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A potential breakthrough in using electrical pulses to treat deadly glioblastoma brain tumors
Posted in Medicine on 24th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
Experiments are leading toward effective treatments for humans with glioblastoma, the most common and deadly malignant brain tumor.
Self-healing nanogel acts as long-term drug supply
Posted in Medicine on 24th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
MIT chemical engineers have designed a new type of self-healing hydrogel that can be injected through a syringe to supply one or two different drugs at a time.
Magnetic material's unusual heating effect could fry cancer cells at the perfect temperature
Posted in Medicine on 23rd Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
The heating power occurs at the right temperature to enable it to be used as a form of hyperthermia treatment of cancer.
Lung Cancer 'Breathalyzers' to Boost Early Detection
Posted in Hardware on 19th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
There is a large push for earlier diagnosis of diseases, like cancer and Alzheimers. Often, by the time symptoms show up, the disease much more difficult to treat.
New laser probe identifies brain cancer cells in real time
Posted in Medicine on 18th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
An intraoperative handheld probe for cancer-cell-detection enables surgeons, for the first time, to detect more than 92% of invasive brain cancer cells during surgery.