A new innovative technique to treat cancer, devised by Harvard researcher David Mooney, uses micro-implants to summon a highly-effective response from immune system cells, basically turning the entire body on the tumors. In mouse models, the procedure registered a 90 percent success rate, which is very good, and whic... |
12 January 2009
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Researchers at the US National Cancer Institute, led by Dr. Hisataka Kobayashi, managed to devise a compound that can virtually 'light up' cancerous cells, rendering them visible, and, thus, traceable. The find has enormous application potentials, given the fact that the evolution of various types of cancer... |
8 December 2008
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Recent studies have shown that cancer medicine aimed at inhibiting the vascular endothelial growth factor (VGEF) protein actually promotes tumor growth, by making the blood vessels cancerous cells build stronger and almost normal. Seeing how the tumor needs blood to feed itself, doctors thought that cutting their blo... |
10 November 2008
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This is a female record: the 15-year-old Dao Thi Lai from Vietnam has a 15-pound (7 kg) tumor. The huge tumor started to develop when she was just three and it has now covered a large part of her face and neck; soon, it could make her blind and block her air passages. Nevertheless, the girl does have a chance: a team... |
24 April 2008
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The wireless technology has invaded our lives. But do you think this comes with no consequences on our health? Cell phones expose you for long periods to RF (radio frequencies). A recent research has shown that chatting on a mobile phone before bedtime would cause you insomnia. The team from Sweden's Karolinska ... |
20 February 2008
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This is unique in the world of medicine: a facial tumor of 12 lb (5.4 kg) in weight and 15 cm (6 in) in diameter. Its victim is the Portuguese Jose Mestre, 51, the man that really lacks a face. "Children see me and start crying. They probably think I'm an animal," Mestre told The Sun. But the huge flesh piece is... |
3 January 2008
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Our immune system should get rid of any strange body in our organism. Yet, tumors manage to somehow go undetected by the immune system and this is why it does not take action. Normally, the immune cells form an inflamed area surrounding a dangerous pathogen or injury which signals to the whole immune system the issue... |
20 November 2007
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We know the case of that Romanian woman, Lucica Bunghez, with a tumor of 80 kg (176 pounds), heavier than her own body, but when the tumor actually hangs on the face, it does not need to grow that big to induce more severe effects. Huang Chuncai, 31, a Chinese man from the southern province of Hunan, has a crippling ... |
31 July 2007
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Our food is turning more and more artificial, the way our environment is and so does our body. A team at Georgetown University Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has managed, for the first time, to develop a "bionic" ear that gave back hearing to a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease. The b... |
11 June 2007
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Tassie is facing its greatest menace: if people and foxes have not managed to exterminate the Tasmanian Devil, a contagious facial cancer could do it, a new epidemic never seen before and against which researchers are desperately looking for a vaccine.The disease also turns upside down the rhythm of the Tasmanian De... |
7 May 2007
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