News articles tagged with 'cancer' (Page 414)
Researchers develop technology for early detection of viruses
— 31 Oct 2007 09:59 | BiologyIowa State University researchers have developed a technology that detects a single molecule of the virus associated with cervical cancer in women. That's a significant improvement…
Extract of broccoli sprouts protects against UV radiation
— 23 Oct 2007 00:22 | BiologyA team of Johns Hopkins scientists reports in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that humans can be protected against the damaging effects of ultraviolet…
Transparent zebrafish help researchers track breast cancer
— 23 Oct 2007 00:22 | BiologyWhat if doctors could peer through a patient's skin and see a cancer tumour growing? They'd be able to study how tumour cells migrate: how they look, how they interact with the blood…
Scientists reveal DNA-enzyme interaction with first ever real time footage
— 17 Sep 2007 15:23 | BiologyFor the first time scientists have been able to film, in real time, the nanoscale interaction of an enzyme and a DNA strand from an attacking virus. Researchers from the University…
MIT works toward safer gene therapy
— 7 Sep 2007 17:12 | ChemistryIn work that could lead to safe and effective techniques for gene therapy, MIT researchers have found a way to fine-tune the ability of biodegradable polymers to deliver genes. Gene…
Scientists join fight to save Tasmanian devil
— 5 Jun 2007 17:39 | EnvironmentCSIRO scientists have joined the battle to save Australia's iconic Tasmanian devils from the deadly cancer currently devastating devil populations. Researchers from CSIRO's Livestock…
Marine moss hints to anti-cancer compound
— 9 Mar 2007 15:20 | BiologyAn Oregon Health and Science University researcher believes the discovery of a gene cluster from a bacterium that protects a moss-like marine invertebrate from predators may be the…