Radioactive seeds are an effective and very exciting therapy for men who are not candidates for surgery or don't want surgery. What that involves is taking tiny little rice-sized pellets ...

The radiation emitted by these pellets destory cancer cells. But at times these pellets can erode through blood vessels and enter other areas of the body. In more than 35% of the cases ...

Kao did the procedure, the records show. The post-procedure summary says that all went well when Dr. Kao used radioactive seeds to attack the patient's prostate cancer, but later Rev. Flippin ...

A Giant Leap for Plant Growth in Space The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has achieved a revolutionary milestone with its Compact Research Module for Orbital Plant Studies (CROPS). As part ...

This process, whereby species evolve rapidly to exploit empty ecospace, is known as adaptive radiation ... have become adapted for different diets: seeds, insects, flowers, the blood of seabirds ...

Men with prostate cancer have a slightly better long-term side effects profile with radiation seed implants than they do with surgery, according to a study. Men with prostate cancer have a ...

A tiny brachytherapy seed (with a size roughly equivalent to a grain of rice) such as radioactive iodine 125 (125 I) in such a seed is encapsulated in titanium. While HDR brachytherapy may offer ...