Uncategorized - January 20, 2015
Could Lasers Replace Chemo?
Physicists from the University of Copenhagen and doctors from Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, are investigating whether nanoparticles and laser light can replace chemotherapy in the treatment of malignant tumors. Researchers have found that when laser light strikes nanoparticles placed in a malignant tumor, the particles can get so hot that they burn the tumor away. While the results from tests on mice were […]
Uncategorized - January 5, 2015
Salts, Fluids Could Save Ebola Patients
Many Ebola patients in Africa could be saved if they were infused with salts and fluids, said Professor Anders Perner of Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, in an article in the Lancet. “It has taken us too long to acknowledge that we could save a lot of lives in West Africa by very simple means,” says […]
