Cancer
Scientists have designed a biosensor capable of detecting cancer antibodies in serum samples from both cancer patients and patients at high risk of developing cancer.
Michigan State University researchers have discovered that a chemical compound, and potential new drug, reduces the spread of melanoma cells by up to 90 percent.
A treatment billed as a potential breakthrough in the fight against disease, including cancer, could back-fire and make the disease fitter and more damaging, new research has found.
Scientists are developing a technology to control mesenchymal stem cells of patients and allow more effective cancer treatment.
Researchers at the University of Michigan have had initial success in mice using nanodiscs to deliver a customized therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of colon and melanoma cancer tumors.
"We have been able to show that the two known drugs lead to more profound effects on cancer cell proliferation than each drug alone."
Capsaicin, an active ingredient of pungent substances such as chilli or pepper, inhibits the growth of breast cancer cells, report investigators.
System able to detect activity level of single interfaced cell.