IMEC, the Institüt für Mikrotechnik Mainz (IMM) and their partners within the European Sixth Framework Project MASCOT have announced a milestone in the development of a lab-on-chip for the detection and therapy evaluation of breast cancer.
08/10/2009
A NEW spectroscopy technique has been able to detect changes in human colon cancer cells that traditional microscopy has been unable to identify.
12/01/2009
US SCIENTISTS have used liquid chromatography mass spectrometry to identify non-natural alkaloids in modified plants that may be used to produce anti-cancer drugs.
20/01/2009
THERMO Fisher Scientific has announced collaboration with the integrative network biology initiative at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), UK.
23/07/2009
A STUDY conducted by the Institute for Technology Assessment, Boston, has suggested pre-treatment MRI and PET/CT for cervical cancer may direct more women to optimal therapy choices and spare many women potential long-term morbidity and complications of trimodality therapy.
05/03/2009
SPECTRASCIENCE has received FDA approval for its Luma Cervical Cancer Imaging System at its San Diego facility.
11/03/2009
RESEARCHERS at the University of California have identified green tea extracts to increase the levels of annexin I and induce remodelling of the protein actin.
26/03/2009
AGILENT Technologies has announced it will be showcasing its full life science portfolio at the 2009 Annual Cancer Research Meeting (AACR).
07/04/2009
SpectraScience has been awarded US PATENT number 7, 469,160 for its new image focus technology.
21/01/2009
The Epigenetics 2009 Australian Scientific Conference will be held in Melbourne, December 1 – 4, 2009.
11/11/2009
US RESEARCHERS have used laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy (LTRS) to better understand the effects of chemical fixation procedures on the spectra of healthy cells and leukaemia cells.
14/01/2009
NATURALNANO CEO and President James Wemett has announced that a series of feasibility studies have been initiated which will assess wether NaturalNano's proprietary halloysite nanotubes enhance the adhesion of circulating cells to reactive surfaces.
30/06/2009
A TEAM of Scientists says they have been able to determine the three-dimensional structure of proteins in living cells using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer.
17/03/2009