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Targeted Therapy: one of the major modalities of medical treatment for cancer, others being hormonal therapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy.
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OCT 26, 2017Cancer
Scientists have devised numerous ways to kill cancer. However, the long-standing caveat is that most effective methods o ...OCT 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Relatively recent advancements in gene editing tools have completely revolutionized biomedical science, and now that tec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2017Microbiology
The implantation of medical devices inside of the body can have several important health benefits including replacement ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 23, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have long wondered how many mutations have to occur within a cell for it to become cancerous.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2017Immunology
Why are women more likely to have an autoimmune disease? It may literally be in their genes. A new study suggests that w ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 21, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have learned more about a genetic disorder that affects the liver, revealing potential new therapeutic avenue ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2017Videos
A new kind of treatment for some kinds of cancer has been in development for many years. Called CAR T-cell therapy, for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are always looking for new ways to treat cancer more effectively, and utilizing mechanisms that we already h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2017Cardiology
There’s a new explanation for why a unique type of heart failure doesn’t respond to traditional drugs used t ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 19, 2017Cancer
To fuel their growth and edge out healthy cells, breast cancer cells recycle a waste product into nutrients, researchers ...OCT 17, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Before chemotherapy can be injected into a cancer-ridden eye, doctors must first release some of the eye fluid, also kno ...OCT 10, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
After nearly a decade of searching, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found a molecule that k ...OCT 09, 2017Cardiology
When your muscles feel stiff - if you’ve just woken up or you’re sore from exercise - it’s difficult t ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The most common cancer of the blood is lymphoma, but that designation encompasses a wide range of illnesses.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2017Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) the brain disorder that experts agree is a result of repeated blows to the head t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 28, 2017Cancer
The extract in a plant commonly used in traditional medicine in South America has cancer-fighting potential, scient ...SEP 24, 2017Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2017Cancer
With cancer putting up such strong fight, scientists are resorting to more unconventional therapies to give them the edg ...SEP 22, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Theranostics: one stone can kill two or three birds. Credit: Ko et al. 2014/Clinical Endoscopy This September the Journa ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 18, 2017Cancer
By scrutinizing the physical and genetic properties of neuroblastoma, researchers from the Children's Hospital of Ph ...SEP 10, 2017Videos
As of early September, a new cancer treatment has been approved to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The treatment is ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 06, 2017Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an ...SEP 05, 2017Neuroscience
After a stroke or spinal cord injury, many patients cannot walk at all or have trouble with walking and need assistance ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 04, 2017Health & Medicine
New nanomachines can target specific cells. They can now be tested for use in drug delivery, or in tumor destruction.Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2017
Cancer
Scientists have devised numerous ways to kill cancer. However, the long-standing caveat is that most effective methods o
...
OCT 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Relatively recent advancements in gene editing tools have completely revolutionized biomedical science, and now that tec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2017
Microbiology
The implantation of medical devices inside of the body can have several important health benefits including replacement
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 23, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have long wondered how many mutations have to occur within a cell for it to become cancerous.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2017
Immunology
Why are women more likely to have an autoimmune disease? It may literally be in their genes. A new study suggests that w
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 21, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have learned more about a genetic disorder that affects the liver, revealing potential new therapeutic avenue
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2017
Videos
A new kind of treatment for some kinds of cancer has been in development for many years. Called CAR T-cell therapy, for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are always looking for new ways to treat cancer more effectively, and utilizing mechanisms that we already h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2017
Cardiology
There’s a new explanation for why a unique type of heart failure doesn’t respond to traditional drugs used t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 19, 2017
Cancer
To fuel their growth and edge out healthy cells, breast cancer cells recycle a waste product into nutrients, researchers
...
OCT 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Before chemotherapy can be injected into a cancer-ridden eye, doctors must first release some of the eye fluid, also kno
...
OCT 10, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
After nearly a decade of searching, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found a molecule that k
...
OCT 09, 2017
Cardiology
When your muscles feel stiff - if you’ve just woken up or you’re sore from exercise - it’s difficult t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The most common cancer of the blood is lymphoma, but that designation encompasses a wide range of illnesses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2017
Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) the brain disorder that experts agree is a result of repeated blows to the head t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 28, 2017
Cancer
The extract in a plant commonly used in traditional medicine in South America has cancer-fighting potential, scient
...
SEP 24, 2017
Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2017
Cancer
With cancer putting up such strong fight, scientists are resorting to more unconventional therapies to give them the edg
...
SEP 22, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Theranostics: one stone can kill two or three birds. Credit: Ko et al. 2014/Clinical Endoscopy This September the Journa
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 18, 2017
Cancer
By scrutinizing the physical and genetic properties of neuroblastoma, researchers from the Children's Hospital of Ph
...
SEP 10, 2017
Videos
As of early September, a new cancer treatment has been approved to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The treatment is
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 06, 2017
Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an
...
SEP 05, 2017
Neuroscience
After a stroke or spinal cord injury, many patients cannot walk at all or have trouble with walking and need assistance
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 04, 2017
Health & Medicine
New nanomachines can target specific cells. They can now be tested for use in drug delivery, or in tumor destruction.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch