Science
The process of cancer growth is not well understood. While there's plenty of qualitative evidence linking disease progression with parameters such as tumor morphology, histopathology, invasion and associated molecular phenomena, the...
Bloomberg News (4/21, Chase) reports, “The number of cancer research grants funded by the US government may rise 25 percent to 30 percent in the next two years as federal cash infusions replenish the budget for medical research,” according...
The use of digital pathology techniques without stains or reagents is gaining traction for use in clinical practice, particularly for "gray" diagnostic areas where tride-and-true physical stains and or chemicals may not provide high...
The New York Times (1/13, D3, Markoff) reports, "For the first time, researchers at an IBM laboratory have captured a three-dimensional image of" a "tobacco mosaic virus." The "technique used by the" scientists...
STANFORD, Calif., March 19, 2008 -- A digital camera is being developed with 12,616 microlenses -- each in effect a tiny camera -- that can take photos in a kind of super 3-D for potential use in facial recognition, biological imaging, and 3-D...
Using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes, researchers have shown that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal. These tools may allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier and less invasively Studded with antibody...
