Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Dementia Services To Be Transformed In United Kingdom

Dementia Services To Be Transformed In United Kingdom
The Department of Health has announced a "landmark strategy to transform dementia services". It claims care for patients with dementia will be transformed as dementia advisers are appointed, GPs receive improved training, and memory centres run by specialists to provide early diagnosis and treatment are opened nationwide.

Peptide-Guided Hollow Gold Spheres Gather Inside Tumors, Where Light Heats Them To Kill

Peptide-Guided Hollow Gold Spheres Gather Inside Tumors, Where Light Heats Them To Kill
Hollow gold nanospheres equipped with a targeting peptide find melanoma cells, penetrate them deeply, and then cook the tumor when bathed with near-infrared light, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported in the Feb. 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research. "Active targeting of nanoparticles to tumors is the holy grail of therapeutic nanotechnology for cancer.