ESF EURYI award winner aims to stop cancer cells reading their own DNA
...can be used to cut out the cancerous tissue, while radiation therapy can kill the malignant cells, and chemotherapy stops them dividing. Dekkers work is aiming towards a new generation of drugs that target cancer cells much more specifically than traditional chemotherapy, avoiding side effects such as temporar...Other highlights in the Aug. 7 JNCI
...ular cancer between 1973 and 1979 when higher-dose radiation therapy, which may have involved radiation to the chest, was common. The death rates were similar for testicular cancer survivors with second...Argonne wins three R&D 100 awards for innovative technologies
... as it emits no signal but merely captures emitted radiation from a gas plume. Using their spectroscope, the researchers were able to detect nitric oxide releases from the Nevada test site at a concentration of around one part per thousand from a distance of 600 m, with a potential for tenfold increase in ...High-intensity ultrasound may launch attack on cancer, wherever it lurks
...r, several treatment options -- including surgery, radiation or HIFU -- can be used to get rid of the cancerous tissues. However, if the cancer cells spread to other vital organs such as the lung or brain, the outcomes are often much worse. HIFU in the current form can only be used to treat the primary tumor...... repair. "NASA has long been interested in the radiation hazards in space," says LSD's Sylvain Costes, who ...ope. To test what should be seen, given a specific radiation dose, I set out to turn NASA's high-resolution DNA damage simulator" a model based on data from gel...Synchrotron could help save the Tassie devil
...cts how different materials absorb and reflect the radiation can be used to determine if the composition of hair differs between diseased animals and healthy ones. The infra-red spectrum tells us about protein and fat structure and whether its changing, Dr Church says. But the technology to do such work usi...ESA mission highlighted at remote sensing conference
... salinity by capturing images of emitted microwave radiation around the frequency of 1.4 GHz (L-band). SMOS wil... salinity by capturing images of emitted microwave radiation around the frequency of 1.4 GHz (L-band). SMOS will carry the first-ever, polar-orbiting, space-born...Caffeine and exercise can team up to prevent skin cancer
... the mice were exposed to lamps that generated UVB radiation that damaged the DNA in their skin cells. Some ...b to human trials. With the stronger levels of UVB radiation evident today and an upward trend in the incidence of skin cancer among Americans, there is a premiu...Scientists discover new way to study nanostructures
...eing able to detect the effects of electromagnetic radiation on the AC Josephson current, one can also use it to probe mechanical motions of atoms or molecules placed in the junction, said Landman, director of the Center for Computational Materials Science, Regents and Institute professor, and Callaway Chair o...Radiation therapy combined with microsurgery shows promise for curing injured spinal cord
...reveals that treatment soon after injury combining radiation therapy to destroy harmful cells and microsurgery ...completely severed, Kalderon was able to show that radiation therapy, similar to that used in cancer treatment, given localized at the lesion site during the thi...New joint replacement material developed at MGH put to first clinical use
...olymer chemists from MIT, found that high doses of radiation would crosslink the polyethylene, bonding molecules together to produce a much more durable material. The procedure also generates free radicals that could lead to oxidization and degradation of the implant, but the research team found that melting t...Back to the future: Mastodon extends the time limit on DNA sequencing
... calibration point, lying outside the Elephantidae radiation (elephants and mammoths), which enabled them to estimate accurately the time of divergence of African elephants from Asian elephants and mammoths (about 7.6 million years ago) and the time of divergence between mammoths and Asian elephants (about 6.7...MIT IDs link between brain tumor proteins
...s currently treated with a combination of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, but those treatments have proven ineffective. Most patients die within a year. Now, MIT scientists have uncovered a connection between two proteins found in the tumor cells, and they have demonstrated that attacking both of those ...Nodal status is best predictor of outcome after neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal cancer
...or of the effectiveness of adding chemotherapy and radiation to a treatment plan prior to surgery in individual...ble patients are given several cycles of drugs and radiation therapy before undergoing surgical procedures to remove their tumour---is increasingly being used by...Brightly colored birds most affected by Chernobyl radiation
...cies most adversely affected by the high levels of radiation around the Chernobyl nuclear plant, ecologists hav...xplain why some species are harder hit by ionising radiation than others. Dr Anders Mller of the Universit Pierre et Marie Curie and Professor Timothy Mousseau...New use for a cell toxin found to inhibit survival proteins in cancer cells
...l resistance to multiple types of chemotherapy and radiation therapy found in many types of cancers. In a paper...lls correlates with resistance to chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Cells with normal levels of Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL are resistant to 2-Methoxy antimycin. David M.......are shielded from cosmic rays and other background radiation by thousands of feet of rock. Homestake is the deepest mine in the United States, reaching a depth of more than 8,000 feet. With over 375 miles of existing tunnels, it is ideally suited for conversion into a scientific research facility. The Hom...From clinical cancer research: rethinking therapeutic cancer vaccine trials
...uating therapies that are toxic to tumors, such as radiation or chemotherapy, they are less capable of measuring the more subtle systemic effects of immune response, Schlom said. While there is no conclusive evidence to explain why a vaccine may lead to better patient sur-vival, Schlom believes the evidence...... Trinity nuclear test in New Mexico, what were the radiation exposures to nearby residents whom the government ... week. Health physicists promote the practice of radiation safety. They work in occupational environments such as universities, local hospitals, manufacturing......s ago, it looked like the sole survivors from this radiation would be the captive populations that have been painstakingly established and maintained for decades in European and American zoos. Our new study indicates that it may be possible to maintain genetically representative remnant wild populations on Tah...