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Ingestible electronics powered through gut fluids
Now ingestible electronics which travel through the gut within pill-like capsules, can release drugs, whilst…
Mini-factory for drugs within artificial leaf
To produce drugs sustainably and cheaply, anywhere you want, a 'mini-factory' whereby sunlight can be captured to…
New approach to microfluidics for quicker detection of CTCs
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) are key early indicators of metastasis, which is the process by which cancer cells…
Controversial hormone could benefit breast cancer patients
Some scientists consider a particular hormone ‘harmful’ in terms of treating cancer. An international team of…
Drug delivery and tumor imaging through ‘nanocarriers’
A conundrum of cancer is the tumor's ability to use our bodies as human shields to deflect treatment. Tumors grow…
Real-time epidemic tracking tool developed to monitor outbreaks
Microreact, a free, real-time epidemic visualization and tracking platform that has been used to monitor outbreaks…
Nanotechnology destroys precancerous liver tumor cells
More than 700,000 new cases of liver cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year, according to the American Cancer…
Neutralizing cancer through freeze-framed cells
Scientists from Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions are using synthetic biology to…
Reovirus kills hepatitis virus and liver cancer cells
The researchers at the University of Leeds found that Reovirus stimulates the body's own immune system to kill off…
Message in a bottle, well, a chemical test tube
A machine that sends messages using common chemicals has been built by researchers. Among many potential…
