Urine test can help rule out high-grade prostate cancer with almost 100% accuracy

A urine test can distinguish slow-growing prostate cancer from its aggressive form, a study showed. This information will enable doctors to order fewer unnecessary prostate biopsies, report the authors of an article published in the journal JAMA Oncology. As the researchers explained, 20 years ago, doctors treated any detected prostate cancer. However, research on this…

Scientists grow human mini-lungs

Scientists from the University of Manchester (UK) have grown a mini version of human lungs from stem cells; these lungs can mimic the response of living tissues to various nanomaterials. The study at the University’s NanoCell Biology Lab at the Centre for Nanotechnology in Medicine was published in the scientific journal Nano Today. These organ…