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Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine technology to revolutionize the medical industry, suchas ingestible electronics for drug delivery and testing.
Controversial hormone could benefit breast cancer patients
Some scientists consider a particular hormone ‘harmful’ in terms of treating cancer. An international team of…
Drug delivery and tumor imaging through ‘nanocarriers’
A conundrum of cancer is the tumor's ability to use our bodies as human shields to deflect treatment. Tumors grow…
Real-time epidemic tracking tool developed to monitor outbreaks
Microreact, a free, real-time epidemic visualization and tracking platform that has been used to monitor outbreaks…
Nanotechnology destroys precancerous liver tumor cells
More than 700,000 new cases of liver cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year, according to the American Cancer…
Neutralizing cancer through freeze-framed cells
Scientists from Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions are using synthetic biology to…
Reovirus kills hepatitis virus and liver cancer cells
The researchers at the University of Leeds found that Reovirus stimulates the body's own immune system to kill off…
Message in a bottle, well, a chemical test tube
A machine that sends messages using common chemicals has been built by researchers. Among many potential…
Genetic circuits isolated within synthetic ‘cells’
Synthetic biology allows scientists to design genetic circuits that can be placed in cells, giving them new…
The HIV USB: Get tested in 30 minutes
Scientists have developed a type of HIV test on a USB stick.
The device, created by scientists at Imperial…
Antibiotic-releasing nanofibers prevent joint surgery infections
Scientists at The Johns Hopkins University show, in a proof-of-concept study with mice, that a novel coating they…