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Researchers study dosimetry in radiotherapy through Monte Carlo techniques

The mathematical tool, quite used in Medical Physics, takes its name from the city of Montecarlo, well-known for its bingo halls and games of chance.

5 Feb 2007

Facial recognition through machine vision is technically possible

The developed approach can be used in automatic and real-time facial expression recognition, and it has many potential computer vision applications.

5 Feb 2007

Nano-microscopy reveals collective transport of gold atoms in real-time

Researchers at Delft University of Technology used a High Resolution Electron Microscope to observe in real-time the collective transportation of gold atoms in a thin layer.

5 Feb 2007

Common painkiller helps against child cancer

Neuroblastoma is a form of cancer that develops in the nervous system and it affects small children more commonly than any other tumour type.

5 Feb 2007

Rapid transport of large polymeric nanoparticles in fresh undiluted human mucus

The layers of mucus that protect sensitive tissue throughout the body have an undesirable side effect: they can also keep helpful medications away.

5 Feb 2007

Heat and pH-sensitive nanoparticles target tumors

Using a novel polymer that becomes unstable under the pH conditions inside tumor cells, investigators at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have developed a core-shell nanoparticle targeted to deliver drugs to tumors.

5 Feb 2007

Bright quantum dots help basic cancer biology studies

Though there is little doubt that nanoscale devices are going to play a critical role in improving cancer detection and treatment over the next five to ten years, nanoparticles are already having a major impact on the way that cancer biologists study the processes that go awry within malignant and metastatic cells.

5 Feb 2007

Cryo-Save announces public storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells

Cryo-Save, the largest private stem cell bank in Europe, has announced today that on 30th January agreement was reached with Osidea, an Italian non-profit making organization promoting the public storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells.

5 Feb 2007

Cancer Research Technology grants Waypharm option to novel platinum agents

Cancer Research Technology Limited (CRT), the cancer-focused development and commercialisation company, today announce that Waypharm S.A.S (Waypharm) has secured rights to evaluate Thioplatin a novel hypoxia-responsive platinum-based cancer therapy, from CRT.

5 Feb 2007

Lack of help for eating disorders puts sufferers in a "twilight zone"

Campaigners in the UK say sufferers of eating disorders are relegated to a "twilight zone" when it comes to accessing help for their disorder.

5 Feb 2007

Potential new cancer fighting drug found by mistake

Researchers in the United States appear to have almost inadvertently stumbled across what could be a new cancer treatment.

5 Feb 2007

Ceramide plays big role in embryonic development

A little-known lipid plays a big role in helping us grow from a hollow sphere of stem cells into human beings, researchers have found.

5 Feb 2007

Apolipoprotein E gene raises newborns' cerebral palsy risk

Apolipoprotein E (APOE), a gene associated with heightened risk for Alzheimer's disease in adults, can also increase the likelihood that brain-injured newborns will develop cerebral palsy, researchers at Children's Memorial Research Center have discovered.

5 Feb 2007

Alphanate approved to treat Von Willebrand disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the approval of Antihemophilic Factor/von Willebrand Factor Complex (Human), Alphanate.

4 Feb 2007

Poor mums more likely to become obese

A new study in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, reveals how women from economically-disadvantaged backgrounds are most at risk of developing maternal obesity.

4 Feb 2007

Scientists change bird flu virus and stop it spreading

Scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have found that just two small changes in the virus that caused the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic stopped it from jumping between mammals in the laboratory.

4 Feb 2007

Researchers identify human pancreatic cancer stem cells

Researchers at the University of Michigan Medical Center have, for the first time, identified human pancreatic cancer stem cells. Their work indicates that these cells are likely responsible for the aggressive tumor growth, progression, and metastasis that define this deadly cancer.

1 Feb 2007