Artificial lung the size of a sugar cube may replace animal testing — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140528104022.htm
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Analyzing living cells quickly, accurately — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140505093804.htm
Special camera detects tumors
Tumor removal surgeries pose a great challenge even to skillful and experienced surgeons. …
Combining imaging techniques for quicker, gentler biopsies for breast cancer
How can you tell if a breast tumor is malignant? This isn’t a question that ultrasound and X-rays, or even magnetic resonance scans, can answer alone. Doctors must often extract tissue samples from an affected area with a fine needle for detailed examination…
A cost-effective way toward personalized cancer drugs
In treating many types of cancer, doctors often use combi-nation of chemotherapy with other treatments. The cytostatic agents used are designed to target faster growing cancer cells. But there is little consistency in how different patients respond to the various treatments: even when dealing with the same type of tumor, there are vast differences in tumor cell reaction to a given treatment…