National Cancer Institute awards UNC-CH $5 million for unique prostate cancer studies
...nimal and human samples through a systemrelying on standard and fluorescence microscopy and image analysis usingsoftware developed at UNC-CH to measure molecules of interest in prostatetissue. "In this country, almost 40,000 men are still dying of advanced prostatecancer every year," Mohler said. "Sin...Researchers advocate improved breast cancer screening techniques
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...ents with clinical depression who do not respondto standard medications. The treatment, called repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), usespowerful magnetic fields that pulse in fractions of a second to induce a smallelectrical current in the brain, said Dr. William Triggs, an associate professor...Mothers of chronically ill children often face depression
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...des information that goes beyond clinical data and standard non-invasive tests." Co-authors are Ernesto R. Ferreiros, M.D.; Carlos P. Boissonnet, M.D.; Rodolfo Pizarro, M.D.; Pablo F. Garcia Merletti, M.D.; Gianni Corrado, M.D.; and Arturo Cagide, M.D....