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Communication helps target tumors

By | June 20, 2011

Proteins and nanoparticles that talk in order to more efficiently locate and treat tumors could reduce collateral damage to healthy tissues

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Ovarian cancer forces into new tissues

By | June 14, 2011

Ovarian tumor cells use cellular movement proteins to penetrate protective cell layers surrounding new target tissues during metastasis

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The ghost of personalized medicine

By | June 14, 2011

Drug therapies tailored to the DNA profiles of individual patients could change the face of medicine, but such treatments aren't commonly used in the clinic

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2011 World Science Festival: A look back

By | June 10, 2011

The Scientist covered some of the events that made this year's festival memorable

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Thwarting leukemia drug resistance

By | May 18, 2011

Researchers identify a pathway that allows leukemia to evade a common cancer treatment -- and develop a way to block it

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How heat helps kill cancer

By | May 9, 2011

Local hyperthermia boosts the effectiveness of cancer treatments by preventing DNA repair in tumor cells

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