Tag: Cancer

Fingerprints at crime scenes can be highlighted instantaneously. It’s equally vital to detect cancer early on. Cue an Oregon-based research team aiming to identify pancreatic cancer using 0.008 millilitres of blood. Key here: special enzymes in the blood (proteases) and illuminating (with a fluorescent agent) their increased activity when the cancer is present. In a study with 350 participants,...

Cells in ears can be reprogrammed to improve hearing. Now, a research team in South Korea is reprogramming cancer cells found in the colon. Using a digital twin, they analysed how genes in colon cells are connected and how healthy cells become cancer cells. Several molecules, they discovered, function like a kind of lever, which is flipped when cells...

Wasabi is good for memory cells, and curcumin an effective alternative to chemical antacids. Honey from the Manuka bush has long been hailed by the Maori community for its anti-inflammatory and wound-healing properties. And now a university research team in California has discovered that the liquid gold can help fight breast cancer. Particularly in cases where cancer cell growth...

There are bras available for women who don’t want to have implants post mastectomy. Elsewhere, ultrasound sensors in bras could detect breast cancer early. But what about preventative treatment before the illness takes hold? Until now it’s proved difficult to test the efficacy of anti-cancer drugs in the lab. Partly because tissue taken from the body perishes within a...

The sound of cats purring - also from the internet - can bring inner peace. So too a walk with "man’s best friend" - even one on prosthetic legs. Now, a team of US researchers is working on a quick, pain-free method for the early detection of canine cancer. First, a urine sample is required. Next, using so-called Raman...

Third degree burns can be treated with lasers. Now a Texas-based research team has discovered that near-infrared light has an important role to play in the fight against cancer. In conjunction with synthetic and biocompatible dyes. The dye molecules attach themselves to cancer cells, and influenced by the light, their atoms start to vibrate with such force that the tumour...

Artificial body parts can be tailor-made for extra comfort. For women who have had mammary tissue removed because of cancer, there are bras with built-in prostheses. Still, these are not always comfortable. A London-based architect, a cancer survivor herself, teamed up with underwear specialists to create one-cup lingerie and swimwear. Because not every woman chooses breast reconstruction, and losing...

A special bra can help detect early-stage breast cancer. When it comes to skin cancer, early detection is equally vital. In large parts of sub-Saharan Africa, however, treatment is either scarcely available or unaffordable. Which is why a 14-year-old schoolboy has developed a soap to help those affected access a potential cure. Alongside coconut oil, shea butter and honey,...