MIT engineers an anti-cancer smart bomb
Imagine a cancer drug that can burrow into a tumor, seal the exits and detonate a lethal dose of anti-cancer toxins, all while leaving healthy cells unscathed. The dual-chamber, double-acting, drug-packing "nanocell" proved effective and safe, with prolonged survival, against two distinct forms of cancers--melanoma and L...University of Delaware researchers develop cancer 'nanobomb'
University of Delaware researchers are opening a new front in the war on cancer, bringing to bear new nanotechnologies for cancer detection and treatment and introducing a unique nanobomb that can literally blow up breast cancer tumors. Balaji Panchapakesan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UD, has recently reported on the discoveries in the journals NanoBiote...Siberian lakes burp 'time-bomb' greenhouse gas
Frozen bubbles in Siberian lakes are releasing methane, a greenhouse gas, at rates that appear to be "... five times higher than previously estimated" and acting as a positive feedback to climate warming, said Katey Walter, in a paper published today in the journal Nature. Walter's project is the first time this type of bubbling has been accurately quantified. "We realized that our previou...Transformation of Filamentous Fungi by Microprojectile Bombardment
Roland W. Herzog, Molecular Genetics Program, Department ofBotany and Microbiology, 101 Life Sciences Building, AuburnUniversity, AL 36849-5407, USA The vast majority of transformation protocols for filamentous fungi are based on permeabilizing cell membranes with polyethylene glycol (PEG) or...Lack of connectivity is real estate's hidden time bomb
When it comes to real estate acquisitions, many smart investors have turned to taking their money from the stock market and have invested it into REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts). Some of these groups have provided 20 to 50 percent returns to their investors. These are great returns on investment, but are there any hidden time bombs lurking behind the marble fa...Identity theft: The business time bomb
Most everyone has heard of identity theft (IDT), yet unless you have been a victim, few people consider that they are at high risk. An alarming figure is that over half of the 10 million new IDTs each year originate from a place of business, employer, or other entity (not-for-profit or local, state, or federal government). All entities and certain individuals are required under one or mo...An Anti-cancer Smart Bomb delivered using a Nanocell
A nanocell that can work like a smart bomb for cancer treatment is to be reported in Nature by MIT. The nanocell will work by penetrating into the tumor, seal the opening and then deliver the lethal dose of anti-cancer toxins like a ‘stealth bimb’.// This will leave the healthy cells unharmed. The experiments currently done on mice cancer like melanoma and lung cancer have the po...Microscopic Nanobombs Blow Apart Breast Cancer Cells
Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a unique nanobomb that can be used to detect and blow apart cancer cells, more specifically breast cancer cells//. This latest attack on cancer has been detailed in the journals NanoBiotechnology and Oncology Issues by Balaji Panchapakesan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UD. The report says that the n...Bombings in Japan have left Indelible Health Impression
New research has showed that even though it is 60 years since atomic bombs fell on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, survivors are still facing the effects of the onslaught.// The studies have shown how survivors continue to develop thyroid nodules, sometime benign and at other times cancerous, that is commensurate with the amount of exposure to radiation. It has also been...Patients Have Right To Access Medical Case Papers: Bombay High Court
An important judgment passed by the Bombay High Court, would ensure that patients or their relatives would be provided with a copy of their medical case papers//, on demand. Until now, patients and family members have been facing lot of trouble, in retrieving their case papers from the doctor or hospital as they tend to treat it as confidential documents. In fact, in some cases, doctors f...Bombay HC Refuses Mandatory HIV Tests
The Bombay High Court has refused to grant directions for mandatory HIV/ AIDS testing before taking up a job or before marriage.// However they have asked the Maharashtra government to consider framing a policy for the same. The court was hearing a PIL filed by an NGO, Maharashtra Law Graduate Association. Government pleader Pradeep Patil stated to the court that...