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Hope for the treatment of kidney cancer
Biology

Hope for the treatment of kidney cancer

Kidney cancer usually has no symptoms until it has spread to other organs. This type of cancer is most difficult to treat. New chemical treatments promise to prolong sur…

December 17, 2018
Distinguish normal cells and cancer cells
Biology

Distinguish normal cells and cancer cells

One of the current obstacles to cancer treatment is the difficulty of directing cures to the destruction of malignant cells without destroying other healthy cells.

December 17, 2018
Anti-cancer corn purple
Biology

Anti-cancer corn purple

Korean scientists have just developed corn seeds that contain substances that have anti-cancer potential 10 times higher than conventional corn varieties.

December 17, 2018
Art of seduction of leukemia
Biology

Art of seduction of leukemia

Leukocytes emit an extremely attractive chemical to attract stem cells to make blood to their lair. After entering the lair of white blood cells, stem cells will quickly…

December 17, 2018
Laser knives kill every cancer cell
Biology

Laser knives kill every cancer cell

The type of laser knife invented by engineers at the University of Texas (USA) allows doctors to target individual cells, precisely removing the tumor without damaging t…

December 17, 2018