Confocal imaging promises early detection of skin cancer
...s the most complete treatment.?/p> Doctors can choose from some 40 different imaging techniques to detect and diagnose skin cancer, the simplest being a magnifying glass. Most techniques evaluate external skin features, such as colour or morphology. “But doctors need to look deeper into the basal layers...Doctors closer to using gene analysis to help trauma patients
...s. Identifying those factors could help physicians choose the best treatment, a decision that could mean the difference between life and death, according to UF Genetics Institute scientists. “The vast majority of patients who experience severe trauma or burn injuries actually do well,?said Lyle Moldawer, a...BioMed Central welcomes the new National Institutes of Health public access policy
...anuscript can be submitted to archives. Those who choose to publish in any of BioMed Central's Open Access journals, which cover all areas of biology and medicine, are assured that the published version of their paper will be placed in PubMed Central for them, immediately and without any need for additiona...Programmable cells: Engineer turns bacteria into living computers
...in the future, he said, scientists will be able to choose a behavior they want from cells, and a computer program will create a genetic circuit to accomplish the task. "Then we can do an experiment to see if the community of cells is behaving as we desire. That is going to have a tremendous number of applic...Termites feed through good vibrations
Discovery that termites use vibrations to choose the wood they eat may provide opportunities to new...reality is that termites are selective feeders and choose their food very carefully. The palatability of the wood species and hardness is important as are def...Fox Chase Cancer Center scientists identify immune-system mutation
... T cells involves key branch points at which cells choose one of two different pathways, going on to become helper cells or killer cells," Kappes said. His goal is to understand how T cells specialize to do different jobs. Commitment to the helper or killer lineages correlates precisely with the restrictio...