oltreoceano. Sappiamo tutti come negli States la gente coltivi la sana abitudine a mantenere la forma fisica. E pertanto, abbiamo pensato a un piatto unico e ipocalorico. INGREDIENTI: (per quattro persone) 4 hamburger di carne bovina preparati dal macellaio, da almeno 3 ettogrammi l'uno e non quelli striminziti acquistati al discount; forme
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Células madre contra el Parkinson
Society of Canada, about 1.3 million Canadians suffer from depression. University of Alberta researcher Ian Colman says most people are not getting the type of therapy they need. Colman, an assistant professor ... Latest psychology news - http://medicineworld.org/news/psychology-news.html
Society of Canada, about 1.3 million Canadians suffer from depression. University of Alberta researcher Ian Colman says most people are not getting the type of therapy they need. Colman, an assistant professor ... Latest psychology news - http://medicineworld.org/news/psychology-news.html