One day, medical compounds could be introduced into cells with the help of bacterial toxins Pathogens can use a range of toxins to damage their host organism. Bacteria, such as those respons... Read more
Invasive procedures to biopsy tissue from cancer-tainted organs could be replaced by simply taking samples from a tiny “decoy” implanted just beneath the skin, University of Michigan researc... Read more
Most of the current clinical anti-tumor drugs used in chemotherapy move around in the patient’s blood after intake and are unable to pinpoint the targeted tumor. As a result, while kil... Read more
Targeting nanoparticles rotate faster and move across larger areas Targeted drug-delivery systems hold significant promise for treating cancer effectively by sparing healthy surrounding tiss... Read more
Treating cancer more selectively and more effectively – this could be achieved with an innovative technology developed by teams of researchers at the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekular... Read more
Tumor cells circulating in blood are markers for the early detection and prognosis of cancer. However, detection of these cells is challenging because of their scarcity. In the journal Angew... Read more
Biomedical researchers at KU Leuven have found a new way to study endometrial diseases such as endometriosis and cancer. They were able to grow three-dimensional cell structures from disease... Read more
