Scientists at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology reported that they were able to show that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes.
Suggesting that such tools may allow allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier but less invasively.
Studded with antibody fragments called ScFv peptides that bind cancer cells, the gold particles grab onto tumors after their injection into a mouse. When illuminated with a laser beam, the tumor-bound particles send back a signal that is specific to the dye.
According to senior author Shuming Nie, PhD, a …read more

Those in North America, I hope you ar enjoying your holiday weekend.
Meanwhile, let me leave you with the following wonderful links on cancer before I sign off for the weekend:

Breast Cancer and Exercise
Triterpenoids Isolated from Apple Peels with Anticancer Activity
The Survivor’s Handbook: Eating Right for Cancer Survival
Dogs: The Latest Cancer Detection Tool?
Nanocomposite Labels Help Cancer Therapy
IGI Receives National Cancer Institute Grant

There you go…mommy duties call.
Have a fun weekend!

Researchers at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering have developed a light-based probe which has demonstrated, in first laboratory tests on human tissue, to be able to instantly detect the earliest signs of cancer in cells lining the internal organs.
According to Adam Wax, professor of biomedical engineering:
Our initial study is very promising. We looked at tissue removed from just a handful of patients and were able to get 100 percent sensitivity. We could detect pre-cancer in the esophagus and distinguish it from normal tissue like you would find in the stomach.”

We all read and hear from experts that once cancer …read more