Despite successes of targeted cancer drugs and the promise of novel immunotherapies, the vast majority of people diagnosed with cancer are treated with chemotherapy. Now a new study by UCSF researchers using techniques drawn from computational biology could make it easier for physicians to use the patient’s genetic profile of the tumour to pick the
Scientists have reported that by combining a robotic arm and mass spectrometry, they can analyse the surface of 3-D objects with irregular shapes, which has the potential to lead to new branches of forensics and pharmaceutics. In recent years, mass spectrometry (MS) has made its way outside the laboratory for use in forensics and drug
Approximately half of all cancer patients receive radiation therapy to reduce the growth of malignant cells. However, little is known about how ionising radiation affects the extracellular matrix (ECM), a patchwork of proteins and other biomolecules that surrounds cells and plays a vital role in their shape, movement and signalling functions. A team of researchers
