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Radioactive Cancer-Binding Buckyballs For Targeted Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is notorious for the toll it takes on the entire body. It kills cancer cells, sure, but it kills...
Scientists Paint Brain Tumors With Nanoparticles for More Precise Removal
Brain cancer is a classic double whammy: the extremely invasive form of cancer is both deadly and difficult to treat....
Lab-on-a-Chip Can Carry Out Over 1,000 Chemical Reactions at Once
Labs-on-a-chip are generally so specialized and specific in what they do, it’s futile to try and explain what makes them...
Doctor In a Pill
An ingestible electronic device kills cancer while sparing healthy tissue
John Kanzius, Visionary Inventor, Passes Away
John Kanzius, the Florida-based inventor whose cancer-curing machine we awarded a PopSci Invention Award last year, passed away last Wednesday
A Llama Could Save Your Life
Beasts' unusual immune systems offer benefits to humans
Drop that Sock! Masturbation May Cause Cancer
New study links ejaculation frequencies to rates of prostate cancer; but the jury's still out
Veggies May Be the Key to Fighting Cancer
UC Berkeley researchers are the first to explain how a compound in broccoli and cabbage can inhibit an enzyme to battle breast and prostate cancers