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Cancer
Cancer research aims to identify causes and develop strategies for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, Immunotherapy and new kinds of clinical research derived from biotechnology, such as immunotherapy and gene therapy.
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At UCSF, patient given single-dose radiation for breast cancer
As if a breast cancer diagnosis isn't difficult enough, sometimes the treatment can disrupt the patient's quality of life for weeks. But there's a new way of delivering therapy to breast cancer...
3 | September 19, 2011 9:26am
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Blood analysis chip could aid global health care
HIV, Malaria, even cancer. Imagine testing for all of these illnesses at the same time with just one drop of blood and in the span of 10 minutes. CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports on some university...
3 | March 31, 2011 10:52am
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Oncologists use robots to fight cancer
Last year, Jean Stuetzle, 92, learned she had lung cancer and was given few options to make her well again. Then, she visited radiation oncologist Robert Sinha at El Camino Hospital in Silicon...
6 | March 22, 2011 8:40am
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Is the cure for cancer inside milk?
Bruce German, a professor at UC Davis is researching the properties of milk and how it functions when ingested by growing infants. In his lab, scientists disassemble milk from mothers around the...
4 | August 26, 2010 11:46am
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Technology for chronically ill kids earns nod from President Obama
HopeLab researchers are helping teens and tweens meet the challenges of serious conditions - from cancer and autism to obesity and major depressive disorder. SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das...
2 | January 4, 2010 8:46am
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Robotic cells to fight cancer tumors
In the not too distant future, robotic cells may be able to target tumors, and maybe, even kill them. At UCSF, cellular engineer, Wendell Lim has discovered a way to get cells to act as robots....
4 | October 13, 2009 8:17am
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Image search software helps detect cancer
James Gosling, creator of Java, and Christopher Boone, CEO of Visuvi, demonstrate new image search software powered by Java that analyzes information based on content of the image. The software is...
June 5, 2009 1:44pm
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At UCSF, patient given single-dose radiation for breast cancer
As if a breast cancer diagnosis isn't difficult enough, sometimes the treatment can disrupt the patient's quality of life for weeks. But there's a new way of delivering therapy to breast cancer...
3 | September 19, 2011 9:26am
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Oncologists use robots to fight cancer
Last year, Jean Stuetzle, 92, learned she had lung cancer and was given few options to make her well again. Then, she visited radiation oncologist Robert Sinha at El Camino Hospital in Silicon...
6 | March 22, 2011 8:40am
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Is the cure for cancer inside milk?
Bruce German, a professor at UC Davis is researching the properties of milk and how it functions when ingested by growing infants. In his lab, scientists disassemble milk from mothers around the...
4 | August 26, 2010 11:46am
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Robotic cells to fight cancer tumors
In the not too distant future, robotic cells may be able to target tumors, and maybe, even kill them. At UCSF, cellular engineer, Wendell Lim has discovered a way to get cells to act as robots....
4 | October 13, 2009 8:17am
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Image search software helps detect cancer
James Gosling, creator of Java, and Christopher Boone, CEO of Visuvi, demonstrate new image search software powered by Java that analyzes information based on content of the image. The software is...
June 5, 2009 1:44pm
