Tag: cancer

Big Hope for Tiny Particles

By Erika Jonietz | 11/30/2009 | 2 Comments

Nanotechnology-based drug delivery offers new treatment options for deadly pancreatic cancers.

Stealthy Nanoparticles Attack Cancer Cells

By Emily Singer | 11/04/2009 | 4 Comments

Drugs embedded in special polymers can more effectively shrink tumors.

Blood Test Offers More Accurate Picture of Health

By Katherine Bourzac | 10/21/2009 | 1 Comment

A Seattle company is developing rapid tests for thousands of proteins.

Surgical Scalpel Sniffs Out Cancer

By Katherine Bourzac | 10/09/2009 | 2 Comments

A cutting tool distinguishes tissue types based on their chemical profiles.

Sequencing Tumors to Target Treatment

By Emily Singer | 10/07/2009 | 1 Comment

The mutations that trigger cancer progression suggest that a shift is needed in drug development.

A Turning Point for Personal Genomes

By Emily Singer | 09/24/2009 | 0 Comments

Scientists are finally starting to find medical information of value.

Simpler Colon Cancer Screening

By Michael Day | 09/21/2009 | 1 Comment

A new blood test could improve cancer-screening compliance.

A More Sensitive Cancer Breathalyzer

By Lauren Gravitz | 08/31/2009 | 0 Comments

A new kind of sensor could one day be used to detect lung cancer.

A Beacon to Guide Cancer Surgery

By Courtney Humphries | 08/28/2009 | 0 Comments

A modified virus makes cancer cells fluoresce to better identify tumors.

Radiation Therapy for Moving Targets

By Katherine Bourzac | 07/28/2009 | 0 Comments

Researchers have combined two devices for real-time tumor tracking and treatment.

A Vaccine for Colon Cancer

By Jocelyn Rice | 07/27/2009 | 5 Comments

A new approach to preventing cancer teaches the immune system to seek and destroy emerging tumors.

Silicon Chip Spots Blood Proteins

By Katherine Bourzac | 07/21/2009 | 0 Comments

A microfluidic chip that integrates a light sensor detects blood proteins.

The Avastin Paradox

By David Ewing Duncan | 07/13/2009 | 1 Comment

Why does Genentech's anticancer drug work better for some patients than for others?

New Drug Kills Cancer with Few Side Effects

By Jocelyn Rice | 06/25/2009 | 9 Comments

A personalized therapy targets the molecular mechanism behind a specific kind of tumor.

How Down Syndrome Stops Cancer

By Jocelyn Rice | 05/21/2009 | 0 Comments

Customized Down syndrome stem cells reveal a way to starve tumors.