New test creates hope for cancer-plagued Tasmanian devils
Nearly 70 percent of the world’s Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) have been wiped out in the past 10 years by a contagious cancer known as devil facial tumor disease (DFTD). Now a new test could help determine which devils are carrying the disease before symptoms show up, enabling conservationists to move cancer-free creatures to quarantined [...]
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Gamma-Knife Surgery Halts Growth of World’s Tallest Living Human
March 15th, 2012 |
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Years of surgeries and medications were unable to stop Sultan Kosen’s runaway growth. In 2010 at age 27 and a height of 2.46 meters (eight feet, one inch), he became the world’s tallest living man, according to Guinness World Records. But he wasn’t done growing. Kosen had been diagnosed with a growth disorder at age [...]
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Web site shows how a tumor grows in 3-D
Ever wondered what it looks like when tumor cells grow inside the body? Drug maker Amgen is hoping to sate this morbid sort of Fantastic Voyage with a new Web site that takes viewers through the various stages of tumor angiogenesis in 3-D. Angiogenesis is a physiological process whereby new blood vessels grow from existing [...]
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