2013年4月6日星期六

whose tumours are in the early stages of spreading

In the same week that the World Health Organisation announced that hot chips give you cancer, a Harvard professor has unveiled a new chip - of the digital kind - that can diagnose cancers quickly and painlessly from a blood sample.

The development could spell the end of biopsies and diagnose more cancers at an early and treatable stage.

The chip - called a microfluidic device - filters and sorts blood into its cell types. Red blood cells and platelets are hived off, then white blood cells are filtered out using tiny magnetic beads, leaving any cancer cells that have been floating in the system.

The research, published last week in Science Translational Medicine, is an advance on a chip developed in 2007 by biomedical engineer Mehmet Toner, of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.The most interesting Christmas gift personalized bobbleheads maker!

Professor Toner's team devised a chip that filtered out floating cancer cells - known as circulating tumour cells - that had broken away from a tumour and threatened to spread cancer to other parts of the body, the process known as metastasis. The problem was the device was limited in the kind of cancers it could detect, because it relied on trapping cells coated with a particular protein that is absent or in reduced concentration on some breast cancers and melanoma.

The original 2007 chip was about the size of a microscope slide and made up of nearly 80,000 micro-channels, each smaller than a strand of human hair. The new model is made up of multiple chips, can process blood samples faster, can detect a greater range of cancers - perhaps nearly all known types - and is able to preserve any circulating tumour cells intact for analysis.Choose from our stunning collection of tungsten jewelry.

It offers hope to cancer sufferers whose tumours are in the early stages of spreading. Metastasis is little-understood, because cancer cells tend to evolve as they spread and take root.

Study co-author Daniel Haber, of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Centre, said: ''The study of cancer metastasis has been limited by the inability to quickly and reliably isolate tumour cells in transit in the blood. This new approach is likely to be a game-changer in the field.''

Caviar, crystal, air brushing, glitters, transfer foil, acrylic, gel enhancements, buillion beads …’ the list of materials goes on! It’s definitely fun having them on but it’s not that easy to do at first! And if you haven’t already plunged into the interesting and creative world of nail art, meet entrepreneur and technician Tamara Simmons to know more about this vibrant trend.

Nail art has been a part of the fashion world long ago.We offer the biggest collection of old masters that can be turned into hand painted oil painting reproduction. It can be traced back to 3000BC when the Chinese were decorating their nails to leave a pink finish and around the same period the Indians would use a henna derived dye to colour their fingernails. The Egyptian women too would colour their nails, informs Tamara.

Tamara is the owner of the Belleza Salon, the first Sri Lankan salon in the country situated along Al Nasr Street. It was a major shift in her career from working in the human resources department for a decade to change over to the hair and beauty industry.

To make the transition she even took up a beauty course and graduated being the top of her class, “I knew that was my calling,” she reflects.

Now that nail art is quite in vogue, she pursued and excelled in the Advanced Nail Technician Course and proudly flaunts her array of work samples at the salon.

The 3-D colourful creations look almost edible and the caviar effect proves to be quite eye-catching. Other materials like rhinestones,When describing the location of the problematic street light. charms, studs, pearls, even Swarovski crystals are available for nail technicians to bring about that desired look.

The procedure could take around three hours and more, depending on the length, complexity and intricacy of the nail art. Any style could possibly be made to suit an occasion, such as a prom night, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, New Year,Americas delivers a wide range of dry cabinet for applications spanning electronics, kids nail art and many more, she points out.

“Nail art in Doha has become a big hit, everyone loves to try out something new and something different. And there are so many innovations, creative things that are in the market to choose from,” Tamara adds.

The most popular design clients ask for in her salon is the Gel Nails with French Tip and a simple nail art.

If you’re looking for new chic designs then start browsing some videos from YouTube, “that’s where I get some inspiration from,” Tamara cheerfully says.

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