Latest research from the South Dakota State University has indicated that canola oil can lower the size and incidence of colon tumors in laboratory animals. The research has shown that with the use of canola oil in household cooking, it is possible to protect against colon cancer development.
New research by a team from the RAND Corporation has indicated that a rare type of lymphoma is linked with breast implants. However, the team has said that there is still no evidence to prove that the cancer is caused by implants or to suggest an underlying mechanism for how the disease might develop.
By combining nanotechnology and medical research, Sandia National Laboratories, the University of New Mexico, and the UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center, have successfully been able to produce a highly efficient strategy that makes use of nanoparticles to kill cancerous cells with a wide variety of drugs.
Research by Swiss and British scientists has shown that targeted photodynamic therapy has the potential to completely eradicate some models of cancer. The team – consisting of researchers from the University of Hull and ETH Zurich – combined light-sensitive molecules with antibodies that specifically target tumor blood vessels. When irradiated with light, the molecules produce particles known as reactive oxygen species, which in high numbers cause irreparable damage to cells.
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A new development in cancer technology has made it possible for researchers to identify cancer cells with carbon nanotubes. In recent announcement, a Harvard bioengineer and an MIT aeronautical engineer have developed a novel device that can identify single cancer cells in a blood sample, thus making it possible for doctors to quickly determine whether cancer has spread from its original site.
Findings from the Washington University in St. Louis and the Siteman Cancer Center have proved that almost every breast cancer patient has a unique type of breast cancer, in terms of the genetics of the cancer. The researchers who sequenced the complete genomes of tumors from 50 breast cancer patients detected over 1,700 mutations, most of which were unique to individual patients.
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A biochemist from the Purdue University has proved that with the use of nanotechnology, it is possible to understand whether or not cancer medicines are going to hit their targets, and thus lower the amount of side effects these drugs have. W. Andy Tao, an associate professor of biochemistry analytical chemistry, has produced a nanopolymer that has the capability to be coated with medicines, enter the cells and then removed to understand which are the proteins in the cells that the drug has entered into. Since these nanopolymers are soluble in water, they make a better delivery system for drugs that do not dissolve in water very efficiently.
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In what could be the biggest breakthrough in the treatment of one of the deadliest cancer types, researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Children’s Hospital Boston have unveiled an effective new treatment for treating melanoma skin cancer.
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In a latest discovery which is causing ripples of hope in the medical fraternity, cancer researchers have discovered an important protein that seems to be capable of suppressing the growth of prostate cancer cells. The protein is produced naturally inside cells and this new discovery has raised hopes of new treatments for prostate cancer.
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In a recent breakthrough that holds the potential of slowing down the growth of pancreatic cancer, researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have reported that they have shrunk or slowed the growth of notoriously resistant pancreatic tumors in mice, using a drug routinely prescribed for malaria and rheumatoid arthritis.
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