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Brain barrier opened for first time to treat cancer
Posted in Medicine on 23rd Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller
Doctors have opened and closed the brain's protector, the blood-brain barrier, on demand. The breakthrough will allow drugs to reach diseased areas that are otherwise blocked.
This Device Could Transform Diagnosis And Detect Dozens of Cancers With a Single Blood Test
Posted in Medicine on 11th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller
Miriam detects microRNA in blood to determine whether patients might have cancer.
A promising method for detecting pancreatic cancer years before traditional diagnosis
Posted in Medicine on 4th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller
In cancer diagnosis, earlier is better; treatments are more effective and so survival is more likely too.
Tumor Paint brain-tumor-detecting dye gets go-ahead for clinical study
Posted in Medicine on 30th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Identifies tumor cells so surgeons dont remove too little, leaving disease behind, or too much, removing healthy tissue.
We Are Slowly Winning the War on Cancer
Posted in Medicine on 30th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Cancer mortality rate has been reduced from a peak of 215 deaths per 100,000 people in 1991 to 172 deaths per 100,000 people in 2010.