Jul 27 2011

New Nucleotides Identified in Human DNA

Tag: DNA,Genes,Science,Scientists,Stem Cells,Tumor — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 4:04 pm
Human DNA includes eight nucleotides instead of the four originally identified.

May 16 2011

Youthful Ingenuity Honored at Intel Science Fair

Tag: Animals,Asteroids,Bacteria,Building,Ceremonies,Chemistry,Community,Devices,Disaster Scenarios,Earth,Engineering,Experiments,Family Members,Fear,Fish,Flies,Fruit,Hearing,High School,Inventions,Kids,Laboratories,Meteorites,Nobel Prize,Nuclear Science,Particles,Plants,Plastic,Recipes,Science,Scientists,Sight,Spiders,Technology,Transportation,Tumor,Yeast and Bread Machine — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 6:24 pm
Young scientists receive awards in international competition.

Feb 22 2011

Sticky Dots for Cancer Get Clinical Trial

Tag: Devices,Imaging,Medications,Trial,Tumor — Irene Klotz @ 6:31 pm
Injectable, glowing nanoparticles bond to cancer cells, and could deliver chemo drugs.

Jan 20 2011

Contagious Dog Cancer Unraveled

Tag: Animals,Dogs,Genetic Science,Tumor,Wolves — Jennifer Viegas @ 7:00 pm
A canine cancer is found to be able to repair itself by tapping the infected dogs' own cells.

Jan 20 2011

Contagious Dog Cancer Unraveled

Tag: Animals,Dogs,Genetic Science,Tumor,Wolves — Jennifer Viegas @ 7:00 pm
A canine cancer is found to be able to repair itself by tapping the infected dogs' own cells.

Nov 16 2010

Treating Cancer With Light

Tag: Drugs,Electricity,Light,Tumor — Eric Bland @ 12:00 pm
Solar cells could be pitted against cancer cells to create a faster, less painful and more effective form of treatment.

Oct 08 2010

Laser Will Melt Your Brain (Tumor, That Is)

Tag: Cancer,Death and Dying,Technology,Tumor — Eric Bland @ 3:04 pm
An MRI-guided high-intensity laser probe can target brain tumors that are otherwise inaccessible to doctors.

Aug 12 2010

Breath Test Could Reveal Cancer

Tag: Cancer,Death and Dying,Sensors,Tumor — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 10:40 am
Scientists working on a breath test to detect cancer said they were now able to identify different types of the disease.

Apr 08 2010

‘Biological Bypass’ Saves Hearts Sans Surgery

Tag: Cardiovascular Conditions,Drugs,Humans,Life Science,Tumor — Eric Bland @ 2:35 pm
Why bother cleaning clogged arteries when you can simply grow new ones?

Apr 05 2010

‘Sound Bullets’ Could Blast Subs, Cancer

Tag: Devices,Military,Submarine,Toys,Tumor,Weapons — Eric Bland @ 7:01 pm
An old toy has inspired some new tricks.