Radioactive scorpion venom for fighting cancer
Health physicists are establishing safe procedures for a promising experimental brain-cancer therapy which uses a radioactive version of a protein found in scorpion venom. For many, this will conjure images of Spiderman's nemesis, the Scorpion. The purpose of this work is not science fiction, but rather to help to develop a promising new therapy for brain cancer. The venom of the yellow Israe...The DIG System Nonradioactive and Highly Sensitive Detection of Nucleic Acids
Roche Applied Science was one of the first companiesto offer a nonradioactive technology allowing customersto move away from the use of hazardousradioactive isotopes. Even after 15 years and theincreasing availability of many different competitorproducts and quantita...Radioactive Seeds used in Prostate Cancer treatment can migrate with the body
In a shocking disclosure, Dr. Murali Ankem, a resident in Urology at the Robert Wood Johnnson Medical Centre of the University of New Jersey Medical and Dental School, New Brunswick, has said that radiactive seeds used in prostate cancer treatment can migrate to other parts of the body including the lungs. In a procedure called Brachytherapy, tiny metal pellets are implanted in and aroun...Bacteria Commonly Seen In Radioactive Waste, Hot Springs Found Inside Humans
A group of bacteria, previously known to exist in radioactive waste, hot springs and fecal matter of animals has now been found to reside inside the human stomach. // This finding could eventually pave for a better understanding of gastrointestinal diseases and newer treatment strategies. The bacteria 'Helicobacter pylori', that was discovered about 20 years ago, has been largely blam...Brain Cancer Could be Safely Treated with Radioactive Scorpion Venom
On going study with radioactive version of scorpion venom protein showed possibilities of treating brain gliomas. Scientists at the Transmolecular Corporation//, Cambridge have developed a radioactive version of a protein resembling the yellow Israeli scorpion venom protein named TM-601, as a safer and different way to destroy proliferating brain cancer cells. Responding to t...Chornobyl Incident Proved Increased Risk of Thyroid Cancer from Radioactive Iodine
As an added value to the several previous studies, Geoffrey R. Howe, Ph.D., of Columbia University in New York, and his colleagues have revealed that exposure// to radioactive substances increased cancer risks in teens and kids. After the chornobyl radiation-accident, a study conducted to examine the cancer prevalence showed an increased risk of thyroid cancer in children and adolescent...