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Early Detection by Tango

Fast, uncomplicated, and specific: diagnosis of prostate cancer from blood samples

24-Aug-2022 - Early detection of prostate cancer, one of the most common types of cancer in men, is often achieved with PSA tests. However, this blood test for prostate-specific antigens gives many false positive results, causing unnecessary biopsies and overtreatment. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a ...

blood tests cancer cancer diagnostics +4
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DNA Origami Full of Potent Anticancer Agents

A tailored DNA nanoplatform carries chemotherapeutic drugs and RNA interference toward multidrug-resistant tumors

23-Nov-2018 - One of the most successful techniques to combat multidrug resistance in cancer cells is the downregulation of those genes responsible for drug resistance. Chinese scientists have now developed a nanoplatform that selectively delivers small hairpin RNA transcription templates and chemotherapeutics ...

cancer cancer cells cancer therapy +4
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Multifunctional platform for the delivery of gene therapeutics

Thermo-triggered release of a genome-editing machinery by modified gold nanoparticles

24-Jan-2018 - Gene editing is one of the hottest topics in cancer research. A Chinese research team has now developed a gold-nanoparticle-based multifunctional vehicle to transport the “gene scissors” to the tumor cell genome. As the authors report, their nonviral transport and release platform of gene-editing ...

apoptosis cancer cells CRISPR +8