Mouse Study Shows PET Can Measure Effectiveness Of Novel Breast Cancer Treatment (Medical News Today)

A new study published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) scans in mice can be used to determine whether a novel type of breast cancer treatment is working as intended.

Clemson continues plans to put MBA students downtown (The Greenville News)

Clemson University still plans to boost its presence in Greenville by putting its master of business administration students in a new facility downtown, President Jim Barker said.

School Briefs (Simi Valley Acorn)

imi High grad eatured at echnology festiva Melissa Burton, a psychology and information technology student at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, was featured as an exhibitor at the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival on May 2.

Health-care provider welcomes new physician assistant (Eastern Arizona Courier)

With many health-care providers in the Gila Valley unable to accept new patients, one provider is pleased to do so due to the addition of a new physician assistant.

Integrated optical trap holds particles for on-chip analysis (EurekAlert!)

( University of California - Santa Cruz ) A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform.

Kaye defends Cohasset triathlon title (Cohasset Mariner)

Those were the highlights Sunday as 950 athletes in several age classes competed in the latest installment of the Cohasset Triathlon, which combines swimming, biking and running. Racers swim a quarter-mile in the ocean off Sandy Beach, bike over a 12-mile course, and then run 3.2 miles to the finish line.

Stem Cell Entrepreneur Quinn Dies, Dendreon Tames Shorts, PhysioSonics Monitors Brain Blood, & More Seattle-Area Life ... (seattlepi.com)

News flow in Seattle life sciences slowed down heading into the holiday weekend, so I rolled out a couple biotech and medical device features I've been meaning to clear off my to-do list for a while. -Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN) raised $221 million last month to expand its manufacturing and marketing efforts for its prostate cancer drug, ...

PET Can Measure Effectiveness Of Novel Breast Cancer Treatment (Science Daily)

Positron emission tomography scans in mice can be used to determine whether a novel type of breast cancer treatment is working as intended, study shows.

Flow Spectroscopy Using An EMCCD Camera Set To Advance Nanoengineering (PhotonicsOnline)

Using an Andor Technology Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) camera in combination with an imaging spectrograph and a sheath flow cuvette, researchers at the La Jolla Bioengineering Institute in California, have been able to analyse individual metal nanoparticles at rates of 100 per second or faster.

New nanoparticles fight infections (redOrbit)

Singaporean scientists say they have developed nanoparticles that might lead to new treatments for meningitis, fungal infections and drug-resistant bacteria. Scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology of Singapore said the stable bioengineered peptide nanoparticles effectively seek out and destroy bacteria and fungal cells that could cause fatal infections. The scientists ...