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more about #cancer krztov: somebody call Walter, he's already dealt with a larger version of this, he'll know what to do. more » Belabras: Cue fungus monster in 3... 2... 1... more » Chip Overclock: This is just another example of parasites who alter (sometimes quite subtly) the behavior of their host. I wonder if some day we'll discover that man... more » Im_your_Huckleberry: This just sounds like a better way to identify and track cancer cells in the body. I really hope this is a stepping stone to find a way of stopping ca... more » Hamslicer: Then we catch them and put them in a jar. more » Althestane: erm. misleading title-ish. It doesn't keep them from spreading, so much as highlights where they go. Now, if it DID stop them from spreading, that w... more » vinylrake: wow, those are enormous. #neopec more » vuffiraa: How will they prevent rampantly unchecked 'fatty chamber' filling? No woman should suffer nightmarish scenarios of of boobs slowly and continuously ba... more » jrghoull: "regrow breasts on pigs" not to make light of the subject but...does this mean that there are pigs out there will perfectly formed mamories? #neopec more » Magicant: According to Jeremy Piven, soy milk will do the job just fine. #neopec more » Rasselas: Marzella says that he hopes the technique will someday alleviate at least one aspect of the breast cancer diagnosis.... If the restorative potential ... more » Bigdamnhero: "That's amazing!" #neopec more » reddingofish: If someone in show biz wants it to be used for cosmetic applications it wont be 10 years before it is ready it will be more like 1 year. Money talks.... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Not sure this will work unless the regrown breast is all fat, no ducts. Very few mastectomies are medically necessary. Most are done because the pat... more » Jeriba: This is great news for cancer survivors. Plus, it fits in nicely with the penis-growing news from the other day. Yay! Pee-pees and bewbies for everyo... more » ManchuCandidate: First the pig boobs. Next rabbit dicks. [www.livescience.com] #neopec more » Wookie1972: I guess Kurzweill's singularity is going to be on hold for awhile. #nanotechnology more » Arryma: Very interesting. I suppose that if these fibers will migrate to the mesothelium, then they are good candidates to cause mesothelioma. The mechanism... more » Klebert L. Hall: Carbon nanotubes are more nanomaterial than nanotech. -Kle. #nanotechnology more » lazyeight: I do have a question - Is that actually a photo of a nanotube? Correct me, but it appears to be a twisted bunch of fibers. Are the individual 'fibers'... more » -
#madscience
Solving The Mysteries Of Cancer Fighting Parasites
Could a Chinese fungus provide a crucial missing link to new cancer treatments? Scientists have struggled for decades with one major drawback of the Cordyceps, a parasitic mushroom — but now they may have cracked the riddle. More » -
#madbioscience
Bioluminescence Could Keep Tumors From Spreading
We've all marveled at the day-glo life-forms in Avatar — but bioluminescence could save your life soon. Researchers have been able to inject brain tumor cells with a firefly gene, so they can identify the types of cells that spread. More » -
#madscience
Mastectomy Patients Could Soon Regrow Their Own Breasts
Implants could soon be a thing of the past. Researchers have developed a new technique to regrow breasts on pigs using their own tissue — and it's ready to be tested on human mastectomy patients. More » -
#disease
Worst Nanotech Threat Isn't Gray Goo - It's Black Lung
The "killer app" of current nanotechnology is the carbon nanotube, which could revolutionize circuit boards and other technologies. But these nanoscopic tubes also cause a new kind of industrial disease that could scar your lungs and give you cancer. More » -
#madscience
Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
Naked mole rats might be the most awesomely peculiar mammals in existence; they possess ants' hive mind-like qualities, feel no pain, and are completely immune to cancer. And researchers have finally unlocked the secret to their remarkable cancer-fighting powers. More » -
#art
The Blob Attacks New Zealand — For Breast Cancer!
Can you stand the onslaught of... The Blob? It's rampaging through Auckland, New Zealand, terrorizing the city and horrifying bystanders with its giant veins and gelatinous mass. But don't worry — it's all for a worthy cause. More » -
#madscience
Golden Breathalyzer Could Diagnose Lung Cancer
Lung cancer diagnosis can be an invasive process, involving CT scans and tissue biopsies. But a new nanotechnological process for cancer detection could make diagnosis lung cancer as simple as breathing into a tube. More » -
#badscience
Everything that Cures or Prevents Cancer (According to the Media)
Can't recall which items the media claims prevent cancer and those that cause it? Kill or Cure takes aim at bad science journalism with its tongue-in-cheek index of items the Daily Mail links to cancer. [via Metafilter, Image from SMBC] -
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#nanotech
Nanotech And Lasers Team Up To Cure Cancer
When nanotech and lasers team up, is there anything they can't do? Apparently not. New research shows a combined nanotube/laser treatment zaps kidney tumors in 80 percent of mice. Nanotech is teaming up with viruses to kill ovarian tumors, too. More » -
#cancer
Using Quantum Dots To Detect The Early Signs Of Cancer
For a long time, cancer screening has been difficult and invasive. Doctors had to use invasive surgical procedures and unreliable tests. Now, scientists have harvested the power of quantum semiconductors to test for very early signs of cancer. More » -
#madscience
Nanoparticle Breakthroughs That Could Save Millions of Lives
Although some kinds of nanomaterials (like carbon nanotubes) can be harmful to your health, scientists are quickly developing nanoparticle therapies that can fight cancer and bacterial infections better than any of our current medications. More » -
#medicaltechnology
Chemical Nose Can "Smell" Cancer
The next wave of cancer diagnosis techniques might rely on a newly-invented chemical nose. The nose can sniff out different types of cancer by detecting any abnormal cells developing in your body. More » -
#loldoctor
Cancer Sniffing Cat Saves Man's Life
That's right folks - cats are not just for LOLs anymore. Apparently they can sniff out cancer. More » -
#askabiogeek
What's the Future of Cancer Diagnosis?
I talked about the importance of early cancer diagnosis in a previous post, and reader Ian wrote back to ask for more detail. Early detection can be life-saving, but accuracy in these tests is also a serious problem - a test that misses existing cancers is obviously bad, but one that detects cancers that aren't there or suggests a future cancer that will never develop can expose patients to unnecessary procedures, some of them invasive. I'm not knocking cancer screening — just noting that, for a given test, the potential for early detection is not the whole story. Early unambiguous detection is the goal. Let's take a look at a few of the methods we can apply to improve cancer diagnosis. More » -
#askabiogeek
Where Is My Cure for Cancer?
Welcome back to Ask a Biogeek, a column where you ask biology researcher Terry Johnson any question you want — no matter how weird. Reader Charlie writes: More »
