For years, researchers and clinicians have been trying to find a way to rapidly deliver oxygen to patients when traditional means of oxygenation are difficult or ineffective during critical moments of ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Microbubbles are FDA approved for use in ultrasound technology and researchers are hoping they will improve cancer treatments. You would never know it by looking at Marilous ...

Repeated damage to the liver can cause scar tissue to gradually accumulate inside the organ. This condition, called cirrhosis ...

A new technique that uses gas-filled microbubbles for focusing light inside tissue could one day provide doctors with a minimally invasive way of destroying tumors with lasers, and lead to improved ...

Bursting oxygen-filled microbubbles in breast cancer makes tumors three times more sensitive to radiation therapy in preliminary tests with animal models of the disease Injecting breast cancer with ...

They’re called microbubbles, small bubbles with a solid shell and a gas inside, and they work in tandem with radiation treatment. It’s new hope on the horizon for the millions suffering from advanced ...

A team led by researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine has demonstrated a way to diagnose cancer without resorting to surgery, raising the possibility of far fewer biopsies. For ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surfactant-shelled oxygen microbubbles injected via IV may improve response to radiation therapy, according to ...

A new study by researchers at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center has found that injecting microbubbles filled with oxygen into breast cancer tumors makes them three times more sensitive to radiotherapy.

Severe oxygen deficiency eventually leads to cardiac arrest. If the blood’s oxygen content cannot be rapidly re-established, the patient may die within minutes. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, ...

Cancer treatment has undergone a revolution in recent years, with many innovative therapies coming onto the market. This is particularly true for cancer therapies that use a person’s immune system to ...