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Implantable device targets tumors using electric fields
Posted in Medicine on 6th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
The technique uses a small device containing a reservoir of chemotherapy that can be either implanted in the tumor or placed on the skin to create the electric field.
Deep brain imaging reveals which nearly identical neurons are associated with specific behaviors
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
More precise mapping of how individual neurons interact in the brain.
Glowing nanotech guides cancer surgery, kills remaining cancer cells
Posted in Science on 6th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller
The method should allow more accurate surgical removal of solid tumors at the same time it eradicates any remaining cancer cells.
Smart nanoparticles take aim at cancer cells
Posted in Medicine on 4th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller
Scientists in China have developed an intelligent nanoparticle system that delivers a chemotherapeutic drug directly to the nucleus of cancer cells.
Paul Allen Gives $100 Million for New Institute for Cell Science with Major Focus on Stem Cells
Posted in Science on 15th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller
For the worlds of biology and cell biology including the stem cell field more specifically, the holidays came early with some fantastic news.