Aug 19, 2015 | animal research, animals helping humans, Conditions
You may have heard of interferon. It has been tossed around as a major player in many disease processes from mild infections to cancer and Hepatitis C. Now researchers at Ohio State University have uncovered another purpose for interferon — it may help hijack the flu virus. Using mouse cells, researchers have been able to […]
Mar 28, 2015 | animals helping humans, Conditions, Imaging & Diagnostics, Medical Research
Exciting news from the world of imaging! MRI just might be able to discern cancer cells from non-cancer cells. Researchers at Johns Hopkins have been studying cancer cells in-vitro (in a petri dish) and in mice to see if their detection method works. They have taken advantage of particular biology, in four different types of […]
