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Cancer can now be diagnosed for less than $2, thanks to Harvard University’s ‘paper machine’

A new portable disease-detecting “paper machine” has been developed by a team of researchers at Harvard University. What makes the device special is its low cost and efficiency since the machine can detect cancer...

28 July, 2015

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Injectable, 3D vaccines may fight cancer and infectious diseases

Scientists may have found a way to create injectable, 3D vaccines that could help fight cancer. They’ve shown a non-surgical injection of programmable biomaterial that spontaneously assembles in vivo into a 3D...

12 December, 2014

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Drug activates virus against cancer

Parvoviruses cause no harm in humans, but they can attack and kill cancer cells. Since 1992, scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have been studying these viruses with...

11 July, 2014

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Measles virus used to treat bone marrow cancer

The paper has reported on a new study in the growing field of virotherapy – a treatment where viruses are used to attack diseases. The study was a proof of concept study, involving people with multiple myeloma – a type...

26 May, 2014

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Breast cancer vaccine developed by Australian scientists can stop disease returning

A vaccine that can prevent breast cancer returning has been developed by Australian scientists and could be on the market within five to ten years. Trials of the vaccine in 31 women have shown it slashes the rate of...

17 February, 2014

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Novel treatment for gonorrhea acts like a “live vaccine” and prevents reinfection, UB animal study shows

A new gonorrhea treatment, based on an anti-cancer therapy developed by a Buffalo startup company, has successfully eliminated gonococcal infection from female mice and prevented reinfection, according to research...

18 September, 2013

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Implantable vaccine aims to recruit immune cells to fight cancer

Researchers from Harvard University are experimenting with a new vaccine implant to train the immune system to fight tumors, particularly deadly melanomas killing thousands of Americans every year. The clinical trials...

11 September, 2013

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Modified viruses devour leukemia cells

A virus in the rabies family can be used to successfully cure leukemia in lab mice. Disease bad boys like viruses may be the next big step forward in cancer treatment. Researchers from the Ottawa Hospital Research...

3 September, 2013

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Common virus associated with colon cancer

A virus that is found up more than 90 per cent of the population has turned up in colon cancer samples. The JC virus (John Cunningham virus) is widespread, affecting nearly the entire human population from childhood...

20 August, 2013

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HPV implicated in one third of throat cancer cases, but vaccines may help

The human papillomavirus, which was known to cause many cases of cervical cancer, is now strongly associated with throat cancers. Luckily, evidence shows that vaccines could prevent the cancers from developing. Michael...

22 July, 2013

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