Gene chip helps doctor target cancer treatment
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It looked bad for Chuck Fleming -- lung cancer had spread through his body. But his oncologist decided to try using a "gene chip" to see which out of a laundry list of chemotherapy options might work best.
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A computer chip that is implanted under the skin won U.S. approval on Wednesday for use in helping doctors quickly access a patient's medical history.
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A powerful new strategy promises to speed up the effort to link genes to specific diseases. Can you say 'transcriptome'?
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Researchers have made a biochip that could help replace animal testing for new cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
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WASHINGTON - A computer chip that is implanted under the skin won US approval for use in helping doctors quickly access a patient&#39;s medical history.
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Doctors are hopeful about a new drug to treat skin cancer by causing tumor cells to self-destruct by overloading them with oxygen
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FRIDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- DNA microarray chip analyses of tumors may help improve treatment for some patients with incurable cancers, a new study finds.
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TAILORED therapies to target a range of diseases, such as diabetes and breast cancer, may be a step closer after the final draft of the gene-rich part of the &quot;human book of life&quot; was published yesterday.
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In the battle against cancer, saving two patients out of 17 may seem modest enough. But researchers see hope that using genetically altered immune cells to attack tumors -- as was done in this study -- may hold the key to eventually defeating various cancers.
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Scientists have developed a treatment which may be effective against the most common and deadly form of brain cancer.
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Scientists in Dundee hope that gene research will aid efforts to reduce medication for cancer patients.
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Injection of a new gene therapy into breast tumors, in combination with chemotherapy, shows impressive therapeutic effects in locally advanced breast cancers, according
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MONDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDayNews) -- A technique that uses a specially designed virus may help overcome a major stumbling block in using gene therapy to treat cancer, say Columbia University Medical Center researchers.
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A genetic profiling test already on the market accurately predicts which breast cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy and which won&#39;t, giving
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Doctors using new technology can get fast feedback on whether treatments are working for breast cancer victims, a new study shows.
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Scientists have discovered that a key cancer gene also plays a role in repairing damaged nerve cells.
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge develop new treatments for cancer.