Study Finds Tumor Starving Pill AMG 706 Helps Thyroid Cancer

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

University of Texas researchers have found that Amgen’s pill to starve tumors may help patients with hard-to-treat thyroid cancer. The research published in the New England Journal of Medicine has reported that the pill can help the patients either by shrinking tumors or slowing their growth. The researchers said 49 percent of patients with [...]

Individual Cancerous Cells Can Be Targeted By Laser Microscalpel

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

A new laser “Microscalpel” has been developed by Austin Adela Ben-Yakar, Mechanical engineer and Assistant Professor of The University of Texas, Austin , claiming that this device can remove a cell without damaging the cells surrounding it.