A Pap Smear for Ovarian Cancer? (3 of 3)
In this podcast, co-authors Isaac Kinde and Luis Diaz discuss how pap smears can be used to screen for endometrial and ovarian cancer. This audio file relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 9, ...

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A Pap Smear for Ovarian Cancer? (2 of 3)
An overview of the PapGene test. Cancerous cells from ovarian or endometrial tumors are shed into the gynecological tract and collect in the cervix. These cells are captured using a Pap smear brush ...

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A Pap Smear for Ovarian Cancer? (1 of 3)
Schematic demonstrating the principal steps of the procedure described in this study. Tumor cells shed from ovarian or endometrial cancers are carried into the endocervical canal. These cells can be ...

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Cancer Stem Cells Isolated from Kidney Tumors
Right-hand side: This shows a kidney with Wilms' tumor.

Contact: Barry Whyte
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European Molecular Biology Organization

Nanotechnology Tackles Ovarian Cancer
An integrated platform to discover and validate new oncogenes in animal models of cancer. (A) Genomes of tumors (n=489) obtained from patients are analyzed in a high-throughput fashion to identify ...

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mRNA Export Gone Wrong
The pink shows where messenger RNA has got stuck in the nucleus of human cells.

Contact: Paul Mannion
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University of Sheffield

Revealing Nature's Mathematical Formula for Survival
The vascular system of a leaf provides its structure and delivers its nutrients. When you light up that vascular structure with some fluorescent dye and view it using time lapse photography, details ...

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National Science Foundation

Challenges Posed by Intratumor Heterogeneity
Professor Charles Swanton offers a clear-cut picture of challenges and opportunities offered by improved knowledge of intratumor heterogeneity -- IMPAKT 2012 Breast Cancer Conference.

Contact: Vanessa Pavinato
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European Society for Medical Oncology

This Breathalyzer Reveals Signs of Disease
This invention could give new meaning to the term "bad breath!" It's the Single Breath Disease Diagnostics Breathalyzer, and when you blow into it, you get tested for a biomarker -- a sign of disease...

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National Science Foundation

Dr. Travis Salisbury, Marshall University
Dr. Travis Salisbury, an assistant professor in the department of pharmacology, physiology and toxicology at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has been awarded a $60,000 ...

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Marshall University Research Corporation