RESEARCHERS at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technische Universität München are using a combination of light and ultrasound to visualise fluorescent proteins in living tissue.
01/07/2009
RESEARCHERS at the University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine have identified a potential drug for treating brain cancer which seems to have effects on both tumours and the growth of blood vessels providing nutrients and oxygen to the tumours.
29/04/2009
SCIENTISTS at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have identified a treatment effective in mice at blocking the growth and shrinking the size of lung cancer tumours, one of the leading causes of cancer death in the world.
31/08/2009
ADVANCED Microscopy Group has announced the launch the latest version of the EVOS High-Resolution Digital Microscope System which has been developed to allow users to view, capture, and archive images of specimens in various culture vessels and on slides.
20/07/2009
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam have designed polymer spheres with a sugar coating on the outside and plastic coating on the inside giving them dual functionality to target and deliver drugs.
19/03/2009
PURDUE University researchers have synthesised a molecule which finds and penetrates prostate cancer cells, allowing targeted treatment of the disease.
09/07/2009
CIRCADIAN has been granted a key strategic patent for the exclusive use of the VEGF-D protein and VEGF-D antibodies in Europe for angiogenic applications.
23/06/2009
RESEARCHERS from DaVinci Biosciences, in collaboration with Hospital Luis Vernaza in Ecuador, have determined that injecting a patient's own bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMCs) directly into the spinal column using multiple routes can be an effective treatment for spinal cord injury, returning some quality of life for patients without serious adverse events.
17/03/2009
US researchers have shown how a microRNA, a short RNA molecule that regulates the activity of genes, called miR-9 may be important in a breast tumours’ ability to spread to other parts of the body and gather nutrients to survive and grow.
24/02/2010