Evidence is emerging that excess weight may impact the chances of surviving prostate cancer.

A tumor paint developed by researchers at Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will help surgeons see where a tumor begins and ends more precisely by illuminating the cancerous cells.

U.S.based Food and Drug Administration approved molecular-based laboratory test for detecting metastatic breast carcinoma. This test was device was developed and manufactured by Veridex, a Johnson & Johnson Company. This device is called GeneSearch BLN Assay. This test has potential to detect positive sentinal nodes with reasonable accuracy compared to traditional histology.

Scientists from University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine find that fibrinogen acts as inhibitor of spinal cord regeneration by direct toxic action on neuronal cells.

Blood clotting protein may inhibit spinal cord regeneration

Investigators at the University of Michigan Kresge Hearing Research Institute developed a system which can be used as auditory nerve implant. They report that this devise is better than Cochlear implant.

Music to deaf ears: Auditory nerve implant can deliver wide range of sounds, early tests show