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Scientists testing swimming 'microbots' to deliver meds to lung tumors
UPI· 8 hours agoScientists have developed microscopic robots capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver...
Honeybees have the power to detect lung cancer from your breath: Study
Interesting Engineering· 16 hours agoThis isn’t the first time scientists have explored animals’ amazing olfactory abilities for cancer...
Only 1 in 20 animal studies results in treatments approved for humans
UPI· 3 hours agoOnly 5% of therapies tested in animals wind up being approved by regulators for human use, according...
Honeybees can detect lung cancer by smelling a person's breath, research shows
PhillyVoice.com· 1 day ago"Insects have an amazing sense of smell the same way dogs do," said Debajit Saha, an assistant...
Lung cancer: Why non-smokers don't respond to treatments
Medical News Today· 2 days agoResearchers report that people who have never smoked are less likely to respond to standard...
Only 5% of therapies tested on animals are approved for human use
The Economist· 4 hours agoFor regulatory bodies around the world, treatments that might save human lives must be proven safe...
Wildlife SOS presenter Simon Cowell dies aged 72
Press Association News via AOL· 4 days agoIn 2005, he was made an MBE for services to wildlife and frequently appeared in the media discussing environmental matters and promoting conservationism....
Lung-targeted CRISPR therapy offers hope for cystic fibrosis
New Scientist· 2 days agoThe approach has succeeded in editing DNA in hard-to-reach lung stem cells in mice, with...
Rare beaked whale found dead on Jersey Shore beach
PhillyVoice.com· 1 day agoA rarely seen species of beaked whale was found dead Thursday morning on a beach in Monmouth County, prompting an investigation into what led to the ...
Swimming microrobots deliver cancer-fighting drugs to metastatic lung tumors in mice
Science Daily· 3 days agoThe microrobots are an ingenious combination of biology and nanotechnology. To create the microrobots, researchers chemically attached drug-filled nanoparticles to the surface of green algae ...