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Bladder cancer: effective drugs identified

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

Bladder cancer: therapeutically effective drugs identified: Hundreds of chemical compounds were screened on cell cultures representing different stages and subtypes of bladder cancer and several promising agents with inhibitory (growth-inhibiting) effects were identified. A drug used to treat childhood leukaemia was found to have good efficacy in two specific types of bladder cancer. The study, […]

Instant bladder cancer scan could save 1000’s of lives

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Hippocratic Post

Thousands of lives lost to bladder cancers each year could be saved thanks to a new scanner that uses photonics to illuminate parts of the tissue that are currently impossible to visualise. A European photonics research team is developing a new endoscope to scan for the early signs of bladder cancer. Using multi-wavelength lasers, the […]